Heritage Green is our most popular single origin green tea (after Matcha!). Large, vividly colored tea leaves reflect their careful cultivation, as well as the diverse ecosystem they grow from. A plum aroma leads the flavor profile, but the creamy sugar-cane texture steers the imagination toward even richer fruits—dates, or mangoes. The green tea vegetal character tastes invitingly dark and full, like a deep forest. With zero astringency, and a soft, clean mineral note.
We recommend Heritage Green as an introduction to green teas, in part because of its forgiving steeping nature. If your water temperature gets above 170°, or you over-steep the leaves, it resists the typical bitterness. You'll find the same resilience in all our ancient tea tree varieties, which include black, oolong, and puerh teas.
This exquisite tea comes from Jingmai Mountain, a region in southern Yunnan, where the 700 to 1,000 year old ancient tea trees grow. This region has been named a World Heritage site—hence the "Heritage" in Heritage Green. For millennia, the Dai people have handpicked these trees, maintaining this tradition of singular quality. In addition, the ancient tea trees thrive in a diverse forest ecosystem that provides rich antioxidants and nutrients.
