{"title":"Top 10 Highest Rated Teas","description":"\u003cp\u003eOur ten highest-rated teas, ranked by average customer review score.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"jing-mai-2012-spring","title":"Jing Mai 2012 Spring","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis Jing Mai cake is made from tall, ancient tea trees growing in Da Ping Zhang tea garden, on top of the mountain at 1,700m above sea level. These gushu leaves were hand picked \u0026amp; processed by Blang villagers in early April, after a week of constant sunshine. Due to the excellent weather this batch of tea is exceptionally tasty. It has that characteristic Jingmai astringency in the mouth, which comes from adaptation to the high elevation, with a deep hay \u0026amp; floral aroma, and a gentle huigan. These cakes were stone pressed \u0026amp; wrapped in Yiwu by Tea Urchin. The cover depicts Belle \u0026amp; Eugene trying not to fall off the mountain whilst tea picking. You can read about our Jingmai tea sourcing adventure on our blog.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eSteeping instructions\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe recommend 7g of tea leaves in a 100ml brewing vessel. Use boiling hot water. This tea can be re-infused at least 10 times.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Teaurchin","offers":[{"title":"30g (Sample)","offer_id":37889533804696,"sku":"jing-mai-2012-s-30g (Sample)","price":16.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"357g","offer_id":40370291376280,"sku":"jing-mai-2012-s-357g","price":180.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0521\/2451\/6504\/products\/dsc_0191.jpg?v=1611835720"},{"product_id":"wan-gong-2012-spring","title":"Wan Gong 2012 Spring","description":"\u003cp\u003eWan Gong village was abandoned a century ago after reputed cattle thieving led to a massacre of the local community, and now the trees grow in relative isolation, over 3 hours walk from Ding Jia Zhai and Gua Feng Zhai. Tea poaching used to be common here, until the trees were recently distributed between the neighboring villages. This tea has a lovely sweet aroma of meadow flowers, honey and hay. Good to drink whilst young, the pale yellow liquor tastes sweet, with a thin buttery mouthfeel, no astringency, and a gentle, calming chaqi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eSteeping instructions\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe recommend 7g of tea leaves in a 100ml brewing vessel. Add boiling hot water. This tea can re-infused at least 10 times.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Teaurchin","offers":[{"title":"30g (Sample)","offer_id":37889538654360,"sku":"wan-gong-2012-spring-30g (Sample)","price":41.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"357g","offer_id":40370290491544,"sku":"wan-gong-2012-spring-357g","price":470.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0521\/2451\/6504\/products\/dsc_0183.jpg?v=1610344089"},{"product_id":"gao-shan-zhai-2013-spring","title":"Gao Shan Zhai 2013 Spring","description":"\u003cp\u003eOur 2013 Spring Gao Shan Zhai 高山寨 has an outstanding floral aroma, and is sweet, soft, \u0026amp; creamy in the mouth, with an intense tongue \u0026amp; throat coating huigan. The wet leaves are a beautiful, consistent dark green. One of our best sellers - the 2012 version of this cake is now sold out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eSteeping instructions\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eUse 5.5g tea in a 100ml teapot or gaiwan, add 100C boiling hot water. Re-infuse up to 15 times.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Teaurchin","offers":[{"title":"357g","offer_id":37889618378904,"sku":"gao-shan-zhai-2013-spring-357g","price":760.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"30g (Sample)","offer_id":40370280693912,"sku":"gao-shan-zhai-2013-spring-30g (Sample)","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0521\/2451\/6504\/products\/dsc_0001_3.jpg?v=1611835640"},{"product_id":"gua-feng-zhai-2013-spring","title":"Gua Feng Zhai 2013 Spring","description":"\u003cp\u003e2013 Gua Feng Zhai is powerful and full bodied, with a perfectly balanced flavor. The tea liquor is exceptionally bright, beautiful and clear. The smooth, consistent, tea leaves are the best looking leaves of the season.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eSteeping instructions\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe recommend 6g of tea leaves in a 100ml brewing vessel. Use boiling hot water. This tea can be re-infused at least 10 times.