Yunnan "Assamica Gold Needle" Black Tea

Name: Yunnan "Assamica Gold Needle" Black Tea
Brand: Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop
Price: 5.0 USD
Availability: InStock

by Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

$5.00 - $60.00

$5.00

$5.00 - $60.00

$5.00

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During the 2nd half of the 20th century most tea plants planted for black tea cultivation in Yunnan were hybrids of Assamica but not pure Assamica (大叶种). Pure Assamica is what's used for Pu-erh production and what was used to produce this lovely tea.

Picked in early March in and then expertly processed by a small Ning'er area village cooperative this burly black tea features thick stems, with leaves and buds covered with downy hairs. The withering process has given the buds a deep copper-gold color and the leaves a brown black color. The flavor is very sweet, but there is a slight mineral astringency to counter it. The depth and thick viscous texture of the tea and the heavy sugarcane aroma makes for a delightful experience.

The incredibly affordable pricing we offer makes this tea a solid choice for daily drinking but also offers insight into "Pure Assamica" as a varietal of choice for black tea production.

Spring Harvest is Early March, Autumn Harvest is Late-September

Ning'er county of Simao (Yunnan)

Overall rating: 4.6875 / 5 from 32 reviews.

AI Generated Review Summary

Customers highly praise the Yunnan 'Assamica Gold Needle' Black Tea for its malty flavor and tartness, making it a delightful daily drink. The tea's thick stems and downy leaves, expertly processed by a Ning'er village cooperative, contribute to its rich aroma and texture. Its affordable pricing makes it a solid choice for daily consumption, offering a unique insight into the 'Pure Assamica' varietal.

Summary topics

Daily Drinker Quality (10%): Customers keep praising the great daily drinker with a malty end rather than the fruity end.
Taste Profile (35%): A significant amount of customers expressed appreciation for the taste, describing it as really nice and tart.

Review topics: [taste, price, aroma, order, color, aftertaste, sweetness, tea, honey, drinker, surprise, notes, sample, soup, tartness, needle, option, character].

Review highlights

"Great daily drink and awesome price." — sasha G.
"Solid daily drinker, on the malty end of things rather than the fruity end." — Sara S.
"The smooth taste and delicate smell." — Anton K.

Reviews

Not a "WOW" black tea or Assamica, but still good

"Brew style: 90C water, 110ml gaiwan, 3 brews of 90C at 15, 20, 30 and one brew at 1minute. Leaves smell like a dark chocolate with a hint of ovaltine and a little bit of burnt dark roast. Tea itself taste okay, can be a good milk tea base, it has hints of chocolate aftertaste, mouth feel is a little bit dry and a roasted aroma on the tongue. Its not the best black tea i've tried nor the best assamica, but it will do good for daily drinking."

— Baysick (4/5)

Robust black tea full of high notes

"The leaves smelled like dark chocolate, dry moss and muscovado. The tea soup was slightly bitter, acidic, molassy with hints of natural corc and burnt rye toast. It has a slight cocoa aftertaste with some tartness. With a 4. 5g/100ml gaiwan and 90 °C water, I could squeeze out 4 brews, plus one with boiling water. It's not a bad tea by any means, I'm just more in favour of sweet chocolate or liqueur-like blacks."

— Aron F. (3/5)

Un buen té negro inusual

"Probé este té por un sampler que me llegó con el último pedido. Me gustó incluso más que algún otro que compré. Y ahora lo estoy pidiendo. Resaltaron sus notas a malta, azúcar morena, miel, melocotón ligeramente, vainilla e incluso vainilla. Lo recomiendo, te sacará de tu comodidad y te brindará una agradable sorpresa sin pretensiones."

— Enzué D. (4/5)

Free sample in my order

"Got a free sample of this amazing black tea in an order I placed, it's very different from other black teas you'll usually have. The things that make it different and I like most about it is the really sweet yet fresh aroma/taste. Definitely recommend it if you wanna try something different in the black tea category!"

— Daniël (4/5)

Incredible

"Got some as a sample. Couldn't believe what I was drinking; I don't even like assamica. It has a kind of molasses-like brightness to it that I've never gotten from any other red/black."

— Cephalophores (5/5)

Great black tea

"YS threw a small sample bag of this into one of my orders and I really enjoyed it, very good chance I'll buy some next order."

— Appox (5/5)

Solid

"Solid is the right word for this tea. If someone were to ask what black tea tastes like, I'd give them this rather than give them something to impress them or hit them with some kind of wow factor. This is very in-the-middle in a good way that is very enjoyable. It isn't super sweet to me personally but has a more mellow lemony flavor. Overly malty teas like the Black Gold Bi Luo Chun taste off to me and this doesn't have any of that. It's a great tea that would have to go on my short list!"

— Derek K. (5/5)

Very good

"Very good"

— Juris Z. (5/5)

A Bold and Robust Yunnan Black Tea

"This is a good black tea. Strong, with a dark bark-brown liquor. It withstands six infusions with 90 °C water, switching to 100 °C for the final steeps. Its subtle aroma carries a hint of chocolate, while the flavor combines a touch of chocolate with the characteristic base taste of traditional Yunnan red teas, complemented by a slight coffee-like bitterness. It is certainly a very good tea, just not entirely to my taste — so it gets one star less."

— suttogo (4/5)