{"title":"Teas","description":"\u003cp\u003eTerroir teas selected from the great Chinese families\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGreen, Oolong, Black, Dark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe tradition reads them as it reads the rest of the pharmacopoeia, nature and flavours first; they remain above all teas for tasting, picked and shaped according to their regional usages.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-vert-long-jing-long-jing-cha","title":"Long Jing green tea - 龙井茶 (Long Jing Cha)","description":"\u003cp\u003eLong Jing (“Dragon Well”) is one of the ten most celebrated teas of China and has featured regularly at the head of the imperial rankings since the Qing dynasty. It is grown exclusively in the misty hills that surround West Lake (Xi Hu) at Hangzhou, in Zhejiang province. Its flat, smooth leaves, of a characteristic jade green, are pan-fired by hand in cast-iron woks according to an ancestral method that gives them their particular “brush” shape and releases their scent of toasted almond and chestnut. Picked before the Qingming festival (early April), the “pre-Qingming” grade is the most sought after. A plant-food of thousand-year-old tradition, on the border of the tea of pleasure, of the orthodox pharmacopoeia and of Chinese art.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yi Shang Tang","offers":[{"title":"100 g","offer_id":53827592585555,"sku":"BQ-LONG-JING-CHA-100G","price":12.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1067\/3343\/7267\/files\/long-jing-cha-dessus-1.jpg?v=1784503499"},{"product_id":"the-oolong-tie-guan-yin","title":"Tie Guan Yin oolong tea - 铁观音 (Tie Guan Yin)","description":"\u003cp\u003eTie Guan Yin (“Iron Goddess of Mercy”) is one of the most celebrated oolongs (semi-oxidised teas) of China, from Anxi in Fujian province. Its name comes from a Buddhist legend: a devout farmer is said to have received in a dream, from the goddess Guan Yin, the location of an exceptional tea. The leaves, partly oxidised (30 to 50% according to style) then rolled into tight bluish-green balls, open magnificently in the infusion, releasing a characteristic floral orchid scent. Between green tea and black tea, oolong combines freshness and depth, and belongs to the noble tradition of Gongfu Cha (“the tea of mastery”).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yi Shang Tang","offers":[{"title":"150 g","offer_id":53827592618323,"sku":"BQ-TIE-GUAN-YIN-150G","price":7.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1067\/3343\/7267\/files\/the-oolong-tie-guan-yin-tie-guan-yin-3405543.jpg?v=1785714376"},{"product_id":"the-amer-houx-amer-ku-ding-cha","title":"Bitter tea (Bitter holly) - 苦丁茶 (Ku Ding Cha)","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Bitter tea” (Ku Ding Cha) is \u003cstrong\u003enot a true tea\u003c\/strong\u003e (Camellia sinensis): it is an infusion based on the leaves of Ilex (tropical holly) or of Ligustrum (privet), according to the regional variety. The long, leathery leaves are rolled into characteristic green sticks and dried. Very popular in southern China and in Vietnam, its name Ku Ding means “bitter nail”, in reference to its extreme bitterness and to its nail-like shape. A drink of folk tradition and of the orthodox pharmacopoeia, on the border between tea and traditional infusion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yi Shang Tang","offers":[{"title":"50 g","offer_id":53827592651091,"sku":"BQ-KU-DING-CHA-50G","price":9.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1067\/3343\/7267\/files\/the-amer-houx-amer-ku-ding-cha-9437724.jpg?v=1785714376"},{"product_id":"the-noir-a-lecorce-de-mandarine-hong-cha-chen-pi","title":"Black tea with mandarin peel - 陈皮红茶 (Hong Cha Chen Pi)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA refined traditional Cantonese preparation: black tea (Hong Cha — fully oxidised, to be distinguished from Western “black tea”, which corresponds rather to Chinese Pu Er) is placed inside a hollowed-out mandarin peel (Chen Pi), and the whole is then dried together over several years. The scent of the aged mandarin gradually permeates the tea leaves, creating an infusion of remarkable complexity: the warm, full-bodied side of black tea married to the aromatic sweetness of the mandarin peel. Each piece is a small mandarin “ball” stuffed with tea. A speciality of Xinhui (Guangdong), a region renowned for the quality of its mandarins.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yi Shang Tang","offers":[{"title":"1 pack","offer_id":54350722859347,"sku":"BQ-HONG-CHA-CHEN-PI-1SACHET","price":12.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1067\/3343\/7267\/files\/the-noir-a-lecorce-de-mandarine-hong-cha-chen-pi-5930770.jpg?v=1785714374"}],"url":"https:\/\/botaqi.shop\/en\/collections\/thes.oembed","provider":"BotaQi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}