Dian Hong Jin Ya6CDJ Harvest: March 2023
Origin: China / Yunnan / Lincang / Fengqing / Fengshan
Height: 1850 m.a.s.l
Tea plant varietal: Feng Qing Da Ye Zhong
A Yunnan black tea original from Fengqing in really good quality. Rather velvety-mellow, yet fuller, more aromatic and typical Dianhong with scores of reddish tips. Jinya designs the leaf and means Golden Bud.
Character:
Reminds of the sweet odour of tobacco and a wooden stable in the warm sunshine. Full-bodied, delicately tart, with sombre aromatic notes and warmth.
Category:
Dian Hong (Yunnan Black Tea) Dian Hong, Yunnan Black Tea, was produced for the first time in 1936, in order to finance the resistance against the Japanese occupation in Eastern China. Before this region had mostly been producing green tea, and some CTC black tea. Nowadays, Dian Hong is being produced in several regions around Fengqing. Contrary to other Chinese black teas, Dian Hong teas are made from varietals of Da Ye Zhong, large Leaf Varietal, or, as it is labeled in the West, Camellia Sinensis var. assamica. In the West only the rather simple qualities are known, which are produced from the whole leaves (and not broken or cut). Good to top qualities are produced in different methods (i.e. diverse forms and from different tea plant varietals). Yun Nan Hong Cha, abbreviated Dian Hong, are strong, full-bodied, malty, however without bitter notes.
