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        • Organic Golden Tip Black Tea
          organic golden tip is a delightfully fruity and flavorful new organic black tea that's so delicious you'll want to serve it to your most honored guests, yet affordable enough to drink every day. made from young leaves plus abundant furry tips oxidized to a brilliant gold, this handsome tea immediately impresses with its rich, fruity nose. it infuses to a deep amber liquor marked by notes of ripe fruit with tantalizing hints of smoke, and ends with a sweet, crisp finish.
        • Organic Lavender Green
          responding to the growing awareness of the numerous health benefits associated with drinking green tea, we have created an especially aromatic and flavorful blend of certified organically produced green tea, natural bergamot essences and whole organic lavender flowers which has become one of our top sellers.
        • Organic Dragon Well
          china's premiere green tea now available in our long-awaited first certified organic dragon well. beautiful deep green leaves, that famous dragon well aroma and a rich and full-bodied flavor with a crisp finish. vacuum packed for maximum freshness.
        White Tea
        • Superior White Peony
          superior white peony hails from china's southeastern coastal province, fujian, which is famous for producing the world's finest white teas. our white peony is hand-picked, with harvesters meticulously selecting the uppermost trio of young shoots: one unopened bud, and two immediate young leaves. the tea is partially sun-dried prior to oxidation, and then lightly roasted to rid the leaves of any remaining moisture. great care is taken to ensure that each trio of leaves remains intact, and that the natural appearance of the tea plant is preserved.
        • Imperial White Peony And Rose Petals
          classic white peony tea is made from downy buds that have two small leaves attached to their base (termed two leaves and a bud). the two leaves cradling the bud are said to resemble the shape of peony flower petals. our imperial white peony with rose is made from specially produced fujian white tea generously blended with the finest dried rose petals.
        • Imperial White Peony
          to look at the dry leaves of the imperial white peony, you will only begin to imagine how difficult this tea is to make. although the name white peony" is used liberally, classic white peony is produced during an early spring harvest of "da ye" (big leaf) varietal of tea in china's fujian province. a typical white peony is produced as a leaf set containing two leaves and a bud. but the white tip is furry and the two green leaves still retain their early spring white down on the bottom of the leaves.
        Yellow Tea
        • Jun Shan Yin Zhen
          one of china's ten most famous teas, junshan yinzhen is classified as a yellow tea. it comes from hunan and was the favorite tea of chairman mao zedong, who also came from hunan. its name translates "silver needles from mount jun, " a good description of this tea's color, shape and origin. only five of the original yinzhen-producing trees remain near hunan's dongting lake, the only area where these small, perfectly formed buds are grown and manufactured.
        • Huoshan Huang Ya
          large lovingly hand-crafted leaves and downy silver buds make up this attractive "yellow bud" tea of anhui province. a fascinating product notable for the deeply floral character of its infusion. rich, full and smooth, green tea drinkers will appreciate the opportunity to sample this rare treasure.
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        Phone: (415) 544-9830

        Address: Ferry Building Market Place Shop 27 1 Ferry Building Plaza, San Francisco, CA 94111

        Website: http://www.imperialtea.com

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        General Info
        San Francisco's world-famous Imperial Tea Court is renowned as an exclusive source for many of the most highly acclaimed and sought-after teas produced today. Magnificently appointed by visiting Chinese craftsmen and opened on the fourth of July, 1993 in Chinatown, Imperial Tea Court represents the life-long commitment to the art and tradition of all aspects of tea of co-founders Grace and Roy Fong. Their mutual love and respect for authentic, hand-crafted Chinese teas ( and their difficulty in obtaining them in the United States ) led to the initiation of direct relations with tea growers and producers in China and Taiwan, and ultimately to the establishment of Imperial Tea Court. Roy Fong is the founder and proprietor of San Francisco's Imperial Tea Court, the first traditional Chinese teahouse in America. A native of Hong Kong, Mr. Fong was introduced to tea early in life, and has spent many years developing close relations with tea growers and producers in mainland China and Taiwan. Each year he visits select tea gardens to supervise all aspects of production - from planting and cultivation to harvesting, processing and grading. In addition, he has built close ties with the historic pottery workshops of Yixing in Jiangsu province and imports dozens of exceptional purple sand teapots to the United States each year - many of which are his own special designs and commissions. During his term as Head of Research & Development for the International Tea Masters Association, Mr. Fong spent several years directing and personally over-seeing the award-winning "Lotus Heart" Dragon Well tea program in the renowned West Lake area of Hangzhou, China. In 1997 an international jury awarded his Imperial Green tea first place at the Tea Masters annual conference. In 1998 he was invited to participate in ceremonies commemorating the restoration of the tea gardens at Jingshan in Zhejiang province - one of the oldest and most significant tea sites in China, dating back to the Tang dynasty ( 618-906 ). An account of the historic event was published in the July/August 1998 issue of TEA magazine, for which Mr. Fong has served as consultant and International Director, providing numerous articles on a wide variety of topics including tea history, production and related cultural matters. Presently, Mr. Fong, an ordained Daoist priest, is endeavoring to reestablish the ancient rite of tea dating back to the time of China's greatest tea master, Lu Yu, who lived during the Tang dynasty and wrote his famous book the Cha Ching ( Tea Scripture ) around the year 780. Roy is also currently working on his own book which will be a comprehensive guide to the teas of China, including sections concerning the history of tea in general, the origins of the varieties we know today, the various methods of tea processing and detailed discussions of the different methods of tea preparation and service. Roy has been featured in numerous publications, including: The New York Times, Forbes, Gourmet, Sunset Magazine, and has appeared on the National Public Radio program Talk of then Nation. He, his wife Grace, and their two daughters make their home in the San Francisco Bay area.
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        Phone: (415) 989-8008

        TollFree: (888) 555-1234

        Services/Products
        Tea.
        Payment method
        all major credit cards, invoicing available
        Price Range
        $$
        Location
        One Embarcadero Ctr
        Neighborhoods
        Northeast San Francisco, Financial District, The Embarcadero
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        Categories
        Chinese Restaurants, Asian Restaurants, Restaurants
        Other Information

        Cuisine: Pizza

        Price Range : Average

        Wheelchair Accessible: Yes

        Bike Parking: Yes

        Wi-Fi: No

        Outdoor Seating: No

        Parking: Street

        Takes Reservations: Yes

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