Hong Yun - Red Rhyme - Black Tea

A rare and hard-to-find tea from the Sun Moon Lake area, Taiwan’s centre of black tea production. The cultivar used in the making of this tea was developed by the TRES in 2008 and is officially numbered as Tai Cha #21. The fact that it is such a recent addition is also one of the main reasons why it's so difficult to source, as not many farmers have adopted it thus far and supply is limited. Hong Yun is a cross between a Keemun, also spelled as Qimen, from the Huangshan Mountains, Anhui, China and an assamica variety from Kyang, Assam, India. There are some competing, unverified claims that the assamica part of the hybrid is actually from either a village in Nepal or Myanmar that go by the same name. This tea is renowned for having strong notes of citrus fruits and is therefore sometimes likened to an Earl Grey. However, our Hong Yun is of course entirely natural, without any additives. Also, this tea boasts an exceptionally long finish, which gives true to the Yun part in its name and