Tan Yang Gong Fu6CTG Harvest: April 2022
Origin: China / Fujian / Fu'an / Tanyang
Height: 260 m.a.s.l
Tea plant varietal: Hong Ye Xiao Cha
A real Gong Fu Cha from Tan Yang village. Produced from a newly bred variety from continuous breeding of an old variety with reddish leaves. Traditional processing, manually sorted with a sieve and the final roasting took place in two stages over charcoal.Tanyang Gongfu is one of the ancient traditional Minhong Gongfu, which have been famous since 1851. Most of the Gongfucha that can be found today are produced in a modern form, only from buds, just like Jinjunmei. This Tanyang Gongfu was produced in the traditional way as a Gongfucha. It is the highest quality that can be found among the teas of this type that have been produced and then sorted by size of the leaf.
Character:
Very aromatic, with tastes of bread, slightly woody and delicately smoky, while, at the background sweetness and flowery. A very direct, yet many-layered black tea.
Category:
Min Hong (Fujian-Schwarztee) Min Hong, Fujian Black Tea are produced in various regions of the Fujian province. In the past, they have all been produced as Gong Fu Cha, which means tea (made with) great attention and great skill, whereas today, they are mainly sold whole leafed. We only call those teas Gongfu, that are being sorted. The traditional Min Hong Gong Fu originate from the villages of Tanyang, Bailin and Zhenghe, and they have been famous since 1851. Recently the Jin Jun Mei from Tongmuguan at Wuyishan also got to fame. The Min Hong teas are either produced from local Xiao Ye Zhong (Small Leaf Variety) varietals or from Da Bai (tea plants used to make white teas). The production of black teas was invented around 1800 in the back country of Wuyishan, and hence the Min Hong teas are considered as some of the oldest black teas. Fu Jian Hong Cha, short Min Hong, are of moderate strength, yet intense and velvety-sweetish with fruity-aromatic notes.
