2019 Gui Fei Wuyi Black Tea
2019 Gui Fei Wuyi Black Tea
Sourced By the Li Xiangxi
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truefruit35lemongrass, citrus peeltruespice50allspice, mineralitytruesavory65hazelnut, cream, rock sugartruefloral30honey
Tasting Profile
- fruit - lemongrass, citrus peel
- spice - allspice, minerality
- savory - hazelnut, cream, rock sugar
- floral - honey
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- DATE OF
PICKINGSpring 2019
- Wuyishan Ecological Preserve Fujian
- ELEVATION600 M
- Jin XuanTea
Varietal
Rich, sweet and creamy, Gui Fei Wuyi Black Tea is strikingly smooth and subtle, folding together nutty undertones and honeyed aftertaste. This iconic flavor is brought out by the Li family’s masterful craft, but is traced back to the unique response of the tea plant to green leafhoppers, an insect with an appetite for sweet young tea buds that resists the plants natural polyphenols. The tea plant has adapted to protect itself by producing a rich jasmine aroma in response to the attack, which in turn attracts wasps that eat the leafhoppers and protect the plant. This natural balance yields notably sweet and creamy tea, especially when it has the foundational minerality and nuance of Wuyishan’s famous microclimate.
- DATE OF
PICKINGSpring 2019
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'Wuyi is legendary. Any great Chinese art collection will be full of inkbrush paintings of the misty mountain peaks that make up Wuyi. Visiting Wuyi evokes the feeling of finally meeting someone that you have read about for years. The rocks of Wuyi aren’t just famous for the inspiration they gave to great Song dynasty painters. The true legends involve magic, and of course, Wuyi tea.'
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4620815 seconds10762085 seconds3412room temp8 hours
Steeping Instructions
Western
4 g.6
oz.use 208° watersteep 15 secondsresteep many times
add 10 sec. each infusionGongfu
7 g.6 ozuse 208° watersteep 5 seconds
add 3 sec. per steepingenjoy many steepingsIced/Cold
4 g.12
oz. use room temp.° water refrigerate overnight
8 hours hours add ice & enjoy
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