Bamboo Leaf

High-mountain green tea from Mount Emei, shaped like tiny bamboo leaves and quickly roasted to preserve its fresh, vivid character. Smooth and refreshing, with notes of cucumber water, bamboo shoots, sweet corn, and toasted pine nuts.

Packaging:

Refill | 20g

Product Variants

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Tea Character

Leaf Aroma

cucumber skin, toasted pine nuts, fresh green peas

Cup Aroma

cucumber water, sweet corn, steamed bamboo shoots

Flavor

cucumber water, bamboo shoots, toasted pine nuts

Tea Story

Zhu Ye Qing means “green bamboo leaf,” a name given to the tea because of its slender, flat shape. The finished buds look like small bamboo leaves: smooth, narrow, and jade-green.

The tea comes from Mount Emei in Sichuan, one of China’s sacred Buddhist mountains and a region with a long tea-growing history. Tea gardens here sit in humid mountain air, surrounded by forest, mist, and steep slopes. The altitude and cloud cover slow the growth of the young buds, keeping them tender and concentrated. Authentic Zhu Ye Qing is associated with the Emei Mountain area and is traditionally made from fine spring buds harvested before Qingming

Although the mountain has an ancient tea culture, the name Zhu Ye Qing is relatively modern. In 1964, Chinese Foreign Minister Chen Yi visited Wan Nian Temple on Mount Emei, tasted the local green tea, and named it after its bamboo-leaf appearance.

After picking, the buds are quickly heated at high temperature to stop oxidation. This fast roasting keeps the tea bright and green while giving it more body than very delicate steamed-style greens. The Sazen description notes this quick high-temperature roasting and describes the tea as full-bodied, refreshing, and lightly spicy, with cucumber, bamboo shoot, and nutty notes.

When brewed, the result is integrated rather than layered. The floral notes do not sit on top, but move with the tea — green and fresh at first, then softer and slightly sweet as the infusion cools.