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You may call him Golden Dragon if you wish but around here he goes by the name of Jin Long (which translates to Golden Dragon). He is the youngest sibling of the Chen family in this household, and a very enterprising and hard-working one and I guess we can now say with confidence that he is on to something with the black tea he produces! For the second year in a row, he has received high honours in the annual Mingjian Tea Framer’s Association Tea Competiton. Last year it was a second place overall with his High Mountain Competition Black Tea, Lot 347, this year he is given a Gold Medal which rewards the top 10% of the finalist teas. We are extremely proud and privileged to be able to showcase his work through this prize-winning competition tea and put a deserved spotlight on him while these very limited sealed and numbered boxes are available. This year’s winning tea is a new creation using High-Mountain Jin Xuan leaves. A sweet creamy texture and aroma of rolled oats greets the taster. The cereal notes are intertwined with exotic fruit (sweet persimmons, papaya) and mild wild honey sweetness that makes it quite refreshing. If you don’t like bitterness, this is the tea for you! The body is supple and suave but what surprises is the most pleasant long aftertaste that simply lures you to not stop drinking it! Needless to say, this exclusive tea is available in very limited quantity. Congratulations to Jin Long and congratulations to the very few who will have the pleasure of drinking this nectar!
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It may come as a surprise to many tea enthusiasts that only consider Taiwan as a source of magnificent oolongs, but Taiwan has also a long history of producing black teas that date back to the early 1920’s. Then under Japanese rule, Yuchi township, situated on the shores of the scenic Sun Moon Lake of central Taiwan, was chosen for it’s perfect climate and soil for the growing of Assamica tea bushes. The Japanese objective was then to compete with the striving British commerce that ruled over the trade of black tea. Never could they compete in yield, but, surprisingly enough, the quality of these Taiwanese black teas attracted such attention that it sold very well in New York and London. At the height of this trend, just before the Second World War, black tea plantations occupied 3000 hectares of land compared to a little less than 100 today and represented 93% of all tea exports from Taiwan. With the demise of the Japanese at the conclusion of WW II, black tea virtually disappeared from the island. Today, one can easily experience why this tea was successful through the revival of this heritage Assam tea.
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Rose (verified owner) –
What a pleasure!
Truly an elegant, refined and harmonious tea. There is no remarkable black tea colour in the cup, and this is borne out in tasting, this tea has much of the character of a mid-oxidised oolong. A round and silken mouthfeel carries a full bodied and balanced flavour. A restrained oxidisation offers toasted grain notes that provide a warm background to aromas of just ripe melon and floral nectars. The tea taste holds a rich continuo – reminiscent of a good aged Beauty tea.
The leaves even withstand a rebrewing.
A great introduction to Taiwan Black tea for lovers of oolong!
龙金、祝贺您!
Polina –
I have yet to try this, but I own SongHong 00019 (last year winner, I believe), and its a remarkable tea, so I will definitelly give a try to this one too.