Bai Ye Varietal Dan Cong Black Tea

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83 / 100

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Tea type
Black Tea
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Ingredients
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Flavors
Melon, Peach, Sweet, Bitter, Black Pepper, Caramel, Coffee, Honey, Malt, Molasses, Orange Blossom, Alfalfa, Chocolate, Creamy, Cumin, Floral, Juicy, Mineral, Potato, Smooth, Spices, Sweet Potatoes, Wet Rocks, Blackberry, Brown Sugar, Cannabis, Cinnamon, Cocoa, Cranberry, Drying, Fruity, Lemon, Orchid, Osmanthus, Pumpkin, Spearmint, Tangy, Thick, White Grapes, Wood, Tart, Yams, Beany, Fig, Roasted, Tropical
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Caffeine
Medium
Certification
Not available
Typical Preparation
Use 5 oz / 155 ml of water
Set water temperature to 200 °F / 93 °C
Use 5 g of tea
Steep for 1 min, 15 sec
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8 Tasting Notes View all

“I am not so impressed with the breadth this tea offers. It has good longevity and fragrance, but nothing out of this world. Also, the texture is somewhat boring in my opinion. It is still pretty...” Read full tasting note
“Wonderful, wonderful black tea. I got the 2022 harvest of this tea from my recent YS order, and it’s beaten most of the black teas I’ve drank out of the park. Good things about this tea first....” Read full tasting note
“Had western a few times. What a spectacularly honeyed black tea! The aroma is at first of those cinnamon honey sticks that are like 25 cents then morphs to pure osmanthus. Sweet and tangy with...” Read full tasting note
“I’ve been trying to sip down old teas, which I define as anything bought before 2017. This sort of qualifies, as it’s a 2016 harvest bought in the spring of the next year. Anyway, I remember...” Read full tasting note

Description

“Bai Ye” (lit. White Leaf) Dan Cong is grown in Ling Tou village in the north of Raoping County (Guangdong Province). Bai Ye Dan Cong varietal plants are special in curved large appearance with light yellow-green crowns. The aroma has both Flower and Honey characteristics with a heavy pungent nectar quality. The taste is thick and pure with a sweet after-finish.

Our Bai Ye dan Cong was picked in late March. Instead of being processed like Dan Cong Oolong, this tea was processed into Black Tea by wilting in small cloth bags in the sun and then shade.

The resulting tea is incredibly complex and unique. Bai Ye Hong Cha has thick sweetness and a very pronounced baked sweet potato taste that lasts many many infusions. This tea is both excellent and peerless. You simply can’t have a similar experience with any other tea. Highly recommended for Dan Cong and Black Tea aficionados alike!

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