Cheat Eat: Bi Luo Chun 碧螺春

August 16, 2005

Bi Luo Chun 碧螺春

16 Aug 2005 01:50:00 | Photography: Food

6 Comments

Hi ST, Think I've tried this tea before. Jux wanna check it is a litte bitter right? And if you leave the tea leave longer it jux gets more bitter & bitter.

Posted by: Cindy Fredericka | August 16, 2005 at 10:52 AM

is this like Jasmine tea pearls?

Posted by: clare eats | August 16, 2005 at 01:56 PM

Hi ST,

What a beautiful cup of tea. I haven't had bi luo chun in ages!

Posted by: Reid | August 17, 2005 at 06:30 PM

hi st, that's pure poetry in a picture...cheers,j

Posted by: J | August 17, 2005 at 09:07 PM

Hi Cindy, bi luo chun is a kind of green tea. It is not really bitter and have a lovely fruity flowery fragrance.

Hi clare, the biluochun tea leaves I am drinking is rolled into pearls like jasmine tea pearls but not scented with flower petals.

Hi Reid, these are the last of the lot for me too. I am waiting for the parents to visit the zhe jiang area and replenish my supply of biluochun and long jing.

Hi J, thanks.

Posted by: ST | August 23, 2005 at 09:20 PM

oh my, lucky girl...i love biluochun but my supply is long gone...

Posted by: tommy | September 09, 2005 at 04:42 AM

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