Categories: Yellow Tea
Purple Bamboo Shoot Tribute Tea （Yellow tea）
€71.70
Zisun Tribute Tea, originating from Guzhu Mountain in Changxing, Zhejiang, is a renowned millennium-old tribute tea in Chinese history. Its name derives from the tender tea buds resembling “purple bamboo shoots.” Since the Tang Dynasty, it has been exclusively reserved for the imperial court, and Lu Yu praised it as the “foremost among teas” in The Classic of Tea.
Crafted from premium tea buds harvested from Guzhu Mountain using traditional methods, the dried leaves are tightly straight with visible pekoe, displaying a vibrant green hue tinged with purple. When brewed, the liquor is clear and bright, releasing a delicate yet rich aroma. The taste is fresh, mellow, and sweet, with a long-lasting aftertaste.
Not only is Zisun Tribute Tea an exceptional green tea treasure, but it also carries profound historical and cultural significance in Chinese tea tradition.
| Name | Purple Bamboo Shoot Tribute Tea · Heritage Edition of Tang Dynasty Tribute Tea (5g Individual Tea Cake) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Category | Single cake in cotton paper packaging / Simple packaging (5 cakes/bag) |
| Specification | 5g/cake (diameter approx. 3.5-4cm, thickness 1cm) |
| Certification | 5g*5 |
| Appearance | Round and well-pressed cake, dark brown and glossy, with purple tips and bamboo shoot-shaped compression |
| Liquor | Golden and translucent |
| Aroma | Orchid and plum fragrance in dry leaves |
| Taste | Fresh and sweet on the palate, with a long-lasting sweet aftertaste, mellow and smooth |
| Leaf | Stretched and vibrant |
2025 First Flush Purple Bamboo Shoots Tribute Cake revives the tribute legacy since Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD). Tea Sage Lu Yu extolled it as “purple buds like bamboo shoots, fragrance surpassing all realms” in The Classic of Tea. Harvested at dawn from 380m wild tea groves in Guzhu Mountain’s northern slopes, each bud is processed via China’s intangible heritage “Seven Classics” method: bamboo-steamed to lock freshness, stone-mortared to preserve enzymes, hand-pressed in mulberry-wood molds into “boot-wrinkle cakes” (3.8cm diameter ×1cm thick), then charcoal-baked for seven days.
Five individually wrapped cakes (5g each) nest in kraft paper bags printed with Tang-era floral motifs from Dunhuang manuscripts. Unwrap rice paper to reveal dark-brown cakes with purple tips, exuding orchid and candied plum notes. Brewed at 95°C, the liquor shimmers with golden halo, delivering spring-stream sweetness and honeyed velvet texture, finishing with moonlit-bamboo coolness.
Ages gracefully for 3 years (best by May 20, 2028). Store in the heritage-inspired bag for personal enjoyment, or present in paulownia-wood cases as executive gifts.
Sip the essence of Guzhu Mountain’s 2025 spring, echoing a millennium of tribute tea tradition.
2025 Purple Bamboo Shoots Tribute Tea·Wild arbor tea from Guzhu Mt north cliff (380m), crafted by Tang Feiyi techniques (SC1143305220616010). 5g×5 “boot-wrinkle cakes” (Ø3.8cm±0.2) pressed via Lu Yu’s 7-step method: bamboo-steamed → stone-pounded → mulberry-molded. Packed in kraft bags with Dunhuang Cave 217 motifs, mulberry paper wrapped as Tang tribute scrolls. Develops from orchid freshness to date-honey richness by 05/2028.
Triple Brewing Mastery:
① Gaiwan Ritual
‣ Vessel: 120ml celadon gaiwan + glass pitcher
‣ Preheat: Boiling water rinse till 60℃
‣ Toast tea: Bake cake at 60℃/30s (enhance plum note)
‣ First infusion: 95℃ water, 35s steep (discard rinse)
‣ Core brew: Second infusion 40s, observe golden foam corona
‣ Progression: +10s per steep, lasts 12 infusions
※ Key: Slightly open lid on 3rd infusion
② Steam Essencing
‣ Set up: Ceramic steamer (300ml/80℃ water in base)
‣ Arrange tea: Crumbled cake on mulberry paper
‣ Extraction: Steam 3 mins till droplets form
‣ Collect: Bamboo spoon scrape dew (50ml yield per cake)
※ Caution: Preheat steamer to 60℃
③ Thermos Alchemy
‣ Combine: 1 cake + 1g dried tangerine peel in 480ml cup
‣ Rinse: 30% boiling water swirl-discard
‣ Brew: Full boiling water, steep 8 mins
‣ Sustain: Velvety texture holds 6 hours
※ Upgrade: Add 2 longans in winter for warmth