Drinking Xian Zhi green tea 仙枝绿茶 from Wuyuan, Jiangxi 江西婺源(one of China’s distinctive tea growing regions) at the Nanchang Restaurant in the Jiangxi Provincial Government’s offices in Beijing.
One of Tony’s friends had a birthday lunch there yesterday and I was called upon to order the tea for the group. I asked the server if they had any tea from Jiangxi (knowing that Wuyuan, Jiangxi is a famous tea producing region having visited there in 2009). She said they did (even though tea selections from Jiangxi are not on their printed menu!), so of course that was what we ordered.
It was nice. Soft, subtle, sweet and mellow. Look forward to learning more about 仙枝绿茶 Xian Zhi (loosely translated as “immortal branch/twig”) green tea!
(sorry the photos aren’t so great—using my cellphone)
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