Hong Guan Yin6CGY Harvest: Spring 2021
Origin: China / Fujian / Anxi / Bijiashan
Height: 700 m.a.s.l
Tea plant varietal: Hong Xin Tie Guan Yin
A wonderful Tieguanyin black tea, i.e. a black tea made from Oolong tea-plants. It is for this reason that the tea does not have red-golden tips. The tea has been shaped into semi-lumps (Ban Qiu Xing) like Tieguanyin-Oolong. This particular tea has been beautifully crafted on Mount Bijiashan, in the south-west of the city of Anxi. It has only been a few years that black tea has been produced there. Usually this particular producer makes classic and modern variations of the An Xi Tie Guan, the most famous of Minnan Oolong.
Character:
Delicately tart, soft and light, this tea combines fruity with savoury tastes. One can discover the taste of roasted rice with sweet vegetables, fresh and yet pleasantly dark and warm.
Category:
Black Teas of Oolong Varietals Black teas produced from Oolong tea plants are a more recently developed specialty from China. Traditional black teas are all made from different varietals of Xiao Ye Zhong, Small Leaf Varietal or Camellia sinensis var. sinensis, which are also used to produce green teas. Some execptions are made from Da Ye Zhong, Big Leaf Varietal or Camellia sinensis var. assamica. The first of these black teas produced with leaves of Oolong tea bushes were cross breeds between Da Ye Zhong and Oolong tea varietals. Around the millennium change, tea farmers began with the production of black tea from Oolong plants in areas renowned for their Oolong production. Black teas from Oolong tea plants display, besides the typical taste of black teas, wonderfully light, aromatic and sweet notes.
