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2023 Full Roast Big Red Robe

2023 Full Roast Big Red Robe

This tea is pre-packaged in 5g single servings for all sizes under 100g
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Wuyi's Most Famous Tea
with a deep finish
The Li Family treats their reserve-level Big Red Robe to dozens of hours of meticulous hand-firing for a rich, intense complexity. Notes of juniper, brown sugar, hibiscus, and rosewood.
Spring 2023 ♦ Wuyishan, Fujian
Wuyi's Most Famous Tea
with a deep finish
The Li Family treats their reserve-level Big Red Robe to dozens of hours of meticulous hand-firing for a rich, intense complexity. Notes of juniper, brown sugar, hibiscus, and rosewood.
Spring 2023 ♦ Wuyishan, Fujian
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Crafted By the Li Family

Hand-picked and traditionally hand-finished within the true Wuyishan Ecological Preserve on forested biodiverse, rocky, mountainous land for distinct Wuyi minerality.
 
The Li Family is an award-winning, highly respected force for sustainability, hand-firing craft, rare varietal preservation, and tea education in Wuyishan.
    • DATE OF PICKINGSpring 2023
    • Wuyishan Ecological PreserveWuyishan, Fujian
    • ELEVATION600 METERS
    • Qi DanTea Varietal

    This Qidan varietal was picked by the Li Family on their hillside plot within the Wuyishan Ecological Preserve. After a 24 hour withering and oxidizing process, this tea was hand-fired over another 16 hours and allowed to rest a full month before release. The result is an incredibly sweet and dessert-like tea with buttery, sticky pudding qualities brought out by the caramelization of sugars. The sweetness reveals cinnamon spice and warm dark fruit. 

  • true
    90
    rosewood
    true
    90
    brown sugar, cinnamon rolls
    true
    60
    rosehips, hibiscus
    true
    90
    juniper, sandalwood
    true
    deep, cooling, spice

    Tasting Profile

    • floral - rosewood
    • savory - brown sugar, cinnamon rolls
    • fruit - rosehips, hibiscus
    • spice - juniper, sandalwood
    • texture - deep, cooling, spice

the Li Family also recommends:

  • 'The emperor sent the symbolic red robes of nobility to the farmer who saved his wife, granting him land and status. In gratitude, the farmer named the tea Big Red Robe, and continued to climb the cliff each year to pick tea for the empress to remind her of their shared home in the Wuyi Mountains.'

  • 5
    6-8
    208
    20 seconds
    10
    7
    6
    208
    5 seconds
    3
    4
    12
    room temp
    8 hours

    Steeping Instructions

    Western

    5 g.6-8
    oz.
    use 208° watersteep 20 secondsresteep many times
    add 10 sec. each infusion

    Gongfu

    7 g.6 ozuse 208° watersteep 5 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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