2009 Spring Imperial Yunnan Fengqing Black Tea-15g

Yunnan black tea falls into the category of Gongfu black tea, which means it requires a lot of Gongfu(work/tea making process) to make this tea.
Our Yunnan black tea is from the traditional black tea making area-Fengqing, which has over 150 years experience to make black tea.

Yunnan black tea is well-known for its high freshness and sweetness. For such high quality, it has little or no astringency at all; hence there is no need to add some sugar or honey to compensate the astringency; but still, if adding some pure milk, then the taste is more smooth and mellow, I will never forget the mellowness of this milk tea.

Tea tree: Big leaves of Fengqing, Yunnan

Harvest time: 2010 spring

Picking standard: One bud

Shape: Tight, plump bud

Dried tea color: golden color full of tea hair

Aroma: fresh, high sweetness

Tea soup color: bright orange color

Taste: fresh, sweet, delicate & mellow, long aftertaste

1 Tasting Note

Lori

This tea came directly from China and was certainly worth the wait. As an added bonus, they do sell samples.

The leaves are whole, and golden with a malty aroma. They are similar to the picture on the website. When brewed, the tea has no astringency. In fact, it had a subtle sweetness and honey flavor (and I did not add sugar, which is my usual habit). The peppery and maybe malty flavor that is typical of a yunnan was not present. This is not a bold tea so certainly this would not be an AM beverage but it is a nice relaxing afternoon treat. I am thinking I like this black tea (well how can I resist a tea that is naturally sweet…)

2010-05-10 20:58:54 -0400

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