2018 "Drunk on Red" Sun-Dried Black Tea Cake

Name: 2018 "Drunk on Red" Sun-Dried Black Tea Cake
Brand: Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop
Price: 10.0 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

by Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

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This is a blend of black tea from both the Mengku and Feng Qing area of Lincang. Both Autumn harvested black teas processed with sun-drying technique (晒红) . The tea is picked, wilted, fried, bruised by rolling, wet withered, and then finally sun-dried in it's final stage (much like raw pu-erh mao cha).

When sun-drying is applied in the final stage as opposed to heat-drying, the result is a black tea that is more subtle when young, but ages very well over the coming years. Younger sun-dried black teas also tend to steep longer and display more character in the middle to later steeps.

This is a strong black tea with plenty of depth and complexity that will age wonderfully, developing honey sweetness and earthy spice character after just a few years.

100 Grams Per Cake (7 cakes per bamboo leaf tong)

Harvested from Autumn 2018 Tea

Overall rating: 4.5833335 / 5 from 12 reviews.

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Just great tea

"Exactly as described. I love this tee for its strong and complex character which evolves over the years. I prefer Drunk on Red to other black teas sold here for that character and keep buying it for many years. The last time bought a tong."

— Yulian O. (5/5)

Hits above its weight...

"I really liked this one and ended up ordering more of these little cakes. This is an inexpensive tea that really has character and depth and unfolds nicely over steepings. It also changes nicely over time and gets more interesting as it ages -well worth stocking up on a bunch and savings some for the future!"

— Aaron L. (5/5)

This was a wonderful tea

"This was a wonderful tea"

— Joseph W. (5/5)

Very nice

"Just as pictured, it's a bunch of tips many of which are golden all through the cake, it's got a good body and starts off strong, it's really sweet and full later Steepings. Very good black tea."

— Cora G. (5/5)

Amazing Tea Series

"Drunk on Red is such an amazingly complex black tea. Sweet, with a very pleasant lingering mouth feel. It never fails to put me in a good mood, giving me a mild perk up and then just a comfortable feel for hours. I would be quite content drinking this every day. I like its variants as well, but this cake is the best way to try its basic essence. It ages well, so I have several cakes in reserve. The fact that it is so very affordable is a plus! My only complaint is that there hasn't been a new release since 2018. I hope they make more and YS stocks up."

— Paul G. (5/5)

Smells great but flavor is lacking

"Wish this tasted as good as it smells. Tastes like nothing."

— Laura G. (3/5)

2018 Drunk On Red

"Excellent hidden dian hong"

— Benjamin R. (5/5)

Satisfied sober tea drinker

"Everything went well as it should, I just can't align picking through an online store the best fit for my taste with the tea drunk feeling that I am chasing. I would greatly appreciate your help and advice on how I could find the raws that match the dark amber color and the head spinning feeling."

— Viktor J. (4/5)