Japan's own black tea. The Benifuuki cultivar (Darjeeling x Assam lineage, registered 1993) produces a gentle, fruity black tea with plum and apple notes, lighter and more floral than any Western black tea.
Tasting Notes
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Origin
Plant
Benifuuki
Land
200-400m
Craft
Summer (nibancha) harvest. Full oxidation, rolled, dried (orthodox method adapted for Japanese leaf).
From the tea table
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