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2023 Jin Jun Mei

2023 Jin Jun Mei

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Wuyishan’s Most Famous
Buddy Black Tea
Countless tiny hand-picked buds make this tea, and the Li Family loves the way perfect Jin Jun Mei expresses the textural minerality of their rocky mountain plot. Notes of flan, cinnamon and vanilla.
Spring 2023 ♦ Wuyishan, Fujian
Wuyishan’s Most Famous
Buddy Black Tea
Countless tiny hand-picked buds make this tea, and the Li Family loves the way perfect Jin Jun Mei expresses the textural minerality of their rocky mountain plot. Notes of flan, cinnamon and vanilla.
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
    • Xingcun XiaozhongTea Varietal

    Jin Jun Mei Wuyi black tea is one of the most labor intensive and demanding teas to produce. Fine Jin Jun Mei is made exclusively from tiny spring buds, and requires thousands and thousands of hand-picked golden buds to make a single pound of finished tea. The result is a downy tea with a thick full texture, and a beautiful elegance. Li Xiangxi's spring-fed tea grows out of rocky, sandy soil, yielding a rich mineral flavor true to Wuyishan's unique terroir.

  • true
    85
    pumpkin flan, caramel
    true
    70
    clove, cinnamon
    true
    55
    vanilla
    true
    60
    elderberry
    true
    rich velvety

    Tasting Profile

    • savory - pumpkin flan, caramel
    • spice - clove, cinnamon
    • floral - vanilla
    • fruit - elderberry
    • texture - rich velvety

The Li Family also recommends:

  • 'The pristine beauty of Wuyi, the biodiversity of the valleys, the sweetness of the water, the deep devotion of the farmers like Li Xiangxi and her family – for us, tea has always been about connecting with places, people, and history, but Wuyi is a life affirming confirmation of everything there is to love about the humble camellia sinensis plant.'

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

    Steeping Instructions

    Western

    4 g.6-8
    oz.
    use 205° watersteep 18 secondsresteep many times
    add 10 sec. each infusion

    Gongfu

    4 g.6 ozuse 205° watersteep 6 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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