“I didn’t especially like this tea, and that surprised me. It’s definitely smoky, and smoke is one of my favourite flavours in pretty much any context. However, unlike other smoky hei chas I’ve...” Read full tasting note
“108/365 Moving swiftly on from Yunomi’s Awa Bancha…This is actually the last of my Dark Matter teas, and I will honestly miss having a stack of different samples like this to try. It’s been both...” Read full tasting note
“I thought drinking this hei cha when I was sick would be a good idea. I was wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong. It tasted like dust. :( But it’s not the tea’s fault.” Read full tasting note
“From Dark Matter 2016: Anyone remember that “hangover cure” concoction from the movie Heathers? I kept thinking that’s what this would taste like if I added some OJ. My palate is definately...” Read full tasting note
2010 Bai Sha Xi “Tian Jian” An Hua Hand-Roasted Hei Cha * 50 grams
A relatively rare production from the Bai Sha Xi tea factory in An Hua county of Hunan. Tian Jian tea is created through a special fermentation process that takes longer than black tea but considerably less time than ripe pu-erh. The tea is then roasted over pine fire by hand to dry it. Tian Jian is one of 7 types of “Jian” class hei cha produced in An Hua county of Hunan.
The taste is strong and full in the mouth with hints of tobacco and pine smoke, but with a heavy thick sweetness and a golden viscous tea soup.
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