Jesse's 2026 Spring Green Tea Sampler Why Spring Green Tea? Every spring for hundreds of years, tea lovers have fought over the first pickings of the new green teas! Spring green tea is the made from the first buds that grow after the tea plant has been storing nutrients for all winter. The tea made from these first buds has unrivaled freshness, crisp sweetness and pure scent. It is light, sweet, and super drinkable - the perfect drink for the spring and summer! We work directly with our tea farmers and partners in China to pack and seal green teas within days of harvest, locking in freshness! OUR 2026 GREEN TEA LINEUP! The perfect tea for summer, quality green tea is sweet, easy drinking, and crisp! Each sampler includes one 50g / 1.76oz (10 sessions) of each of 3 teas: Hangzhou Longjing "Dragonwell" Green Tea White Anji Green Tea Premium Jasmine Pearl Green Tea THE TEAS: White Anji Green Tea 50g (10 sessions) White tea? Green tea? It's a bit confusing, but even though the Chinese name of this tea literally translates to "Anji White Tea", it is actually a super fresh and flavorful green tea! The "White" in the name refers to the bright, translucent color of the steeped leaves. Known for it's very smooth mouth feel, Anji white tea has a soft, clean taste followed by a sweet finish. The leaves are long and pointy, and unfurl beautifully in water. Jesse Says: We put it on the site two years ago and it has been a great success! It is super sweet and crisp, very easy-drinking, and makes excellent cold brew as well. This tea was my favorite back when I lived in Shanghai for half a year in 2017 as a writer and cast member on the Chinese version of SNL. Anji is very close to Shanghai and I had the hookup with the farmers. I drank this stuff three times a day to keep writing all day. Where's Waldo/Jesse - can you spot me in the cast photo? Hangzhou Longjing (Dragonwell) (50g - 10 sessions) The classic green tea of the last 1500 years! Delicate with natural sweetness, Longjing is what everyone thinks of when you say "green tea." This spring Longjing from the mountains surrounding area near Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, will bring the scent and taste of the famous West Lake to your home. This is a tea worth inviting friends over to try! Jesse Says: Dragonwell, simply put, is "the" green tea! If you ever get a chance to visit Hangzhou, go to one of the many teahouses ringing the West Lake, sit, sip, and enjoy! This will be our fifth year selling longjing on the site, and every year it is our best-selling green tea. I am very glad to bring it back! Our dragonwell comes from right outside Hangzhou, close to - but not in - the West Lake central region. The tea from our providers is excellent quality but since it is outside the central region, we are able to give much better value. Still, this is a top-quality, hand-picked green tea and I am sure it will be a fantastic choice for any tea drinker! Premium Jasmine Pearl Green Tea (50g - 10 sessions) Jasmine pearls are a staple of the western tea market, but are oftentimes made with low quality green teas and sprayed with fragrant oils instead of aromatized naturally with Jasmine flowers. These jasmine pearls are a step up from what is easily available, using quality spring green tea leaves as the base and aromatized by laying jasmine flowers on top of the leaves overnight and allowing the natural scent of the jasmine to be absorbed by the green tea leaves. The classic rolled "pearl" shape makes them super fun to make, as you can see the leaves expand as they steep! How is Green Tea Made? Want to see how green tea is made? Check out this video I made in China! Unfortunately, due to paperwork challenges stemming from customs-related issues, our Moganshan green tea farmers were unable to get the paperwork needed to export our Moganshan Green tea in time for our preorder. We hope to feature it either later in the year as an item for individual sale, or next year in our 2027 sampler. This is truly sad for me, since we have worked with these farmers for several years. However, you can be assured that the green teas we do have on the site fit the highest standards of the Teahouse! One bag of each not enough? You know you. I know you. You're gonna want more. I've got a double-sized sampler option for the real tea heads out there - just go to the drop-down menu and select the double-sized option. Can I buy them individually? After the teas have arrived and all preorder customers get their tea, any remaining green tea will be available for individual purchase. This sampler will also remain available, when in stock, though customers purchasing after the pre-order period will not get the free mystery tea pet. All past green teas are in our Green Tea catalogue.
