Wu Yi Shan "Zi Hong Pao" Purple Da Hong Pao Oolong Tea

Name: Wu Yi Shan "Zi Hong Pao" Purple Da Hong Pao Oolong Tea
Brand: Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop
Price: 9.5 USD
Availability: InStock

by Yunnan Sourcing Tea Shop

$9.50 - $274.00

$9.50

$9.50 - $274.00

$9.50

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"Zi Hong Pao" is a purple varietal that's a naturally mutated offshoot from the classic "Da Hong Pao" varietal. It's also called "Jiu Long Pao" (lit. 9 Dragon Robe) or Wu Yi varietal #303. It's a "medium-leaf" tea varietal, neither purely Assamica or Sinensis. The leaves are thick and dense with a purple/red/green color when fresh.

Zi Hong Pao is a very rare tea with only about 10 mu of land in total producing this tea. The buds and leaf shoots are slow to grow and the harvest is the last of the spring harvests.

Perhaps the most special aspect of "Zi Hong Pao" is the lovely delicious, thick and pungent tea that it brews. I recommend drinking the rinse. With just a 10 second rinse you are greeted with a vibrant and viscous tea soup. The second through the fifth infusions are really full and exciting to drink. The 6th through 8th infusion is still quite strong and pungent but the needs to be pushed a little bit.

Truly a remarkable tea in pedigree, taste and experience.

Late-April Harvest

Area: Wu Yi Mountains, Xing Zhen, Cao Dun Village

Overall rating: 4.714286 / 5 from 28 reviews.

AI Generated Review Summary

Wu Yi Shan 'Zi Hong Pao' Purple Da Hong Pao Oolong Tea is a rare and highly praised tea known for its amazing aroma, flavorful taste, and original oolong characteristics. Customers appreciate its sweet floral overtones and nutty notes, making it a remarkable choice for tea enthusiasts.

Summary topics

Aroma: 19%
Taste: 41%
Oolong Characteristics: 19%

Review topics: ["taste","quality","aroma","tea","smell","honey","aftertaste","oolong","bitterness","brew","overtones","notes","da hong pao","change","yancha"].

Review highlights

"This tea to me is a perfect balance of flavors." — Nikolaus G.
"A very good and original oolong" — Jose G.
"An excellent oolong tea with a wonderful taste." — Duncan D.

Reviews

"Great tea!!"

— Vitalii (5/5)

Smoked honey

"Great Da hong pao. You can feel the smoked honey flavour leaving a sweet aftertaste in your mouth. Brewed gong fu Style using short time in the first ones, astringency is minimal and you can go on for a lot of rounds. It is like candy on your mouth. Recomended"

— Jose G. (5/5)

Powerfull and solid Oolong. In

"Powerfull and solid Oolong. In my opinion, it's enjoyable tea for cool saisons- late autumn and winter."

— Vytenis G. (5/5)

Flavor and aroma is pretty

"Flavor and aroma is pretty good, but the longevity is not quite as some other yan cha I have tried. But it's good value for the price"

— Joel R. (4/5)

A little bland

"Purple teas are a nice change to my regular teas but this one is a little bland and not my favourite."

— Veronica J. (3/5)

A solid choice for oolong

"An excellent oolong tea with a wonderful taste. This tea has great energy and can be steeped many times, in addition it is quite fragrant and possesses very floral overtones. This was the tea I used to introduce my friends to Chinese style teas and they thought it was amazing"

— Duncan D. (4/5)

This tea is amazing.

"The Aroma! Definitely take a moment to soak in the aroma from this tea, it is just fantastic. Then the flavor, I love it so much. Great roasted notes, but it is so unique. Highly recommend."

— Philippe C. (5/5)

Delicious Da Hong Pao

"Tested this out in a Gaiwan- it is absolutely lovely! Incredibly mineral, with strong notes of rosewater and honey. A little bit of astringency but no bitterness- just the kind that makes you want to sip a little more tea."

— Jerusha G. (5/5)