George Washington's favorite tea! Hyson and Young Hyson tea were highly prized by the colonial Americans and tax on hyson was higher than for other teas. During the Boston Tea Party there were 70 chests of Hyson destroyed.
Notes: Full-bodied, warm, plum-like tones, spring-like in flavor. Young Hyson (picked in spring) is considered a higher quality tea than Hyson.
Some believe it to have been named after an English tea merchant, Phillip Hyson.
Ingredients: Green tea leaves
Size/Type: 4oz loose tea, sealed in matte black signature tea tin
