The tea is very compressed and looks like a green tea, although it consists of high grade leaves that are picked from plants that are know for their black tea. Said to be cooling and thirst quenching in the summer and stomach warming and cold preventing in the winter. Grown in the cold Xuefeng mountains and Anhua mountains. Also called 'Flower Tea' as the whole log looks like a flower as it is opened. (3.125 kg)Mellows with age, as we all should. 1998