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	Bi Luo Chun- Dried Tea Leaves

Bi Luo Chun Tea

Bi Luo Chun Tea Introduction

Bi Luo Chun（碧螺春） is one of the Ten Great Chinese Teas originally grown in the Dong Ting mountain of Tai Hu, Jiangsu Province, China. Also known as Pi Lo Chun, it is renowned for its delicate appearance, fruity taste, floral aroma, showy white hairs and early cropping.

Bi Luo Chun literally means "Green Snail Spring".

It is called so because it is a green tea that is rolled into a tight spiral, resembling snail meat, and is cropped during early spring.

Chinese tea experts regard it very highly. Zhen Jun (1857 to 1918 A.D.), author of tea encyclopedia Cha Shuo, ranked it first among Chinese green tea. Longjing tea came second, Lu An Gua Pian came third.

Its original name is scarily fragrant. Legend tells of its discovery by a tea picker who ran out of space in her basket, and put the tea between her breasts instead. The tea, warmed by her body heat, emitted a strong aroma that surprised the girl.

According to the Qing Dynasty chronicle Ye Shi Da Guan, Emperor Kangxi visited Great Lake (Tai Hu) in the 38th years of his rule. At that time, because of its rich aroma, local people called it Xia Sha Ren Xiang or Scary Fragrance.

Kangxi decided to give it a more civilized name - Bi Luo Chun. He was right, Bi Luo Chun tea is far from scary.

	Growing Area of Bi Luo Chun Tea Tree

Bi Luo Chun Producing Areas

Today, Bi Luo Chun is originally cultivated in Dongting Mountain,Taihu lake,Jiangsu Province. Bi Luo Chun from Dong Shan (East Mountain) is considered the best. Bi Luo Chun tea is now also grown in Zhejiang and Sichuan provinces. These teas that are produced from other tea cultivar are only made in the way of Bi Luo Chun production. Their leaves are larger and less uniform. They taste is more nutty than fruity and smooth.

Dongting Mountain is located in Taihu Lake (Tai Hu) of Jiangsu Province in China.

With an area of 2,200 square kilometers, it is the third largest fresh water lake in China, located just 100 kilometers away from Shanghai.

It has some 90 islands and is an extremely popular tourist attraction.

There are, in fact, two mountains. The East Mountain is a peninsula. The West Mountain is an island in the Lake.

The moderate climate, damp air and slightly acidic soil make Dong Ting Mountain a paradise for growing tea and fruit trees. Dongting Mountain is renowned for producing fruits such as peach, pear, apricot, plum, persimmon, maidenhair and guava. Fruit trees and tea bushes grow together, side by side, giving Bi Luo Chun tea a wonderful floral aroma and fruity flavor.

This unique growing condition is suitable for the small-leaved tea cultivar. The taller fruit trees shield them from summer heat and winter snow, giving Bi Luo Chun tea those tender and delicate leaves.

How to Brew Bi Luo Chun

See Also:

• Green Tea
• Longjing Tea
• Tai Ping Hou Kui
• Chun Mee Tea
• Gunpowder Tea
• Da Fang Tea
• Huo Qing Tea
• Huangshan Maofeng
• Lu'an Guapian