China Beauty Rings
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The
first and second leaves of new shoots are painstakingly plucked during the end
of March and the first two weeks of April. These leaves are allowed to wither,
ever so slightly steamed, and then hand rolled. Following the rolling, the best
leaves are selected and curled around a ‘beauty stick’, pressed flat and then
dried in a special oven to lock-in the flavor and preserve the unique
shape. There are only two villages in
the Mount Meng region, which make these teas. These two villages are the holders
of the ‘beauty sticks’; sticks that the favorite consort of a 13th century
Emperor blessed with her beauty.
