Thái Nguyên Fish Hook Green

This fantastic green tea from Vietnam is markedly different to its sister teas in Japan or China. One bud and one leaf are picked from wild-growing, traditional Thái Nguyên tea trees in Tân Cương and are then processed into this fast-brewing, savoury and aromatic green tea. The tea has a sweet, grassy, cốm (pan fried young sticky rice) flavour with a deep, floral aftertaste. The tea’s small, curled leaves form a fish hook shape which gives this tea its name – a very special version of a green tea that is so popular in Vietnam.

Flavour profile: vegetal, umami, smoky, tangy, liquorice, sticky rice, floral

50g

harvest Spring 2023
location Tân Cương, Thái Nguyên, Vietnam
cultivar Thái Nguyên
multiple-steeping
water 70°/150ml
tea 5g
time 40s – 50s – 90s
single-steeping
water 70°/450ml
tea 8g
time 2m