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“I swear I added this one. I am losing it! Oh well. I’ve actually had this three times, one of them from Bloom Coffee Roasters-a company that I am not sure is any longer in Lansing. It’s Spirit...” Read full tasting note
Whether gazing through the red cliffs of a canyon, or lost in a forest of towering grey stones, the sun’s radiance and warmth finds you. Grown in the cradle of tea, Sunstone is a breakfast tea unlike any other, which is why it sits at the heart of our collection. Each season, we combine a selection of black tea terroirs from Southwestern China, melding them for a sturdy and satisfying base to a morning—or whatever time it finds you. The infusion is full-bodied and always low in astringency. The taste strikes a dynamic chord between breakfast tea boldness and savorable complexity. Notes of honey, dark cocoa and apricot.
Region: Yunnan, China
Variety: Blend (Primarily Camellia sinensis var. assamica, Yunkang 10)
Elevation: 2,000 meters above sea level
Harvest Date: March – April 2021
Producer(s): Xu Tianjian
Brewing Recommendation: 5g tea | 340 mL water | 205°F | 4:00
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I swear I added this one. I am losing it! Oh well.
I’ve actually had this three times, one of them from Bloom Coffee Roasters-a company that I am not sure is any longer in Lansing. It’s Spirit Tea’s staple yunnan breakfast that is dense with malt and other layers, thick with the dark chocolate malt profile a lot of people look for in their tea. It’s barely astringent, but has some bitterness that is actually kind of nice, and like any good yunnan, balances the savory elements with the sweeter and darker ones.
It usually brews an intense amber orange when I make it gong fu, or a glowing red-orange black if I do longer steeps. It can do western well, but I prefer gong fu. It also survives tumbler grandpa, and when I went lighter, it was sweet savory malty-but more prominent on the chocolate.
The malt is the most overwhelming this about this tea which pushes me away from really loving it, but it’s got enough honey sweetness , apricot-y sourness, and other layers to keep me engaged and to keep it distinct from others. It doesn’t really have the same yam profile most Yunnan’s do, which is pretty interesting. Maybe sweet potato in the tannin and sweeter aftertaste, but leans more fruity.
I wouldn’t drink this one all the time, but I really like it. Any Yunnan Tea lover or malty-breakfast tea lover would highly enjoy it for its full body. I’m impressed with how malty it can get without sacrificing its complexity, and you can still taste a lot of the same things if you add some cream and sugar to it like a English Breakfast-I don’t recommend that often. It’s also $12 for 50 grams, and it’s actually not a bad price for this one. I’ve been extremely critical of Spirit before, but I am changing my mind as I try more of their teas and as they add more diversity to their collection, especially as they have less common teas like Lishan Tie Guan Yins, higher end Thai Blacks, and others.
Flavors: Apricot, Butter, Dark Bittersweet, Dark Chocolate, Honey, Leather, Malt, Pleasantly Sour, Tannin, Tea, Thick
Lishan Tie Guan Yin, you say? I was just on their site and didn’t see that. However, I did see a bug-bitten Da Yu Ling and a white Tie Guan Yin. However, shipping to Canada is $32, so it’s a pass.
Wow, I’m dumb. It’s this one:https://spirittea.co/collections/oolong-tea/products/high-mountain-iron-goddess
I didn’t read the description fully. Either way, it’s a really good Tie Guan Yin. I almost included it with your package but ran out of room.
The description of that tea is a bit confusing.
And that’s okay; you can’t include everything. :)