Ku Ding Tea (Ilex latifolia) — Wild Large-Leaf Bitter Herbal Tea, Loose Leaf 500g

Ku Ding Tea (Ilex latifolia) is the large-leaf, low-temperature slow-roasted leaf of a revered wild bitter herb known in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as Kǔ Dīng Chá (苦丁茶). For generations, Ku Ding has been prized as a cooling, fire-clearing, and throat-soothing herb, used to refresh the spirit, ease heat, and support clear-headed calm. Its nature is bitter, sweet, and cold, making it a brisk yet balancing infusion for cooling internal heat and harmonizing the body during warm seasons.

Key Selling Points

• Wild-harvested large-leaf Ku Ding tea
• Low-temperature slow-roasted for aroma
• Traditional cooling, fire-clearing herb
• Loose leaf, unsweetened, 500g bag
• Brews bitter-sweet with a clean finish

Quality & Sensory

Each batch is carefully slow-roasted at low temperature to preserve the leaf's deep olive-green color, long twisted strip shape, and faint toasted herbal aroma. When brewed, the leaves unfurl and yield a clear golden-green infusion with a bold, pleasantly bitter opening that softens into a lingering sweet aftertaste, leaving the palate cool and refreshed.

Technical Specifications

Usage Scenarios

• Daily hot infusion
• Cooling summer tea
• After-meal palate cleanser
• Blended with chrysanthemum or honeysuckle
• Cold-brewed refreshing drink

Traditional Uses

In folk herbal practice, Ku Ding is brewed as a daily tea to clear heat, refresh the mind, and soothe the throat, especially during warm weather or after rich meals. It is often steeped alone in a teapot or blended with chrysanthemum, honeysuckle, and goji berry for a cooling seasonal infusion. In southern Chinese tea culture, a small pinch is repeatedly infused through the day, its bitterness mellowing with each pour.

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