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ANSHUN JIN JUN MEI | BLACK - BULK PACK - LOOSE 200G

ANSHUN JIN JUN MEI | BLACK - BULK PACK - LOOSE 200G

A beautiful composition of coffees

  • Tastes like: BROWN SUGAR | ROSE | DECADENT
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    ANSHUN JIN JUN MEI | BLACK - BULK PACK - LOOSE 200G

    ANSHUN JIN JUN MEI is a bud-only black tea from Guizhou province, China. Traditionally green tea cultivar (Longjing 43) tea trees are fed by high mountain springs, imparting a rich and terroir-specific mineral character. Near-cloying sweetness that gives and gives with exceptionally low tannin.

    ANSHUN JIN JUN MEI is a bud-only black tea from Anshun City, Guizhou province, China. A sister production to ANSHUN MAOFENG,  our second Jin Jun Mei shares an atypical genetic makeup. The base material is Longjing #43, a cultivar developed for longjing production in Zhejiang province. Like bai hao yinzhen (silver needle), jin jun mei is famously sweet and luscious. As tippy teas go, this lot is particularly sweet. Without hyperbole, the sugar is (relative to other teas) almost cloying; tea drinkers with a sweet tooth will find this lot deeply satisfying. And while addictively saccharine, this jin jun mei is certainly not one-dimensional. As with the new maofeng from our Guizhou farmer-partner, the terroir speaks in this tea with unordinary clarity, and the unusual cultivar brings unmistakable nuance to an otherwise straightforward tea style.

    VINTAGE — SPRING '23
    STYLE —JIN JUN MEI 
    CULTIVAR — LONGJING #43
    REGION —ANSHUN, GUIZHOU, CHINA
    LOCALE —ANSHUN ROYAL TEA FARM
    ELEVATION — 1300 METERS
    PRODUCER —MULTIPLE
    NOMENCLATURE — JIN JUN MEI ( 金駿眉)—"GOLDEN BEAUTIFUL BROW"


    STEEPING PARAMETERS

    (use freshly boiled spring water)

    modern, large format
    [300 ml+ vessel — BOLI, large teapot]

    4 grams — 204ºF (95ºC) — 2 minutes

    traditional, small format
    [150 ml- vessel — gaiwan, small teapot]

    6 grams — 208°F (98°C) — 10 seconds (no rinse)
    +10-15 seconds each additional steep