Jiu Qu Hong Mei-Twisting Red Plum-Black Tea

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Rating

80 / 100

Calculated from 3 Ratings
Tea type
Black Tea
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Ingredients
Black Tea
Flavors
Brown Sugar, Fruity
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Loose Leaf
Caffeine
High
Certification
Not available
Typical Preparation
Use 12 oz / 354 ml of water
Set water temperature to Boiling
Steep for 3 min, 0 sec
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3 Tasting Notes View all

“ooooh..this is neat! dexter sent this one my way and it’s just neat. it really is like a plum fruity note here..but there’s a molasses like taste as well. kind of like a burnt brown sugar...” Read full tasting note
“Last of my ESGreen samples – I saved this one for last because this was the one I was most looking forward to trying. This isn’t really doing it for me tonight. It’s a bit too finicky, some...” Read full tasting note
“I think this is the first tea I’ve ever tried from Zhe Jiang Province, but if this one is indicative of the general quality I would certainly like to try more. This is definitely fruity as the...” Read full tasting note

Description

Jiu Qu Hong Mei(Twisting Red Plum), aka Nine Meander Re Plum, a famous black tea from Zhe Jiang province. It is from 500 meters Da Hu Mountain, the suburb of Hangzhou city, the Peak is a basin. Jiu Qu Hong Mei is a rare black tea, first developed in 1926. The leaves are long and thin and the taste sweet with a hint of dried fruits. This tea produces a bright liquor and has a wonderful fruity flavour and refreshing mouth-feel. This tea is featured by its tight fishhook like leaves with luster black color and brewed in bright reddish infusion releasing freshing aroma, look like red plum in the water, smooth aftertaste lingered.

Jiu Qu Hong Mei has light brown leaves, clear and smooth texture, sweet fruity taste. The bright red infusion has an appetizing honeyed sweet aroma while the taste is wonderfully smooth.

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