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Teaurchin","offers":[{"title":"30g (Sample)","offer_id":37889623195800,"sku":"gua-feng-zhai-2013-spring-30g (Sample)","price":57.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"357g","offer_id":40370280136856,"sku":"gua-feng-zhai-2013-spring-357g","price":665.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0521\/2451\/6504\/products\/dsc_0531_1.jpg?v=1611835717"},{"product_id":"wan-gong-2014-spring","title":"Wan Gong 2014 Spring","description":"\u003cp\u003e2014's Wan Gong is honey sweet with an initial flavor of orchids, complex mid palate and finish. The mouthfeel is voloptuously thick and smooth. Even if oversteeped it will not become astringent. There is a clear but subtle floral aroma that emanates from the tea liquor. A clear stand out tea from our 2014 selection. Highly recommend!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eSteeping instructions\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe recommend 7g of tea leaves in a 100ml brewing vessel. Use boiling hot water. This tea can be re-infused at least 10 times.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Teaurchin","offers":[{"title":"30g (Sample)","offer_id":37889775173784,"sku":"wan-gong-2014-spring-30g (Sample)","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200g","offer_id":40370271256728,"sku":"wan-gong-2014-spring-200g","price":195.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0521\/2451\/6504\/products\/dsc_0818_3.jpg?v=1610345038"},{"product_id":"2001-zhongcha-ba-zhong","title":"2001 Zhongcha - Ba Zhong","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 2001 CNNP cake is colloquially known to pu'er collectors as \"Ba Zhong\" because it has eight \"中“ characters around the central, green \"茶\" character. Aged in Taiwan and acquired by Tea Urchin in 2014. It has an aroma of camphor and fermented fruit. A manly tea, with a touch of smoke and some bitterness, suggesting Bulang leaves in the source material. Thick mouthfeel, even a little silt-grain at the finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eSteeping instructions\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe recommend 7g of tea leaves in a 100ml brewing vessel. As hygiene was not a high priority when producing puer in 1998, rinse the leaves twice with boiling water before drinking. This tea can re-infused at least 10 times.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Teaurchin","offers":[{"title":"30g (Sample)","offer_id":37889908015256,"sku":"2001-zhongcha-ba-zhong-30g (Sample)","price":43.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"357g","offer_id":40370262671512,"sku":"2001-zhongcha-ba-zhong-357g","price":489.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0521\/2451\/6504\/products\/dsc_0004_2_1.jpg?v=1611835379"},{"product_id":"ge-deng-2015-spring","title":"Ge Deng 2015 Spring","description":"\u003cp\u003eGe Deng is a pu'er tea region neighboring Mangzhi, Yibang, and ManZhuan, in Xiangming county. Ge Deng was one of the six famous tea mountains of antiquity 江北六大茶山 and was a tribute tea during the reign of the Kangxi emperor. Today Ge Deng is highly prized for it's ancient tea trees, but it’s annual output is tiny. Ge Deng leaves are relatively black and shiny, both small leaf varietal and large leaf varietal are grown here. Ge Deng tea is more known for its sweetness and huigan, than bitterness and astringency. Our 2015 Spring Ge Deng has a subtle orchid aroma, with mown hay and brown sugar. The tea liquor is medium thick, very clean and sweet, you can taste the 花香 in the water. There is some mid-palate bitterness, with notes of sunflower seeds, followed by wood spice and grain-husk on the finish. Then comes a light minty huigan. A very nice tea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eSteeping instructions\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe recommend 7g of tea leaves in a 100ml brewing vessel. Add boiling hot water. This tea can re-infused at least 10 times.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Teaurchin","offers":[{"title":"30g (Sample)","offer_id":37889961820312,"sku":"ge-deng-2015-spring-30g (Sample)","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200g","offer_id":40370260738200,"sku":"ge-deng-2015-spring-200g","price":230.