Jin Mu Dan Gong Fu6CJG Harvest: April 2017
Origin: China / Fujian / Fu'an / Tanyang
Height: 260 m.a.s.l
Tea plant varietal: Jin Mu Dan
A genuine Gong Fu Cha of simple and good quality from the village of Tan Yang. Produced from the newly bred oolong tea plant variety called Jinmudan.Tanyang Gongfu is one of the ancient traditional Minhong Gongfu, which have been famous since 1851. Most of the Gongfucha that can be found today are produced in a modern form, only from buds, just like Jinjunmei. This Tanyang Gongfu was produced in the traditional way as a Gongfucha. It is the highest quality that can be found among the teas of this type that have been produced by machine and then sorted by size of the leaf.
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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.
