Chunmee

Q: Any special tips to get the most out of my tea?
A: To get the best flavour from your green tea, focus on the three 'T's: time, temperature, and tea quantity. With any new tea, it's helpful to taste as it steeps to find the optimal time based on your preferences. For this tea, start tasting at around 1.5 minutes, aiming to find the sweet spot before 4 minutes. Keep the water temperature below 90°C to avoid scalding the leaves. No thermometer? No problem—let boiled water sit uncovered for about 3 minutes. For the amount of tea, the rule of thumb is 2 g per cup of water. For this tea, that's about 1.5 tsp or one scoop.

Q: I've heard that organic teas don't taste as good as non-organic teas. Is that true?
A: In early days of transition to organic production on large tea farms (smaller producers typically farm using organic practices even if they aren't certified because it's better for them and the plants), the tea quality did suffer. But now there are some excellent organic teas, this being one of them!

Chinese green tea*.

*Certified organic ingredient

Pour 1 cup hot water (80 C - 90 C) over 2 g tea (approximately 1 tsp). Steep 1 to 3 minutes.

All teas (except for storage tin option) come packaged in bags made from wood and are home compostable. Learn more.

Wrap labels are printed on Forest Stewardship Council certified paper and secured using non-toxic adhesives.

Tins are reusable (hand wash only) and curb-side recyclable in most municipalities.