Yunnan "Black Gold" Black Tea * Spring 2018

A Black Tea from

Rating

80 / 100

Calculated from 4 Ratings
Tea type
Black Tea
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Ingredients
Black Tea Leaves
Flavors
Almond, Apple, Bread, Caramel, Cedar, Cinnamon, Cream, Dark Chocolate, Earth, Grass, Green Beans, Honey, Leather, Malt, Marshmallow, Mineral, Orange Zest, Peanut, Pear, Prune, Raisins, Smoke, Sugarcane, Sweet Potatoes, Vanilla, Grapes, Tobacco
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Bulk, Loose Leaf
Caffeine
Not available
Certification
Not available
Typical Preparation
Use 4 oz / 121 ml of water
Set water temperature to 200 °F / 93 °C
Use 4 g of tea
Steep for 3 min, 15 sec
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4 Tasting Notes View all

“still no rating on this one….keep forgetting to pay attention to it which probably means it’s pretty middle of the road for me lol” Read full tasting note
“This was one of my more recent sipdowns. I purchased a 100g pouch of this tea when it was first listed back in the spring of 2018 and ended up storing it until I worked through many of the older...” Read full tasting note
“Received this sample with my YS order almost a year ago. There’s no harvest date listed but most likely it’s from 2018 so this tea is already at least 2 years old. Black teas however seem less...” Read full tasting note

Description

A traditional process one leaf / one bud ratio black tea from the high mountains of Zhenyuan in Simao prefecture. Lightly wilted the leaves still have a slight greenish color amongst the vivid brown-red color. The traditional processing gives the tea nice floral aroma and taste and allows for longer term aging. This tea can be drunk for several years, and will have noticeable changes (and improvements) for up to 2 years!

Spring 2018 harvest

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