You Might Need To Sell Your House To Buy These 5 Tea

Tea is one of the most widely used and popular beverage not just in India but around the world. Tea is the way to start the day for many. It energizes them and give them freshness. It's pretty much zero calories, and can often reduce your appetite when you drink it instead of grabbing something to eat. So many benefits in a freaking cup of tea!Which brings us back to the topic at hand - the most expensive teas in the world.

* Tieguanyin

This is the motherload, the cherry on top, the big kahuna. Tieguanyin is the most expensive tea in the world, and, naturally, it comes from China. At the fantastical price of $3,000 per kg, just thinking about this tea makes my heart beat faster.

It's named after a Buddhist deity called Guan Yin (Iron Goddess of Mercy). It's an oolong tea, meaning its oxidization is somewhere between that of black and green teas. Luckily for anyone who buys this expensive tea, a leaf can be brewed up to seven times before it loses its flavor, so I guess its bang-for-your-buck value is very high. So why is this tea so unique? It brings the five senses into play with every sip.

* Gyokuro

This tea is known as Sencha, which is a Japanese green tea that's made without grinding the tea leaves. The leaves are really pampered - they're shaded from the sun in the final two week before harvesting, which helps increase the amino acids in the leaves, giving them a sweeter flavor and distinct aroma. This tea sells for about $65 USD for 100grams, making it super expensive. It's made in Japans Uji district, which I'm planning to go visit one day, if only for the off chance that they'll have a 50% off deal or something.

* Da Hong Pao

This tea is legendary, in that it dates back as early as the 18th century (the Dao Guang Era FYI), and is still being talked about to this day. We're actually talking about the premium version of this tea - because there are a variety of options - but this one is the most expensive. So the Chinese government sold this tea in 1998 in an auction to the highest bidder, and received $900,000 for it. That comes out to around $1,250,000 per kilogram. This tea is more expensive than gold.

* Panda dung tea

The tea is not actually made purely out of Panda dung, though. It's just fertilized with it. A Chinese entrepreneur basically decided to cultivate tea leaves in the mountains of Ya'an, Sichuan and fertilize the leaves with the Panda dung. People loved the flavor, and paid him lots of money for it. Oh, China.

* Yellow Gold Tea Buds

At around $105.71 USD for 50 grams (around 25 cups), this tea is both as expensive as, and as pretty as a piece of jewelry. What I mean is that they paint the tea leaves with real gold - 24 carats - and you're apparently supposed to consume that into your body. But don't worry, apparently it's not only non-toxic, it's actually pretty healthy.