Mengding Maofeng (Feather Peak)
Green Tea 2024
Mengding Maofeng’s fried chestnut and wildflower aroma makes it one of our favorite everyday green teas. Handpicked with one bud and two leaves for fullness and complexity, expect pure and crisp early-spring flavors without the high price tag.
2024’s Mengding Maofeng brews up with a stronger umami presence than years past. It’s full-flavored green tea, possessing all the richness you’d expect from the heart of the spring season.
- 2023 $12.56
- Tea Origin
- Mengding Mountain, Ya'an City, Sichuan Province, China
- Tea Bush
- Chuan Xiaozhong (Sichuan Small Leaf Heirloom Tea Bush)
- Tea Maker
- Luo Ping
- Harvest Time
- Late March
- Plucking Standard
- One bud, two leaves
Mengding Mountain’s tea is harvested earlier than other places due to Ya’an City’s unique climate. Plucking of Mengding Ganlu (Sweet Dew) begins as early as late February, while Mengding Maofeng is picked in March.
The plucking is done entirely by hand, while the leaf is gently rolled into shape and dried by a state of the art oven. The result is an economical early spring green tea that is popular among frequent tea drinkers as a good quality “everyday” tea. It possesses the classic characteristics of teas grown in Sichuan Province — persistent aroma, rich mouthfeel without bitterness, and strength across many infusions.
This tea’s English name is “Feather Peak” from the Chinese, Maofeng. Mao translates into bird’s feather and feng translates to a mountain’s peak. While there are many “Maofeng” teas in China, these teas are distinguished by their location. For example, our catalog has Huangshan Maofeng and Mengding Maofeng.
History of Mengding Maofeng
Mengding Mountain is one of the oldest locations for tea. Its tea is even mentioned in the Huayang Guo Zhi 華陽國志, a record of ancient Sichuan. As told by this text, 3500 years ago, a king in Sichuan gathered many local treasures, including tea, to be sent to the emperor as gifts. Comparatively, 1200 years ago, Mengding teas were collected as a tribute tea for the emperor, along with Guzhu Zisun (Purple Bamboo Shoot) of Zhejiang.
No chemical fertilizer, pesticide, or herbicide was used in the production of this tea. Click here to read more about our promise to fair trade and the environment.
