A leafhopper's bite starts the sweetness: the nipped leaf defends itself with honeyed terpenes, and the tea keeps them.
Recipe
- Temperature 85 °C · 185 °F
- Leaf 4 g
- Water 150 ml
- First steep 1:00
- Each next steep +0:15
- Steeps 5
Lore
In the hills of Hsinchu, farmers let the green leafhopper bite the summer leaf; the plant answers with honey and ripe fruit. Merchants once found the story so unlikely they called it pengfeng cha, braggart's tea, and the name of shame became a badge.