TheRed (Black) Honey Tea comes from a garden in Puer Prefecture, Yunnan: this particular batch was harvested and processed between spring and summer. As with Oriental Beauty oolong tea, the leaves are harvested after the cicada has bitten them: this has the effect of stimulating the plant to defend itself, emitting aromatic terpenes that give the tea an incredibly sweet and smooth taste. However, it differs from oolong teas because it is fully oxidized. The liquor delights the palate with sweet notes of honey, hence the name "Honey."
Each package contains 15 4-gram sachets, the perfect amount for your infusions.
Tasting - Sight and Smell
Honey red tea has whole, rolled leaves that are small and quite sturdy. The color is a deep brown with brown hues, with many golden buds and the presence of a few twigs. Once infused, they give off aromas of wood and dark honey, as well as mineral notes and a hint of cooked eggplant. The liqueur is between dark orange and brown with amber highlights, medium transparent.
Tasting Notes
The first notes of Honey red tea are sweet and malty, with hints of chestnut honey and cocoa. There is then a hint of floral (rose) with a finish of resin and balsamic wood. The persistence is long, with malt notes that leave a pleasant sweetness on the tongue. The body is medium-dense, round and enveloping, with no trace of bitterness or astringency.
Location of origin
Pu'er, Yunnan, China
Infusion method
We recommend infusing this tea in a cup with a capacity of about 250-300 ml. With 4 grams of leaves, you can make multiple infusions that are useful to best taste all the flavors of the tea.
You can proceed with a first infusion of 2-3 minutes with water at 90°C and reuse the same leaves to make subsequent infusions, keeping the water at the same temperature, and increasing the time of the previous infusion by about 20-30 seconds.
This tea allows for about 2-3 infusions.
The infusion timings we suggest can, however, be slightly modified to your liking to achieve a more or less intense taste.
We recommend storing in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight.
