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Spring 2014 "Drunk on Red with Snow Chrysanthemum" Sun-Dried Feng Qing Black Tea mini cake | Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

Spring 2014 "Drunk on Red with Snow Chrysanthemum" Sun-Dried Feng Qing Black Tea mini cake

by Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop
$12.75 - $12.75
$12.75
$12.75 - $12.75
$12.75

First time ever!  A new blend for the year 2014!  This year's production is composed of Spring 2014 first flush Feng Qing material mixed with Snow Chrysanthemums!  The tea is picked, wilted, fried, bruised by rolling, wet withered under the soon and then finally sun-dried completely.  Fresh 2014 Snow Chrysanthemums are added to the black tea to bolster and complement the taste and aroma with wonderful results!

100 grams per cake (10 cakes per bamboo tong)

Spring 2014 harvest

Overall rating: 4.6363635 / 5 from 11 reviews.

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Wonderful!

"Absolutely wonderful! incredibly fruity and sweet. I agree that the taste is a bit too fruity but the tea is wonderful!"

— C4 (4/5)

The chrysanthemum flavor is strong,

"The chrysanthemum flavor is strong, but this tea is still pretty well balanced overall."

— Clinton M. (4/5)

My favorite tea from YS so far.

"This is very much my favorite tea from Yunnan Sourcing so far. It is a great tea to please a party - the black tea is a familiar taste to my Western friends buy the chrysanthemum add enough of a different (fruity) spin on a familiar tea taste to make the whole thing interesting and flavorful. Steeping for more than 30 seconds brings out some bitter notes, in my experience. This is a great tea to serve all sorts of guests. I will DEFINITELY be buying more soon."

— Matthew A. (5/5)

Great taste

"This tea was great, but it was a bit dirty, i’ll definitely be buying again"

— Dylan S. (5/5)

Super floral

"One of my favourites, the black tea is delicious and rich with strong floral flavours. I will definitely be purchasing more of this!"

— Laura S. (5/5)

Very tasty!

"With the snow Chrysanthemum it adds a very nice additional complex flavor to this black tea! Excited to work through the cake further."

— Nathan J. (5/5)

A little strange

"Ha e struggled to balance the bitterness of the flowers against the tea - a slightly challenging one to brew. Sweetness and floral notes a bit of a contrast to the tea material, and not entirely to my taste. 5 stars as great value - and plenty of guests have really enjoyed it and asked for more"

— Sam S. (5/5)

Good alternative to standard red teas.

"I overleafed this quite a bit (around 9g in a mid-sized gaiwan), but since it is not all tea leaves it didn’t present that much of an issue. The steeping times I kept very short though nevertheless. The smell seems to be dominated by the chrysanthemum flowers, it is slightly sweet and spicy and has a strong lemon note. The liquor has a very deep brick colour and medium body. In the first few infusions, the tea was also on the back foot in terms of the taste, but that has changed throughout the session. I found the taste to be nicely balanced in these latter infusions with considerable bitterness, a little sweet, but still very floral and citrusy. The aftertaste has mostly the floral and spicy notes, and the drying sensation seems to be limited to the throat only. It actually reminds me a bit of some chili peppers. Overall, I think this tea presents a nice alternative to standard teas. It is sufficiently different, but still has many qualities of a decent red tea. I can imagine that with a normal amount of leaf it can be a bit mild, but the way I brewed it this time it wasn’t a problem."

— Tomáš G. (4/5)

Delicious and floral

"This tea was quite delicious. It is smooth and the chrysanthemum compliments the teas floral flavor."

— Kyle H. (5/5)

Sweet, candy, lychee yang cha qi

"I'm not big on black tea being a self confessed pu-erh snob but the balance of snow chrysanthemum and feng qing is nothing but masterful. The flavours are harmonized and sweet balanced not so smooth but just a hint of astringency to enrich its mouth feel. This is definitely best for a cold winter day with a strong yang cha qi"

— Jonny R. (5/5)

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