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0521\/2451\/6504\/products\/1_3.jpg?v=1611835634"},{"product_id":"ma-hei-2015-spring","title":"Ma Hei 2015 Spring","description":"\u003cp\u003eMaHei 麻黑 neighbors LuoShuiDong, and is one of the most famous villages in Yiwu, where artisan pu'er cakes are still produced entirely by hand, and stone pressed, according to traditional methods. Mahei's deep-rooted, centuries-old tea bushes produce a thick mouthfeel with classic Yiwu sweetness and elegant floral fragrance. This tea has a lot of substance which makes it a good ager but it needs to be handled right. A 1 minute infusion gives off intense twig + bark tannins, wood spice and some of the sour bitterness of grape skin and seeds, with a hint of dried apricot and a citric tang on the finish. Short 10-20 second infusions produce silky smooth and thick tea, with fantastic floral aroma, and great endurance. So be gentle!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eSteeping instructions\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe recommend 7g of tea leaves in a 100ml brewing vessel. Add boiling hot water. Shorten your usual steep times, as this tea gives a lot of flavor, in a short amount of time. This tea can re-infused at least 10 times.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Teaurchin","offers":[{"title":"30g (Sample)","offer_id":37889975189656,"sku":"ma-hei-2015-spring-30g (Sample)","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200g","offer_id":40370259722392,"sku":"ma-hei-2015-spring-200g","price":66.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0521\/2451\/6504\/products\/1_6.jpg?v=1612149216"},{"product_id":"mang-zhi-2015-spring","title":"Mang Zhi 2015 spring","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a delicious easy drinker that will uplift your spirits. The aroma from the wet leaves is great - with hay \u0026amp; barnyard, dusty old cushion or corduroy. First infusion offers cocoa without the powdery feel or bitter base. Subsequent infusions are sweet and smooth, creamy, buttery, fresh. This tea gets even better with piping hot water boiled in a tetsubin \u0026amp; a good yixing teapot. The teapot lid gives an aroma of faint apricot pie, apple danish. When brewed strong, it’s not as sweet, but more vegetal, with wood spice \u0026amp; tannin. The flavor is very active in the mouth, the after-taste lingers on the tongue. Noticeable huigan by the 3rd cup and mild euphoria by the 5th cup, with chaqi building in the upper chest behind the lungs. The sweetness fills the mouth \u0026amp; nasal cavity, happiness creeps up on you, with a light lifting feeling in the chest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eSteeping instructions\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe recommend 7g of tea leaves in a 100ml brewing vessel. Add boiling hot water. This tea can re-infused at least 10 times.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Teaurchin","offers":[{"title":"30g (Sample)","offer_id":37889979777176,"sku":"mang-zhi-2015-spring-30g (Sample)","price":9.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200g","offer_id":40370255397016,"sku":"mang-zhi-2015-spring-200g","price":59.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0521\/2451\/6504\/products\/1_7.jpg?v=1612149220"},{"product_id":"bao-tang-2017-spring","title":"Bao Tang 2017 Spring","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a follow up cake to our popular 2013 Bao Tang (now sadly sold out). We love Bao Tang for it's high elevation, and old trees growing in natural forest environment. This tea has a noticeable aroma \u0026amp; flavour of baked rice puffs. And whilst stronger than Yiwu tea, is low on bitterness and very clean \u0026amp; pure - our house style! The second infusion brings out a satisfyingly oily, thick mouthfeel. This tea will make you salivate. Enjoy the hint of mint that comes with the huigan!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eSteeping instructions\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe recommend 7g of tea leaves in a 100ml brewing vessel. Use boiling hot water. This tea can be re-infused at least 10 times.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Teaurchin","offers":[{"title":"30g (Sample)","offer_id":37890089648280,"sku":"bao-tang-2017-spring-30g (Sample)","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"200g","offer_id":40370254348440,"sku":"bao-tang-2017-spring-200g","price":68.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0521\/2451\/6504\/products\/dsc_1677.png?v=1611835472"}],"url":"https:\/\/teaurchin.com\/collections\/top-10-highest-rated-teas.oembed","provider":"Teaurchin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}