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红茶 - Red tea

For more information about the naming tea ,please refer to  Chinese Tea Vocabulary at the footer of the website.

Grade

Song Zhen - 1 tip and 1 or 2 or 3 leaves , Jin Zhen , Jin Si , Jin Ya, Jin Luo - only tips , Gu Shu - older / bigger leaves and Huang Pian ( yellow leaves ) and some tips

Processing

Fujian style with temperature fin...

红茶 - Red tea

For more information about the naming tea ,please refer to  Chinese Tea Vocabulary at the footer of the website.

Grade

Song Zhen - 1 tip and 1 or 2 or 3 leaves , Jin Zhen , Jin Si , Jin Ya, Jin Luo - only tips , Gu Shu - older / bigger leaves and Huang Pian ( yellow leaves ) and some tips

Processing

Fujian style with temperature final roast in short time called " Ti Xiang or Gao Xiang  ", like Zhong Guo Hong , Zheng Shan Xiao Zhong which promotes nutty and chocolate sweet notes.

Yunnan traditional style with light withering and sun dried called  " Shai Hong " , promoting fruity notes and suitable for ageing even in less humid environment.

Typical Dian Hong style like Classic 58 tea which is made with light withering and post processed on low temperature roast in order to preserve fruity notes and provide rich tea same time.

Shape

Apart of the loose form also in various shapes are available,  like cakes , bricks , tuo , balls called " Long Zhu ". The reason is not only convenience of storing but also ageing purposes and mostly done with aging ability black teas like Sun Dried " Shai Hong " .

Trees

Generally made of "tai di cha" - tea bushes from plantations like in Feng Qing area or Simao ( Puer ) . In Yunnan , the red tea is also made from older arbor tea trees called Gu Shu Hong Cha.

Varietal

Many varietals like Jin Pu Hao in Ailao Shan and Jing Gu area , Yun Keng Shi Hao from Feng Qing  but also Zi Jiuan or Zi Ya- the purple varietal is used along with Ye Sheng Hong Cha from Camelia Taliensis wild tea trees.

Origin

We generally focus on Yunnan tea , but Fujian also offers large variety of black tea but only from small young bushes. In Yunnan the most famous areas are Feng Qing and Simao  ( Puer ).

Harvest

In Yunnan generally red tea is made of spring , summer or autumn harvest. It is falsely believed that the spring harvest is always the best. Some red ( blacks ) are the better in autumn edition than spring. Also some black teas might take year or two to develop a better taste, so the fresh ones also not always better.

Brewing

Brewing parameters ( volume , amount of tea , time of brewing ) depends on personal taste preference and desired strength of the tea. Temperature is recommended 90 - 100C where lower temperature for more tipsy blacks or light withered sun dried ones and higher for dark oxidized and heavy roasted black teas like Keemun , Zhen Shan Xiao Zhong etc.

In brewing the white tea, the size of the leaf ( grade )  , age of trees ( bush or Gushu ) or shape ( loose / pressed and soft or hard pressed ) factors also need to be concerned.

The products listed below is a representative selection of the elements written above , helping you to understand the differences by trying particular examples.



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    Feng Qing Classic 58 Black Tea in grade of 1 tip and 2 leafs. Very well processed , bittersweet taste with fruity notes. Very suitable as a daily / breakfast drinker. This tea is also sold on market as "Song Zhen" a pine needles - due to it's shaping. We sell this tea in paper box of 250g. 

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    The blend of many varietals ( like purple leaf Zi Juan or some oolong small leaf varietal ) from Feng Qing area. Fully oxidized with typical high temp. roast technique finish  ( called "gao xiang / ti xiang " ) processed tea leaf releases remarkable chocolate and cocoa scent out from the first brew. The touch of roasted nuts with hint of sour note can be...

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    Heavily oxidized tea leaves from the tea trees of Feng Huang mountain. Dancong tea processed as Hong Cha ( red / black tea ) which still preserved its typical flowery touch accompanied with fruity, candy, honeyish notes. Some astringency expected with harder steeping , so the optimal brewing style is faster pouring or smaller amounts than general Dancong...

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    Spring 2nd harvest leaves of small tea trees from Yong De area in Mu Gua village neighboring with Mei Zi Qing. Without any artificial heat processing , but just simply sun dried, allowing to tea further taste development ( partial ageing ) . Fruity aroma with touch of sour notes typical for shai hong. Some "ma ti" ( woody stems ) are in presence as common...

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    Tea bushes of An Ji Bai Cha varietal  planted in Dehong and mostly used for the famous green tea tips production for Zhejiang distributors. The producer from 2nd harvest makes very good red tea with dark chocolate notes with touch of nuts due to the high temp. roast. We also offer 180g in box ( drop-down option ) .

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    Unsprouted tea leaves from wild tea trees of Dehong area lightly oxidized as sun dried red tea is made. These buds " ya bao " are basically a Ye Sheng Hong without the leaves and so the taste is pure sweet with touch of fruitiness and some peach notes, yet without any bitter background. It is very difficult to control the oxidation of the buds so the...

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    Spring purple varietal tea leaves Zi Ya harvested from medium size trees growing on Big Snow Mountain in Yongde county, processed as a black tea with accurate light roast in order to reduce excessive herbal taste ( typical for purple varietal ) yet preserve the original fruity-camomile notes which makes this tea significantly distinguishable from others....

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    Tea bushes of An Ji Bai Cha varietal  planted in Dehong and mostly used for the famous green tea tips production for Zhejiang distributors. A small batch from the 1st. harvest made for us on special order. Fruity notes with touch of herbs, reminding purple varietal Zi Ya. Much sweeter than previous year we had from 2nd harvest.

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