An Cha 2019 Mao Jian
A black (dark) Chinese tea from Anhui Province, similar to the traditional Lu An Hei Cha, but produced outside the originally defined area.
The tea comes in a box with a wide bamboo leaf (Ruo Ye) used in traditional Chinese medicine. It is recommended to prepare the tea together with small parts of the bamboo leaf.
The sparkling, orange-yellow infusion has an intense fruity aroma with a subtle herbal note. The taste is refreshing, full, richly fruity with a gradually sweetening aftertaste.
2000 Liu Bao Cha
Hei Cha (literally translated as black tea) is a post-fermented (hou fa jiao 后发酵) tea with almost a thousand-year history and origin from Sichuan. Produced only in China, it is usually pressed into various shapes and sold mainly in border areas. It is mostly produced in Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Guangxi and, of course, Yunnan (shu puerh is also classified as dark tea).