Produced By Li Xiangxi
Li Xiangxi's family works together in Tongmu applying their incredible skill at roasting to their spring-fed high mountain tea. Their proceeds go to teaching rural tea ceremony.
Tasting Profile
- VERY FRUITY – lychee, marmalade, strawberry
- VERY SAVORY – yeasted bun, toast
- FLORAL – honey, rose
This intriguing varietal is sometimes literally translated as Concubine’s Smile (or laugh). However, this doesn’t quite capture the feeling in Chinese. The tea is named after a type of lychee fruit, which is called Feizi Xiao (妃子笑) - a fruit that was so loved by a famously beautiful royal consort that it always made her smile. The natural lychee aroma in this unscented black tea must be the inspiration for all fruit-flavored black teas!
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Steeping Instructions
Western
4 g.6oz.use 208° watersteep 15 secondsresteep many times
add 10 sec. each infusion
Gongfu
5 g.5 oz.use 208° watersteep 5 secondsadd 3 sec. per steepingenjoy many steepings
Iced/Cold
4 g.12oz.use room temp. waterrefrigerate overnight
(8 to 12 hours)add ice & enjoy
