From Yuyiao in Zhejiang Province, China, this rare green tea owes its character to a genetic quirk: the plant is an albino cultivar that cannot produce chlorophyll, so it never turns green during the growing season. That inability to green up has a meaningful consequence for what ends up in the cup. Without the right conditions for catech
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This tea was very vegetal for me, but it was my first time trying it. I may need to use less next time for it to be more pleasant. However, I just added more hot water to my first brew and a sugar rock and then it was great for me. I'll see how next time goes. I'm usually a black tea person, but I wanted to try something new and this description caught my interest. I'd say try it if you like green teas!