Orange Pekoe Wild YunNan Old Tree Golden Heaven Black Tea(滇紅工夫茶)

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This tea is from a small tea family, this family live off tea production in poor and remote parts of Yunnan, and it takes 5 hours of driving on mountain roads to reach them.

Even though it is a tough trip to see them and source the tea, we have been working together for many years, from building the processing house for them to distribute the tea to rest of the world.

This Black Tea contains extraordinary floral aromatic scent. The Tea leaves are collected from tea trees which are over 50 years old, growing wildly in the mountains located 1000 meters above sea level.

This Yunnan black tea’s liquor is bright in amber colour, exhibits a floral scent and sweet chestnut taste.

Cheaper varieties of black tea produce a darker liquor and can be very bitter.This black tea is made of the old big leaf tea trees, which contain richer content of polyphenol, contributes to the strong aromatic taste. It doesn’t turn bitter even after a long steep.

天然生長在雲南小數民族培植的生態茶園。每年春天,茶農們採集最好的原料製作此茶,產量極少。 此茶非常耐泡,帶香濃烤粟子香。
滇紅工夫茶產地海拔高,所以具有高山茶的特色。滋味濃厚,味重,但高海拔茶的清醇、持久耐泡非常明顯。
滇紅工夫茶,主產雲南的臨滄、保山等地,是中國工夫紅茶的後起之秀,以外形肥碩緊實,金毫顯露和香高味濃的品質獨樹一幟,而稱著於世。滇紅工夫外形條索緊結,肥碩雄壯,乾茶色澤烏潤,金毫特顯,內質湯色艷亮,香氣鮮鬱高長,滋味濃厚鮮爽,富有刺激性。葉底紅勻嫩亮,國內獨具一格,系舉世歡迎的工夫紅茶。

日本大阪市立大学实验指出,饮用红茶一小时后,测得经心脏的血管血流速度改善,证实红茶有较强的防治心梗效用。美国杂志报道,红茶抗衰老效果强于大蒜头、西兰花和胡萝卜等。健康保健方面:红茶可以帮助胃肠消化、促近食欲,可利尿、消除水肿,并强壮心肌功能。预防疾病方面:红茶的抗菌力强,用红茶漱口可防滤过性病毒引起的感冒,并预防蛀牙与食物中毒,降低血糖值与高血压。

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Ah what a day, what a lovely day! Ok no, I did not do anything Mad Max related, except plant my War Boy potato (things are weird like that sometimes) no, I just took an exceptionally lovely nap. I also am very pleased with myself, even though I am still feeling pretty rough I managed to write two blogs today! I do have a question my friendly readers, would an occasional double post be of any interest? I do not think I have the time or energy (sad, I know) to write two lengthy reviews every day, but once in a while? Maybe twice a week? My reasoning is, I have a lot of teas to review, and I always feel that I do not have enough days in the week to get all the reviews I want to out. So, please, a bit of feedback would be most helpful.

So, today’s tea is from TanLong Premium Tea Collection, a Canadian company with a specialty in (as the name says) premium Chinese teas, the particular tea I am looking at today is Orange Pekoe Wild YunNan Old Tree Golden Heaven Black Tea. This black tea hails from a rugged, hard to reach, mountainous region in Yunnan (wait, isn’t all of Yunnan mountains? Isn’t that why it is so awesome for tea growing? Clearly I need to visit to find out for myself!) from 50 year old trees. The Orange Pekoe refers to the lovely golden fuzz that coats some of the leaves, my love for the fuzzy golden trichomes is never ending. The aroma of the large curly leaves is pretty delicious, strong notes of dark chocolate and dried cherry, with an accompaniment of tobacco and delicate distant flowers. The aroma is strong, I greatly enjoyed sniffing this tea, even though it does not have a ton of notes, the ones that are present are rather intense.

Once given a steeping in my bat gaiwan, the dark leaves take on a whole new level of epic aroma. Starting with notes of dark chocolate and cherries, the aroma then transitions to candied yams, sweet cream, distant flowers, and a nice heavy finish of malt. The wet leaves put me in a very happy place, but honestly, as much as I love other types of tea, Yunnan black teas really put me in a state of bliss unlike any other. The liquid is creamy sweet with notes of yams, dark cocoa, flowers (like a slightly rosy and spring garden blend) with a nice finish of brown sugar.

First sip of the first steep and omg that is good, like really good. The tea has a heaviness to it I was not expecting from a first steep, thick in mouthfeel and taste. It starts with a blend of malt and tobacco that quickly transitions to sweet dried cherries and dark chocolate, it is pleasantly rich, though not overly sweet at first, but as the flavor builds so does the creamy sweetness. The finish is delicate flowery notes who linger with a slight cooling effect.

Well, onto the second steep! I was torn whether or not I wanted to linger over each steep or quickly move onward to the next to see how it builds. I have this problem a lot with really tasty teas, being torn between savoring and gorging. I have that same problem with food too! The aroma of the tea is very malty and sweet, blending cocoa with a touch of woody briskness and cream. The taste matches the aroma nigh perfectly, the mouthfeel is creamy, which is a fun contrast to the brisk woodiness of the taste. This quickly moves to malt and sweet cream with a delightful rose note reminiscent of candied rose petals. The finish is sweet cream and cocoa, with a lingering camphorous cooling note, typical of Yunnan teas.

Third steeping time, the aroma of this steep was a bit milder and sweeter, the woody notes have all but vanished, with solid notes of sweet cream, dark chocolate and yams as the dominant notes. At the finish I get a tiny whiff of cherries. The taste is milder as well, I feel like the majority of the tea’s oomph went into the last steeping, but this steep perhaps is only really mild in comparison and not mild as in giving up the ghost. It is very sweet, blending sweet cream and yams, chocolate and cherries, with a pleasant camphor finish. This tea is surprisingly cheap, 100g for $20, that is a sizable amount of tea, making this a great choice for an everyday drinker…and so going on my shopping list!

For blog and photos: http://ramblingbutterflythoughts.blogspot.com/2015/06/tanlong-premium-tea-collection-orange.html

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