Da Ye Hong6CDY Harvest: April 2023
Origin: China / Yunnan / Lincang / Fengqing / Fengshan
Height: 1700 m.a.s.l
Tea plant varietal: Feng Qing Qing Shui 3 Hao
A very good and affordable black tea from Fengqing, that does not have the typical taste of a Yunnan black tea (Dianhong). It is produced from an old, local tea-plant variety. For this tea mostly older and more mature leaves are harvested (two leaves and a bud), whereas Dian Hong are made from fresh buds and one or two leaves. Hence the name; Dayehong means black tea from big leaves.
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Dian Hong (Yunnan Black Tea) Dian Hong, Yunnan Black Tea, was produced for the first time in 1936, in order to finance the resistance against the Japanese occupation in Eastern China. Before this region had mostly been producing green tea, and some CTC black tea. Nowadays, Dian Hong is being produced in several regions around Fengqing. Contrary to other Chinese black teas, Dian Hong teas are made from varietals of Da Ye Zhong, large Leaf Varietal, or, as it is labeled in the West, Camellia Sinensis var. assamica. In the West only the rather simple qualities are known, which are produced from the whole leaves (and not broken or cut). Good to top qualities are produced in different methods (i.e. diverse forms and from different tea plant varietals). Yun Nan Hong Cha, abbreviated Dian Hong, are strong, full-bodied, malty, however without bitter notes.
