€18,15 – €60,01

Excellent medium roasted (three times) yancha made from Bei Dou cultivar.

It’s the fourth time we have Bei Dou in our offer. It was usually not available or roasted too lightly for our preference.

We are totally amazed by the quality of 2023 batch we recently received.

Well pronounced mineral yan yun (rock rhyme) and very strong aroma full of strawberries, peaches, forest fruits and honey create unique taste profile.

The sweetness is almost sticky and when you brew the tea full room smells like yancha.

Aftertaste is long and sweet with pleasant mineral spiciness staying on the palate and throat after swallowing the tea.

For this tea we really recommend to admire aroma of empty cup using high porcelain cups. It’s beautiful.

Bei Dou was created in 1960’s from cuttings from ancient mother trees of Da Hong Pao.

It’s one of the most famous yancha cultivars.

Origin: Lian Hua Feng (“lotus flower peak”), Zhengyan Protected Area, Wuyishan, Fujian, China.

Vintage: May 2023

Tea Varietal: Bei Dou

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Description

Temperature of water and amount of leaves: 100 C 6g/100ml.
Suggested brewing method: Yixing clay teapot or gaiwan of low capacity. First, you should pre-heat empty teapot/gaiwan and tea cups with boiling water. When the teapot is warmed, then you put the tea leaves in. After smelling hot and dry leaves in the pot, gently pour the boiling water to the pot.  First infusion should be very short- not more than 10 second. We suggest to increase brewing time for 5-10 seconds in each next brewing.

Additional information

Weight

30 g, 10 g, 50 g, 100 g

Reviews

  1. Tom –

    Just incredible. Easily one of the best Yancha´s I´ve ever tasted. Intense and well balanced – weet, fruity, rocky and roasted aromas in perfect balance. I made some for a friend and she said “it´s like drinking poetry”. I agree 😉

  2. Terrance H. (verified owner) –

    The roast was very well done and did not overshadow but enhanced the taste of the leaf itself. I was drining this tea and in my mind I saw myself biting into a juicy strawberry. Ohh.. that’s what I am tasting. Delicious fruits come out in force after the second steep with some sweet woody notes to accompany it. Its a yancha that has great balance with great taste. I thought to myself once again.. ohh this is what yan yun really means.. The tea has a wonderful relaxing qi with a minerality that I could feel around my entire palate. This is what yancha is supposed to be like! It affected my taste buds and my mood. A great tea like this one will bring me back to appreciating yancha again 😀

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