Imperial Grade Jin Jun Mei from Tong Mu Guan Village * Spring 2017

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Rating

80 / 100

Calculated from 3 Ratings
Tea type
Black Tea
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Ingredients
Black Tea Leaves
Flavors
Bread, Burnt Food, Cocoa, Cranberry, Plum, Sugar, Sweet, Tangy, Tart, Wood, Brown Toast, Cedar, Cinnamon, Cream, Dark Chocolate, Earth, Ginger, Grass, Honey, Leather, Lemon Zest, Malt, Mineral, Moss, Olives, Orange Zest, Peanut, Pine, Smoke, Sugarcane, Sweet Potatoes, Vanilla, Chocolate
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Caffeine
Not available
Certification
Not available
Typical Preparation
Use 8 oz / 240 ml of water
Set water temperature to 200 °F / 93 °C
Use 6 g of tea
Steep for 1 min, 45 sec
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4 Tasting Notes View all

“[Spring 2019 harvest] This tea is nice, but I find I tend to prefer less tippy black teas, which are more robust, display more complexity, and are also often cheaper. The most notable aspect of it...” Read full tasting note
“This was another June sipdown. I’ll eventually get through all of them. I know I had initially intended to drink and review this tea back in May, but I took a little extra time with a few other...” Read full tasting note
“There used to be a Fujian black tea called Emperors Red that I used to get from a company called Special Teas that was tragically the victim of a hostile takeover by Teavana several years ago....” Read full tasting note
“Got this yesterday. It is pretty nice. It has a malty note and I would say a chocolate note. Can’t say that it is better or worse than last year’s tea. I brewed this one time in a Teavana Glass...” Read full tasting note

Description

AAA (Imperial) grade Jin Jun Mei from Tong Mu Guan village in the Wu Yi mountains! Special processing and super-fine leaves gives this a unique taste and strong cha qi!

Recommended brewing parameters:

Use 85-90c spring water. Wash once with small amount of water and use that to rinse the cups. 2nd infusion keep infusion time to 10 or 15 seconds only. Gradually increase steeping time. This is a delicate tea, so don’t use too much tea, time or heat on it!

Spring Harvest

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