Meng Ku Hong Cha6CMK Harvest: April 2022
Origin: China / Yunnan / Lincang / Yongde
Height: 3000 m.a.s.l
Tea plant varietal: Da Li Cha (200-300jährige Bäume)
A beautiful black tea from Pu Er tea trees. The leaves come from trees that are between 200 to 300 years old and grow on Daxueshan (Great snow mountain) in the region of Mengku. These are trees of camellia taliensis, chinese: Dalicha. So not actually the tea plant camellia sinensis, but another closely related species of camellia.
Character:
Wild and beautiful. Intense aromas of fruit, delicate petals and a subtle sweetness meet sap, forest and a river gushing over round stones.
Category:
Weitere Schwarztees chinesischer Art Some other types of black tea of the Chinese style were developed towards the end of the 19th century in various places situated in south-east China, mostly following the examples of the Qi Hong (Keemun Black Tea) or the Min Hong Gong Fu, the Fujian Gong Fu Black Tea. It is also at this time that the production of tea in Georgia began, also in the manner of Keemun-style black tea. In more contemporary times, some of the countries neighbouring China began to produce black tea. They are produced using leaves of Xiao Ye Zhong tea plants, which is the Small Leaf Varietal or camellia sinensis var. sinensis, rarely also from Da Ye Zhong (large leaf varietal or camellia sinensis var. assamica). They are mellow to the palate, moderately strong and quite aromatic.
