Tai Ping Hou Kui

A genuine and original Taiping Houkui from Houkeng, produced using the modern method, i.e. the leaves are pressed into flat long shapes. This process is carefully done so that the leaves don't become too flat; individual leaves are still identifiable.

Tai Ping Hou Kui, "King Ape (from) the Taiping (Lake)", is a very beautifully crafted flat form tea (Bianxingcha) with very large leaves that were pressed into shape. Taiping Houkui is considered to be one of the classic Chinese green teas, although the first mention of him appears only after 1900, when the improved techniques made more beautiful and better qualities possible. The very long leaves of the Shidacha variety are fired in the wok and carefully pulled apart and pressed. Nowadays on the market one can also find light green leaves machine-processed resulting in very flat and long.