Yunnan Black Needle Tea

Yunnan gold this variety has a balance of golden buds and black tea leaves and is a vibrant red in color.

Yunnan black needle 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. Pronounced tjɛ n xʊ ŋ ʈʂʰa is a type of relatively high end gourmet chinese black tea sometimes used in various tea blends and grown in yunnan province china the main difference between dianhong and other chinese black teas is the amount of fine leaf buds or golden tips present in the dried. Feng shao qiu came to the area and made the first black tea in yunnan. Yunnan black needle is a variety of dian hong black teas from yunnan province in china which is known as the birthplace of tea.

The most common varieties of yunnan tea include broken yunnan and golden needle among others. 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. With a creamy texture and malty sweetness this tea is super clean with almost no bite.

From then on the city of feng qing became the center of yunnan black tea. Broken yunnan an inexpensive variety with few golden buds and a rather bitter taste. People in the city still celebrate the arrival of the mythical phoenix bird an emblem of good fortune that brought them the tea seeds. In 1938 a tea professor named mr.