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Sun dried black tea , known as Shai Hong , is simply processed with light oxidation ,
rolling and dying on the sun ( directly or in the drying glass house ) .
The initial flavour spectrum is rather sour , due to not complete fixation
(  not like it's common for dark roasted black tea ) whcih in time is transforming
into the jam fruity sweet note...

Sun dried black tea , known as Shai Hong , is simply processed with light oxidation ,
rolling and dying on the sun ( directly or in the drying glass house ) .
The initial flavour spectrum is rather sour , due to not complete fixation
(  not like it's common for dark roasted black tea ) whcih in time is transforming
into the jam fruity sweet notes. Therefore shaihong tea is recommended
for further ageing and it is also sold in pressed form.
This type of processing is commonly used by tea farmers who do not possess
special equipment for making the fully fixed ( heat processed ) black tea.
In modern tea business this concept is also being overtaken by bigger producers who use the gentle heat to imitate the sun drying environment.

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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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    Spring harvest of big & small wild tea trees growing near Myanmar borders in Dehong state. Processed by the small producer who is originally from Feng Qing so his sun dried Ye Sheng is up to very good standard. Typical sweet-sour fruity notes which will develop further with time because this one hasn't gone through any artificial heat processing ( roast ) .

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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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    Early spring harvest of wild varietal tea leaves from young trees growing in Feng Qing area. Typical fruity taste of Ye Sheng enhanced by the sun dried simple processing,  is very well balanced with sweet taste of quite substantial amount of "ya bao" ( red flakes scattered in tea. ). Despite of the small tea trees, still can get eight steepings od decent...

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