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, t