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“So I’m working through a few half-finished advents and countdown boxes, and the Volition/Yao Cha Tiger Box Year of the Tiger tea collection is one of them. This is Day 11. The dry leaf smells like...” Read full tasting note
“Gongfu! Definitely stoked I enjoyed this one as much as I did, since it’s the one tea that I also bought a tin of when I placed my Tiger Box order. The liquor is so full bodied and rich, and the...” Read full tasting note
Produced by: Chen Yong Qiang
Cultivar: Bai Ye Dan Cong
Processed on: April 5, 2021
Region: Meizhou, Guangdong, China
Weight: 50g
Farmer’s Note
I had been producing tea in Fujian province for over two decades. As my experience grew so did my mental fatigue. I finally decided to uproot myself and move to Meizhou, Guangdong province, to start over, building an organic tea garden and factory. I had to learn to work with different terroir (that is, the environmental factors that affect a crop) and a different cultivar than what I was familiar with; this challenge re-kindled my passion and curiosity about biodiversity-focused tea farming. I felt rejuvenated, conducting many more experiments with tea making. Though the cultivar white leaf dan cong is normally used to produce wulong, I let the dried leaves reach 100% enzymic browning to create this Red Jade black tea. The result is a beautiful red tea with a robust floral aroma. Enjoy!
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So I’m working through a few half-finished advents and countdown boxes, and the Volition/Yao Cha Tiger Box Year of the Tiger tea collection is one of them. This is Day 11. The dry leaf smells like malt, yams, and molasses. I’m always torn about how to brew teas from Volition – the instructions say to use a mug, but given the quality of the leaf I feel like it benefits from gong fu brewing. I did the first steep precisely per instructions and it came out tasty but just a tiny bit thin, so I switched over to gong fu after that. Even that first steep tasted like the dry leaf smelled, with absolutely no astringency or dryness. Subsequent gong fu steeps maintained that sweet potato and molasses flavor, but also felt just a little less robust than I’d ideally like for this flavor profile. I got a ton of steeps out of it though, and the good news is that this is a black tea that doesn’t hurt my stomach. If I had more I would experiment with using a bit more leaf than recommended.
Gongfu!
Definitely stoked I enjoyed this one as much as I did, since it’s the one tea that I also bought a tin of when I placed my Tiger Box order. The liquor is so full bodied and rich, and the taste is just spot on sweet potato pie, complete with notes of baked sweet potato, warming spice, toasted nut, and golden toasted marshmallow. Deep, dense, and deliciously decadent!
Tea Photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ2iVQcuGGH/
Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nrEaHinGmY&ab_channel=GlassAnimalsVEVO
