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2022 Golden Fleece

2022 Golden Fleece

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Exquisitely buddy,
sweet, velvety black tea
Wild, buddy Yunnan Da Bai varietal, normally reserved for white teas, is given old-school sun oxidation for a luscious dessert-like tea with notes of toasted rice, banana pudding, vanilla, cinnamon, and lotus leaf.
Spring 2022 ♦ Yunnan Province
Exquisitely buddy,
sweet, velvety black tea
Wild, buddy Yunnan Da Bai varietal, normally reserved for white teas, is given old-school sun oxidation for a luscious dessert-like tea with notes of toasted rice, banana pudding, vanilla, cinnamon, and lotus leaf.
Spring 2022 ♦ Yunnan Province
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Sourced by Wang Yanxin

Wang Yanxin is a fierce advocate for small family farming, working with her farmer friends to develop entirely new kinds of tea and help them establish cooperatives
    • DATE OF PICKINGSpring 2022
    • Lincang RegionYunnan Province
    • ELEVATION2000 METERS
    • Yunnan Da BaiTea Varietal

    This spring harvest Golden Fleece gets its name to honor the soft, rich textural experience of tasting this beautiful small harvest tea. Golden Fleece is hand picked from wild growth (unmanaged) Yunnan Da Bai tea bushes over forty years old. The biodiversity of the growing region and deeper roots mean a more complex flavor and aroma. Only the most perfect large tender buds are hand-harvested, and carefully hand-finished. The down from the buds infuses into every cup, yielding a uniquely thick mouthfeel. This year's harvest is full and complex with cooling cedar, and spiced nutmeg and cinnamon undertones to bolster the luxurious creamy base.

  • true
    70
    steamed bun, toasted rice
    true
    60
    banana pudding, apple
    true
    25
    lotus leaf
    true
    65
    vanilla, marigold
    true
    85
    cinnamon, sandalwood
    true
    thick, creamy

    Tasting Profile

    • savory - steamed bun, toasted rice
    • fruit - banana pudding, apple
    • vegetal - lotus leaf
    • floral - vanilla, marigold
    • spice - cinnamon, sandalwood
    • texture - thick, creamy

Wang Yanxin also recommends:

  1. 2023 Yunnan White Jasmine
    2023 Yunnan White Jasmine

    This spring harvest pre-Qing Ming white tea is traditionally scented and made with Da Bai varietal white tea. This white tea is not sprayed with artificial oils or aromas. Instead, it is dried together with fresh jasmine blossoms scattered among the buds, allowing the natural aroma of the jasmine to absorb over several days into the tea itself. The process of adding fresh wild Yunnan jasmine blossoms is repeated six times over six days to get a full rich and creamy infusion that holds its intense sweetness and natural potency over many steepings. The creamy dessert-like Yunnan silver needle white tea is the perfect delicate pairing with Lincang's local luscious jasmine.
  2. 2023 Zhu Rong
    2023 Zhu Rong
    Lady Zhu Rong was a legendary dagger-wielding warrior-queen of Yunnan descended from a god of fire. The toasty-savory spice and sweet, creamy boxy of this Yunnan black tea evoke the kingdom of Dian, an independent state before it was conquered by China and renamed Yunnan. Dian Hong is a relatively new kind of tea introduced in the 80's that has recently taken China by storm for its full body and depth of flavor that comes from its signature downy buds. While budset black teas from Fujian tend to be very crisp, Yunnan golden bud harvests like this Zhu Rong are much bigger and creamier.
  3. 2023 Yunnan Golden Jasmine
    2023 Yunnan Golden Jasmine
    This exquisite offering from Wang Yanxin combines the very best of two of our favorite teas - Yunnan White Jasmine and Golden Fleece. Huge buds are picked from Yunnan Da Bai, a varietal normally used for white tea. These buds are allowed to fully oxidize into black tea, but during oxidation and drying, wild jasmine blossom are scattered among the buds, allowing the natural aroma of the jasmine to absorb over several days into the tea itself. The jasmine flowers have to be changed and renewed six times over six days to get a full aromatic infusion that lasts over many steepings. The old craft of true jasmine scenting is a slow laborious process, but the results are worth it. This tea is as rich and sweet as Golden Fleece and as luscious as Jasmine.

  • 'In our office tasting on a rainy summer afternoon everyone felt like this was a nap time tea, the taste of being wrapped in a perfectly light down comforter. The sweetness is delicate like butter lettuce, and the florals grow into an old school creme de violet flavor.'

  • 4
    6-8
    205
    20 seconds
    10
    5
    6
    205
    8 seconds
    3
    4
    12
    room temp
    8 hours

    Steeping Instructions

    Western

    4 g.6-8
    oz.    use 205° watersteep 20 secondsresteep many times
    add 10 sec. each infusion

    Gongfu

    5 g.6 ozuse 205° watersteep 8 seconds
    add 3 sec. per steeping    enjoy many steepings

    Iced/Cold

    4 g.12
    oz.    use room temp. waterrefrigerate overnight
    8 hours    add ice & enjoy

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