'Giant panda' of Chinese tea family helps cool summer heat

As the temperature rises, it is a good time to enjoy some green tea. Apart from well-known green teas, such as Longjing and Maofeng, a new bred green tea named Golden Shoot is worth a try.

It is the only yellow variant tea in the Chinese tea family after decades of exploration and breeding since the 1990s.

Due to its low yield, excellent quality, and high price akin to gold, it has earned the nickname "Golden Shoot". Furthermore, because of its rarity, cultivation challenges, and high maintenance costs, "Golden Shoot" is hailed as the "giant panda of tea".

"Golden Shoot" stands out for its high content of tea amino acids, reportedly three to five times that of other tea varieties. With an impressive amino acid content of 9 percent, compared to the usual 3-4 percent in regular tea and 5-7 percent in white tea, Golden Shoot is a remarkable discovery.