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Tian Jian (Heavenly Tips)

The highest grade of Anhua dark tea and a Qing Dynasty imperial tribute. Made from tender spring buds picked during Guyu season, Tian Jian is smoky, sweet, and surprisingly refined for a hei cha, with notes of pine and dried longan.

Tasting Notes

smokysweetpinedried longanrefined

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Origin

Anhua, Hunan, China

Plant

Anhua Qunti Zhong (native population cultivar)

Land

200-600m

Craft

Spring (Guyu season) harvest. Kill-green, rolled, pile-fermented (wo dui), sun-dried, pine-wood fired.

Brewing

Gongfu
100.0°Ctemp
6gper 100ml
15s1st steep

Add 5s each steep · 8-12 steeps

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