{"id":2378,"date":"2025-01-03T02:53:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T09:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/?p=2378"},"modified":"2025-01-03T02:53:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T09:53:06","slug":"spring-teas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/spring-teas\/","title":{"rendered":"Launch Into Spring With Prized Teas Harvested in Early Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Launch Into Spring With Prized Teas Harvested in Early Spring<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Spring officially arrived on Monday. The day before, on Sunday March 19, the Northern Hemisphere experienced a bit more darkness than light across the 24 hours comprising Earth\u2019s complete rotation. On Tuesday the 21<sup>st<\/sup>, the hemisphere welcomed slightly more light. But on the 20<sup>th<\/sup>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/March_equinox\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Spring Equinox<\/mark><\/a>, light and darkness were fairly even. Now, more daylight will continue flooding the Northern Hemisphere until the Summer Solstice, on June 21 \u2014 the longest day of the year. After the Solstice, the volume of daylight begins ratcheting back for six months, until the Winter Solstice in December.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"696\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AdobeStock_322613740-1024x696.jpeg\" alt=\"spring teas\" class=\"wp-image-2381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AdobeStock_322613740-1024x696.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AdobeStock_322613740-300x204.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AdobeStock_322613740-768x522.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AdobeStock_322613740-1536x1043.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AdobeStock_322613740-2048x1391.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AdobeStock_322613740-1600x1087.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>A day gets evenly divided between light and dark on the equinoxes in spring and autumn.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>In tea-growing regions around the world, spring means more than expanded daylight. For many tea farmers, spring is time to harvest the finest crops of the year. While most farmers plant in spring and harvest in fall, it\u2019s the reverse for tea. The best buds and leaves unfurl just as winter begins to finally loosen its cold grip, and give way to warmth\u2019s return. Following spring harvests, most tea farmers continue plucking leaves from shrubs \u2014 in some cases, they launch into three additional harvests, or \u201cflushes.\u201d But those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/spring-harvest-tea\/\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">spring leaves are the most sought-after<\/mark><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The quality advantage hinges on biology. During winter, tea shrubs, like many plants, go into a kind of hibernation; nutrients dwell in the roots after leaves fall, the days grow short and colder temperatures arrive. But in spring, those reservoirs of minerals, sugars, vitamins and more stored in roots rise back up into branches and help create leaves. The early shoots of green life contain the highest concentrations of nutrients, and the flavors yielded by them. And they are prized by tea farmers and aficionados alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spring Teas Celebrated Around the World<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AdobeStock_313907853-1024x643.jpeg\" alt=\"spring teas\" class=\"wp-image-2380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AdobeStock_313907853-1024x643.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AdobeStock_313907853-300x188.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AdobeStock_313907853-768x482.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AdobeStock_313907853-1536x964.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AdobeStock_313907853-2048x1285.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/AdobeStock_313907853-1600x1004.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>A tea farmer harvesting young leaves in spring.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Reverence for early spring teas spans growing regions, from tea\u2019s birthplace in China\u2019s Yunnan Province to Japan\u2019s Shizuoka region and the tea-abundant Assam region of India. The only major growing area that doesn\u2019t offer much in the way of spring tea is Kenya, the world\u2019s second-biggest exporter of tea, after China. As Kenya sits on the equator, the country doesn\u2019t enjoy just one season for tea growing, with harvests across spring and summer. Instead, Kenyan tea farmers can harvest tea year-round, a condition that contributes toward its high ranking among tea-exporting countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We certainly share an affinity with many others for the pleasures of delicate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/spring-into-detox\/\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">flavorful spring teas<\/mark><\/a> from Asia. Inhaling their aromas and sipping them somehow seems to conjure inner tranquility while at the same time stimulating complex and engaging thought. They are treats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Ku Cha House of Tea, we work closely with farms and brokers across Asia that grow&nbsp;<em>Camellia sinensis<\/em>, to ensure that we always receive enough spring-harvested tea to satisfy our customers, as well as our own thirst for the teas!