| One of Wuyi top five tea, Shui Jin Gui, which means "Golden Turtle" is strong and rich tea with a very slight hint of fruity aroma. According to Chinese legends, Shui Jin Gui tea plant is a transmigration of a turtle god. Despite achieving godhood after a thousand years of meditation, the turtle god soon felt discontented as his hard effort as the Heaven's Tea Gardener often went unnoticed. One morning, he awoke to the noise of tea farmers celebrating their harvest of first flush tea leaves happily. Upon seeing this, the turtle god realised that he would be better appreciated as a tea plant and thus he gave up his immortality to become the Shui Jin Gui tea plant. Other names:
Golden Turtle Taste:
Shui Jin Gui has distinct fruity and flowery taste and aroma. Compared to other Wuyi tea, the taste is more subtle as it process with a lighter fire finish. The flowery aftertaste lingers on after every sip. Simply delicious! Appearance:
Dark and slightly curled tea leaves. Origin:
Wu Yi Shan, Fujian Province Harvest Period:
Spring '06 | 
