Chun Mee (; pronounced ) is a popular
green tea
Green tea is a type of tea that is made from '' Camellia sinensis'' leaves and buds that have not undergone the same withering and oxidation process which is used to make oolong teas and black teas. Green tea originated in China, and since the ...
. It has a dusty appearance and is generally more acidic and less sweet than other green teas. It was originally produced only in the Chinese
Jiangxi province, but is nowadays also grown elsewhere. The tea is divided into several grades with numbers. Some examples are: 41022, 4011, 9371, 8147, 9367, 9366, 3008 or 3009. The number 41022 in this case represents the highest quality, while number 8147 practically only consists of broken leaves.
Chun mee tea, together with
Assam Bukial tea, has been studied to observe the rate of infusion of
caffeine. The study found that caffeine diffusion through the tea leaves is a greatly hindered process.
M. Spiro, D. Jaganyi, M.C. Broom, "Kinetics and equilibria of tea infusion. IX: The rates and temperature coefficients of caffeine extraction from green Chun Mee and black Assam Bukial teas", ''Food chemistry'', Vol. 45, No. 5, pp. 333-335, 1992.
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See also
* Green tea
Green tea is a type of tea that is made from '' Camellia sinensis'' leaves and buds that have not undergone the same withering and oxidation process which is used to make oolong teas and black teas. Green tea originated in China, and since the ...
* List of Chinese teas
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References
Green tea
Chinese teas
Chinese tea grown in Anhui
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