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To celebrate 2025\u2019s pivot from winter to spring (it\u2019s about time here in Colorado, where winter landed early and never let up), let\u2019s experiment with the grand teas that farmers harvest first every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/product\/Darjeeling%201st%20Flush%20Black%20Tea%20(Organic)\/517\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Spring Teas: Darjeeling 1<sup>st<\/sup>&nbsp;Flush Black Tea (Organic)<\/mark><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"493\" height=\"493\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bt_darjeeling_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bt_darjeeling_02.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bt_darjeeling_02-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/bt_darjeeling_02-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Darjeeling 1st Flush teas broaden conceptions of black tea.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Black tea is the most popular style of tea around the world, outside of China and Japan, and their styles lean into robustness and bold flavors. Most of us are familiar with the flavor of a hot mug of black tea, perhaps spiked with a sweetener and softened with cream in the English manner. But not all black teas present such rugged flavors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consider our Darjeeling 1<sup>st<\/sup>&nbsp;Flush Black Tea, which we source from organic farms in India. When farmers harvest these teas, picked between late February and early April in India\u2019s high-altitude Darjeeling state, they pluck young silver tea beds, which are rolled and elongated. After tea artisans oxidize the silver buds into black tea, they package them and ship the teas to eager importers, like Ku Cha. This style of Darjeeling black tea is full-bodied and honey-toned, with notes of muscatel grapes and ripe fruit, rather than flavors more commonly associated with black tea, such as malty, earthy and smoky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/product\/Bi%20Luo%20Chun%20Green%20Tea%20(Organic)\/1534\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/product\/Bi%20Luo%20Chun%20Green%20Tea%20(Organic)\/1534\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Spring Teas: Bi Luo Chun Green Tea<\/mark><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"493\" height=\"493\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gt_biluochun_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gt_biluochun_02.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gt_biluochun_02-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/gt_biluochun_02-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Bi Luo Chun grows alongside plum and bayberry trees, which flower in spring while farmers harvest tea leaves.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Springtime is about more than harvesting tea; it\u2019s also the season when many trees blossom, perfuming entire landscapes with intoxicating aromatics and arresting visuals. In Japan, spring means cherry blossoms, which serve as the national symbol for the island nation. Japan\u2019s abundance of cherry trees burst into shades of pink every spring, drawing crowds, tourists and lots of Instagram activity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our Bi Luo Chun tea, which means \u201cJade Curly Spring Tea,\u201d grows on Xishan Island in Dongting Lake, a gorgeous spot in China\u2019s Jiangsu Province. During harvest in early spring, plum and bayberry trees that grow alongside the tea shrubs flower, creating a gorgeous spectacle for the eyes and nose. The alignment of harvest with flowering fruit trees could contribute toward this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/flower-power-tea-health\/\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">tea\u2019s floral aroma<\/mark><\/a>, and intricate, youthful flavors. This is an early-spring tea not to be missed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/product\/Silver%20Needle%20White%20Tea\/1936\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/product\/Silver%20Needle%20White%20Tea\/1936\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Spring Teas: Silver Needle White Tea<\/mark><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"493\" height=\"493\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/wt_silverneedle_02.jpg\" alt=\"spring teas\" class=\"wp-image-2384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/wt_silverneedle_02.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/wt_silverneedle_02-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/wt_silverneedle_02-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Silver Needle leaves are beautiful.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>China\u2019s coastal province of Fujian produces more tea than any other Chinese tea-growing region: 380,000 tons of tea a year. That volume of tea could brew 86 billion cups of tea. It\u2019s a tea powerhouse! Naturally, the region supports a wide range of tea farms; some are vast, while others are more like small family farms.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fujian is famous for its white tea production, and that includes Silver Needle, or Bai Hao Yin Zhen, one of the best white teas in the world. To craft Silver Needle, tea farmers hand-pick <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/caffeine-tea\/\">tea buds<\/a> from stems, only in early spring, and then fan them out and dry them in the sun. Following their time catching some rays, tea farmers then lightly fire them over charcoal at a low heat. The last step finishes drying the tea, while simultaneously preserving the buds\u2019 enchanting silver color.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each sip of Silver Needle will coat your mouth with a clean, smooth sweetness; many rank Silver Needle as the sweetest of all white teas. We savor Silver Needle year-round, including hot summer days, when it seems to magically lower body heat. Since production is limited, this is a rare treat!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Launch Into Spring With Prized Teas Harvested in Early Spring Spring officially arrived on Monday. 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