2023 Tongmu Reserve Jin Jun Mei
2023 Tongmu Reserve Jin Jun Mei
the Li Family's Reserve
Buddy Black Tea
Buddy Black Tea
Tiny golden buds, hand-picked in early spring and finished at the Li Family's Tongmu Workshop to bring out notes of pound cake, guava, nutmeg, honey. and a silky smooth texture.
April 2023 ♦ Tongmu, Fujian
Crafted by the Li Family
This tea is part of Li Xiangxi's Reserve Collection, selected by her family to best represent Tongmu and the heritage of Wuyishan.
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 PICKINGApril 2023
- TongmuWuyishan, Fujian
- ELEVATION800 m
- Xingcun Xiao ZhongTea Varietal
Li Xiangxi’s old family home is in Tongmu, in a protected ravine with wild bamboo, orange trees and native flowers growing around old growth wild tea bushes. Once a year in the early spring, Li Xiangxi and her family pick the tiny golden buds off the cultivated tea bushes growing below her family home. The beautiful golden color and flavor of this carefully cultivated Jin Jun Mei (Golden Eyebrows) makes it one of the most prized teas in China. This tea is particularly precious as it takes expert hand-labor to harvest the thousands of tiny young buds that go into a single 5g package.
Tasting Profile
- savory - steamed bun, semolina, pound cake
- floral - vanilla, honey
- fruit - guava
- spice - cedar, nutmeg
- texture - tingling, cooling, velvety
The Li Family also recommends:
Steeping Instructions
Western
4 g.6-8
oz.use 195° watersteep 30 secondsresteep many times
add 15-30 sec. each infusionGongfu
4 g.6 ozuse 190° watersteep 10 seconds
add 10-30 sec. per steepingenjoy many steepingsIced/Cold
4 g.12
oz.use room temp. waterrefrigerate overnight
8 hoursadd ice & enjoy