Thé de printemps Taiping Houkui
Encounter a heart-warming tea container, taking a sip or two of light and elegant tea in the middle of a busy schedule; between touch and vision, clearly comprehend heaven, earth and people of nature and ingenuity.
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Description
- Chinois : tài píng hóu kuí
- Traduction : Tai Ping Hou Kui
- Type : Thé vert
- Cultivar : Tai Ping Hou Kui
- Origine : Huangshan, Anhui
- Date de récolte : 04/04/2022
- Méthodes de stockage : réfrigération , étanchéité , étanche à l'humidité , éviter la lumière.
- Durée de conservation : 18 mois
- Maître de thé : Liu Laohan
- Méthode d'infusion dans une tasse en verre : Le rapport entre le thé vert et le thé est de 1:50, et une tasse en verre d'environ 300 ml peut verser 5 g de thé.
- Versez de l'eau dans la tasse (la température de l'eau est de 80 ~ 85 ° C), versez-la lentement le long de la paroi de la tasse et laissez les feuilles de thé s'infiltrer complètement. La vitesse d'injection de l'eau ne doit pas être trop rapide.
- Attendez 3 à 5 minutes, et vous pouvez boire la délicieuse soupe au thé vert, puis lorsque vous buvez 1/3 de la tasse de thé, vous pouvez remplir à nouveau l'eau, généralement infuser trois fois.
Thé de printemps Taiping Houkui
$12.77
Échantillon 10g
Frequently Asked Questions
The leaves I received were mostly broken pieces and dust. Why would yours be any different?
You're describing one of the most common complaints on tea forums. One buyer wrote: "It had a bit of orchid and nutty taste, but many broken leaves, few are the correct length." Another noted that poor quality Houkui contains "a lot of broken pieces… a mixture of various sizes and shapes."
Here's why that happens: cheap machine-pressed "bu jian" tea gets crushed during high-speed production. Real Hand-Pinched Taiping Houkui Huangshan Green Tea is handled individually from picking to packing. One experienced worker can only produce about 500g of finished tea per day—each leaf hand-arranged, hand-pressed, and carefully packed. That's why our leaves arrive whole, intact, and unbroken. Open our bag, and you'll see long, flat, complete leaves—not a pile of crumbs and frustration.
I bought 'Taiping Houkui' before and it tasted bitter and unpleasant. What went wrong?
You're not alone. This is the single most common reason people give up on this tea. Here's what actually happened:
Real Taiping Houkui Tea is never rolled. That's the whole point. Most green teas get twisted and rolled, which crushes cell walls and releases bitter tannins. Authentic Houkui is hand-pinched and dried flat—no crushing, minimal bitterness. One tea expert explains: "The hou kui leaf is denser, and packs a lot more color and, when brewed, flavor." Cheap machine-pressed versions don't follow this process. As the same expert puts it: "A bu jian leaf can look just like a hou kui leaf, but once they are brewed, the veil will be lifted, and the flat bitterness of the leaf will expose the imposter."
If yours was bitter, you were sold a fake—machine-pressed from the wrong cultivar, processed wrong, and labeled wrong. Ours is the real Tai Ping Hou Kui Monkey Picked Green Tea (no monkeys, just the real process). Bitter? Almost impossible.
I tried brewing this tea and got a weird plastic/roasted taste. What happened?
A buyer on a tea forum once described exactly this: "I realized that the flavor was not that of plastic but some sort of roasted flavor from the tea. It took me about 7 or 8 brewings to get past it."
Two things could cause this. First, if your water was too hot (above 85°C/185°F), you're scorching the delicate leaves—they're fresh spring harvest, not charcoal. Second, cheap imitations are often over-roasted to mask poor leaf quality. Real Hand-Pinched Anhui Huangshan Green Tea should never taste roasted or plasticky. Use 75-80°C (167-176°F) water—if you don't have a thermometer, boil and let it sit for 2 minutes. Steep for 2 minutes. If it still tastes off, you're not drinking real Houkui.
I bought 'premium grade' Houkui before that had no aroma and tasted like hot water.
This is infuriating. You paid extra for "premium" and got stale leaves that had been sitting on a warehouse shelf for who knows how long. Green tea is not like wine—it doesn't improve with age. The vibrant orchid fragrance of fresh Taiping Houkui чай peaks within weeks of harvest and steadily fades.
Real Taiping Houkui Tea should have a "long-lasting flavor with orchid scent, especially on the first brewing." When you open our bag, you should smell fresh, floral, inviting aroma immediately. If you can't smell anything, the tea is stale. Full stop.
We sell 2026 fresh spring harvest. Once it's gone, it's gone until next April. No leftover stock from previous years.
The photos looked amazing, but what arrived had leaves that were too thin and almost translucent. What is that?
You were sold "bu jian"—the machine-pressed fake. This is so common it has its own name. One detailed breakdown explains: "Bu jian is much flatter. This makes bu jian leaves wider, thinner, and more transparent than hou kui leaves." Another source adds that counterfeit versions are "flattened to the point of translucency."
Real Taiping Houkui Hand-Pinched Green Tea has thick, fleshy leaves with substance. They should never look like you could read a newspaper through them. If your current tea looks transparent and papery, you're holding machine-pressed fake.
I keep hearing conflicting info about caffeine in green tea. How much is actually in here?
Real Taiping Houkui Tee contains significantly less caffeine than coffee—typically 30-40mg per 200ml cup, compared to 95-200mg for coffee. That's about 10-15% of a standard coffee. It provides a gentle, focused alertness without the jitters or afternoon crash. Perfect for late morning or early afternoon. You won't be staring at the ceiling at 2am.
I want to cold brew this. Will that work or will it taste weird?
It works beautifully. In fact, cold brewing is one of the best ways to enjoy Hand-Pinched Taiping Houkui Green Tea. Here's why: the no-rolling process means no bitter tannins to extract, even with prolonged steeping. Cold water draws out the sweet, floral notes while leaving any trace of astringency behind.
Method: 5g leaves, 500ml cold water, refrigerator for 6-8 hours (overnight works perfectly). The result is naturally sweet, refreshing, and requires zero sugar. Many tea drinkers who "don't like iced tea" change their minds after trying this.
What's the deal with the 'monkey' name? Are monkeys actually involved?
No monkeys were harmed—or employed—in the making of this tea. The name "Hou Kui" means "Monkey Chief" or "Monkey Leader." Two competing origin stories: one says the leaves resemble a monkey's paw in shape; another says a tea farmer named Wang Kui (nicknamed "Monkey") developed it. Either way, "Tai Ping Hou Kui Monkey Picked Green Tea" is marketing folklore, not fact. The tea is outstanding regardless. Don't buy it for the monkey story. Buy it because it tastes good.