Reviews
Delicious
"Very great hei cha for an everyday hei cha drinker. It has notes of salt and seaweed to me personally thet I found very refreshing and savory. I recommend trying some."
— Tabitha S. (5/5)
A sweet minerality, intriguing
"Intriguing tea, a lot of minerality which I normally associate with dryness and astringency. But on this one there is this common hei cha sweetness and oiliness with no dryness. The taste reminds me of some raw pu erh or rock oolong, there is a green hint, but again well balanced and intriguing. However after 5 infusions the green hint becomes quite prohiminent so it is not the type of tea I'll brew for hours. The perfume is quite discret, the effect is soothing from the start. I notice there is sometimes a delay with hei cha from the time you drink it and the effect on the body, but with this tea the soothing aspect comes very quick. (maybe it depends what you have eaten before too..) As other hei cha this tea has something very particular, a personality on its own. Brewed GFC 95C 6g with the 120ml Zen Ceramic Gaiwan and Jingdezhen ribbed cup (ys)"
— Gilbert B. (5/5)
Had the tremendous fortune of
"Had the tremendous fortune of first trying this on Christmas day 2020 - and what a surprise. We used the gong fu method of brewing and it works very well for. I'm still new to being able to discern tasting notes but this had a wonderful plum overtone to it, as well as more mellow, rounded dry fruits over the separate steepings. What a wonderfully appropriate tea for the season, considering how it reminded me of Christmas cake."
— Nabeel M. (5/5)
Complex Satisfying Aromatics and Deep Fiery Energy
"Great breakfast tea with good energy. I am actually surprised how much leaf I end up using. Pairs with eggs really well, but best not drunk on an empty stomach. Aging it for 8 years hasn't removed the energy within it. I always get worried that the spirit of older teas fades like a ghost, but this tea definitely has a fiery spirit that warms the liver and increases hunger for food and for getting things done. I like the kelp-mineral black-pepperyness flavor initially that sweetens-out at the end, which is okay, since this tea is priced well, so I don't feel guilty tossing it away too soon before moving onto my next leaf of choice. Raises metabolism; doing things is easier on this tea since it stokes the fires. Although, beware, after steeping the spirit of the tea out of the leaf, there is not much antioxidant capacity, so I quickly have to pull out a good young sheng or green tea, later-on, around lunch time to control the fires and cool the heart before flames start rising from my shoulders and the contours of my face begin to get deeper edges, turning me into an ancient Tibetan warrior and invoking the wrath of Buddha."
— Jason D. (5/5)
An Excellent Hei Cha
"I really loved this for making boiled tea. It's a bit unfortunate that this was the first tea I opened form the hei cha sampler, as I feel it's ruined me for the remainder of the sampler! :-D"
— David K. (5/5)
Holy Molasses!
"This tea is very well made and has the classic rich thick brown sugar/molasses flavor that I love in a good Tian Jian with interesting Wu Yi rock oolong-like character. It goes many steeps and once finished I always want to start another session with new leaf. I love this tea."
— Ryan P. (5/5)
Absolutely Lovely Tea!
"The dry aroma in the pre-heated teapot is of plums. The tea soup fills the mouth and is viscous,`and lubricating, while still being ever so slightly astringent. The flavour profile is complex. It retains the plum notes and increases in sweetness through many infusions. There's minerality, tobacco, mushrooms, and chocolate, light spiciness I can't immediately identify, along with other flavours, and oolong notes. It is mouth cooling and body warming. It is the black tea I had been looking for, and then some. It is also a tea one could get lost in."
— 49 M. (5/5)
glad i got the kilo
"I ordered this in Nov. 2018. the first time I tasted the tea it was good. Now after 2 months of being opened It is so much better. I watched the video of Scott reviewing this tea and thought it was spot on. The only thing I can and is at the beginning i smell pipe tobacco and brown sugar, the tobacco smell faded after a few infusions. What was left was a sweet and delicious tea that outlasted me. After 10 infusions I tapped out. I am taking 100 grams and drinking sparingly this year and will do that for the next 10 years. Hunan has some great teas I would suggest getting a sample pack of various teas from this region and try them. I am glad i got the kilo."
— John T. (4/5)
Good!
"This is the first hei Cha that I really like. Very sweet but also complex. Good sensations. The mushroom-like taste that hei cha generally havvy ( and I don’t like) is very delicate. Delicious tea."
— Luca B. (5/5)
Это очень хороший чай, с
"Это очень хороший чай, с приятным мягким вкусом. Очень хорош для утреннего чаепития."
— EVGENY B. (5/5)
