Product: Chinese Young Hyson Loose Leaf Green Tea (8-Ounce Bulk Bag); Lucky Dragon Tea
Brand: Solstice Tea Traders
Chinese Young Hyson Loose Leaf Green Tea (8-Ounce Bulk Bag) Enjoy some tea and history with this classic green tea that “attended” the Boston Tea Party. Also known as “Lucky Dragon Tea”, the early harvest or “young” Hyson is considered the highest grade of this tea. Oh, and if you want some tea and poetry, enjoy your Hyson while reading Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “Xenophanes” which mentions hyson in the first stanza.Serve either hot or cold. Best enjoyed without milk for its full natural flavor.Steep in water that is cooler than boiling. Use one teaspoon tea leaves per cup. Brew 2-3 minutes. About Solstice Tea TradersWe are a small company based in southern Kentucky. We work with some of the oldest tea importers in the world to provide you some of the best loved teas of all time. Our tea is sourced from popular tea growing regions of the world and packaged here in the U.S.A. We specialize in tea samplers so you can try many kinds of tea. We also enjoy providing special tea blends for kombucha lovers. In addition to tea, we sell our favorite tea accessories.
8-OUNCE BULK BAG: Receive ½ pound of loose leaf tea which is approximately 4 cups of tea leaves.
QUANTITY: Depending on taste, this will make 75-100 regular cups of tea or twice as many small cups of tea. Of course, this is not counting brewing a second pot.
LOW CAFFEINE: Green tea has 1/6 to 1/4 the caffeine of a cup of coffee (varies based on how long you brew it)
YOUNG HYSON GREEN TEA: A favorite in our Boston tea party sampler, this tea was one of the teas thrown into the harbor in the historic “Boston Tea Party.” The tax on green tea was actually higher than the tax on black tea at the time.
GREEN TEA TIPS: Always make sure you brew green tea in water that is 1-2 minute off boiling (160 to 180 degrees) and make sure you only brew 1-3 minutes or it will become bitter.

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