Origin: Ming Jian, Nantou county, Taiwan,
Harvest: May 2018
Cultivar/Tree Variety: Jin Xuan (TTES 12)
This well-made and handpicked black tea comes from Ming Jian. Quite unique and rare cause it was made from famous Jin Xuan cultivar mostly used for making oolongs with typical milky, creamy flavours. It’s quite young cultivar invented in 1985 from Qing Xin bush but now it’s very popular because of taste profile and disease resistance. Jin Xuan Hong Cha is this kind of black tea you want to meditate with. Smooth and silky with smell of cereals, donuts, honey and light fruity aromas. No bitterness, no astringency but quite good amount of freshness. It reminds me some good black teas from southern Wuyishan but it has its own quiet personality. Oh, forgot to say: it’s organic.