This premium Yunnan Golden Tip 雲南滇紅金芽 black tea is a truly magnificent tippy Yunnan with characteristic delicacy and sweetness. The flavour becomes maltier and more layered as it cools. This Yunnan Gold Tip imparts a sense of opulent indulgence. Rounded and divine, pure heaven in a cup.
Tasting Details
Flavour: Hints of savoury cocoa, black pepper, and a beautiful lingering aftertaste of baked apple.
Aroma: A delicate maple and flower scent reminiscent of baked apple, with hints of spice.
Infusion Colour: Stunning sunset amber red
Specification
Caffeine Level: Lower than coffee, higher than white, yellow, green, and oolong teas
Antioxidant Level: High
Production process: Traditional Orthodox process naturally withered and sun-dried, hand-sorted
Grade: Premium
Leaf Appearance: Large twisted deep brown leaves with an abundance of fuzzy gold tips. Known as Daye (大叶), it is a subvariety of Camellia sinensis
Origin: Menghai(勐海), Yunnan(云南), China.
Storage: Store in a cool, dry place, away from sunlight. Re-seal the packaging between uses.
How to Brew
- Use one teaspoon of leaves (roughly 3g) for each person you are brewing tea for.
- Boiling water is best for infusing black tea. 95-100 degrees is perfect.
- Steep for 2-5 minutes according to taste.
- Reuse the leaves a further 3 times, by simply adding more hot water.
Tea facts and brewing
- Processing
- Traditional Orthodox process, Naturally withered, Sun-dried, Hand sorted
- Aroma
- Maple, Baked apple, Floral, Spice
- Flavour
- Cocoa, Black pepper, Baked apple, Maple, Floral, Spice
- Body
- Rounded and layered
- Finish
- Maple spice
- Water temperature
- 95–100°C
