Yunnan Black Needle Tea

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Yunnan black needle tea.

Tea black tea yunnan black needle. These tips result in the delicate slightly smoky flavor with hints of cocoa and caramel and light peppery tones. It s color moves from honey to deep amber and presents a beautiful cup. Yunnan black needle is a variety of dian hong black teas from yunnan province in china which is known as the birthplace of tea.

Yunnan province is the southwest frontier of china that borders with vietnam laos burma and tibet and it is a well known region for rich biodiversity. A full flavored tea with incredible depth and subtle nuance. Yunnan black tea is characterized by a larger amount of young leaf buds also referred to as golden tips than other chinese black teas. From then on the city of feng qing became the center of yunnan black tea.

Feng shao qiu came to the area and made the first black tea in yunnan. With a creamy texture and malty sweetness this tea is super clean with almost no bite. People in the city still celebrate the arrival of the mythical phoenix bird an emblem of good fortune that brought them the tea seeds. Broken yunnan an inexpensive variety with few golden buds and a rather bitter taste.