Yellow Germs - Daliangshan Buckwheat Tea - Yellow Germ | Pei Ya Huang Ku Qiao Cha - Option: 500 g

Buckwheat tea Ku Qiao Cha 苦荃茶 has always been part of the diet of people throughout Asia and is considered a superfood with high nutritional values ​​and health benefits. Buckwheat tea does not contain caffeine, so it is suitable for drinking 24 hours a day, including in the evening or before bedtime. Its taste is incredibly rich and sweet. Before processing, buckwheat grains Yellow sprouts have a bitter taste. By roasting, peeling the husks and other treatments that intensify the wheat flavor, it acquires a golden yellow color and the taste is transformed into a slightly nutty, slightly earthy with a hint of fried rice aroma.

Our buckwheat grows in the Daliangshan Mountains in the south of Sichuan Province, which rise up to 4000 meters. Buckwheat grows very well even at high altitudes, which allow it to be grown completely without any chemicals. The seeds are harvested once a year in the summer by members of a minority group known as the Yi Zu 彝族 and are intended to be steeped as an herbal tea. Thanks to technology and only natural processing methods, the resulting product achieves high quality and the tea is then suitable for hot and cold steeping while maintaining a rich and balanced taste and health qualities.