Named after Yang Guifei, the legendary Tang dynasty beauty. Like Oriental Beauty, this tea benefits from leafhopper bites, but is less heavily oxidised. Developed in the 1990s as a way to salvage insect-bitten summer leaves, it became a sought-after tea in its own right.
Tasting Notes
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Origin
Nantou, Taiwan, Taiwan
Plant
Jin Xuan or Qing Xin
Land
400–800m
Craft
Summer (leafhopper season) harvest. Medium-heavy oxidation from leafhopper bites, ball-rolled.
Brewing
GongfuAdd 5s each steep · 6-8 steeps
Timed for this tea
From the tea table
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