Eight Treasures Tea for the Mid-Autumn Festival
Eight Treasures Tea for the Mid-Autumn Festival
八寶茶
Ba Bao Cha is often considered a welcome drink, served to visitors as a gesture of hospitality and friendship. It's this tradition that inspired our limited Eight Treasures release to coincide with the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival, where friends and neighbors gather together to watch the harvest moon rise in full. This holiday is best known, perhaps, for its iconic mooncakes, beautifully patterned pastries filled with red bean, egg yolk, or lotus paste. Mooncakes are notoriously heavy, making light, bright Ba Bao Cha a natural accompaniment.
The recipe for Eight Treasures, or Ba Bao Cha, varies by region, made up of dried fruits, flowers, and leaves chosen not only for their flavors, but for their corporeal properties. Steeped, each element is believed to create balance and harmony in the body, promote digestion, cooling, and in some ancient tales, eternal youth and beauty.
Song's Eight Treasures is blended in-house from a fully organic mix of Longan, Red Date, Monk Fruit, Goji Berry, Tangerine Peel, Astragalus Root, Chrysanthemum, and Rose Petals. Traditionally prepared in a large gaiwan, Eight Treasures is meant to be brewed multiple times, and is particularly delicious steeped hot, then cooled overnight in the fridge.
Packaging Guide
Our teas come in your choice of resealable pouches or gift canisters—both are fully recyclable! Depending on the size of the tea leaves, our canisters can accommodate anywhere from 30g – 240g of loose tea. Plus, they make great gifts. |
Size chart
Size guide
More familiar with our old quantities? Here’s the conversion:
Metric quantities | Ounce equivalent | Servings |
30 grams (new size!) | 1.05 oz. | 5-8 |
60 grams | 2.10 oz. | 10-15 |
120 grams | 4.20 oz. | 20-30 |
240 grams | 8.46 oz. | 40-60 |