Slices of Bai ChaSome white teas are pressed into large book sized bing. This one has been pressed into thin 7 gram wafers, cut, and 'bound' in individual wrappers in a pocket sized box, like so many pages of a tiny tea tome. The book themed individual packaging makes it the perfect tea for travel and obviates the need for measurement: simply use a whole slice or break one in two for your gongfu cha session. Available as a single slice, in cartons of 6 slices, and

it invites the same openness to experimentation that guided its production

Rather than the taste of bottled fire

offering a meditative experience — a quiet reflection on the meeting point between human craft and the wildness of nature

As you’re still busy taking sip after sip and focusing on these pleasant and complex characteristics

but are often considered a good deal by the aficionado

familiar dryness of sun-cured hay

and built-in net filter promise a pleasure optic

allowing the plants and soil to regulate themselves

Free of bitterness yet unmistakably assertive

untamed sweetness to emerge

For this year’s Long Jing Superior

If you’re seeking an intense Qing Xiang Tieguanyin experience