Bao Hong Dragon Well
Tasting notes: An intense and fresh aroma is followed by a savoury, buttery liquor with notes of roasted chestnuts, edamame, bitter melon and a hint of white pepper. A cooling mineral and subtly sweet finish. This tea also suits cold brewing for hot summer days.
Picked early in Spring 2025, this offering creates a special version of Dragon Well tea.
Price range: $20.00 through $154.00
“Bao Hong” tea is from Yi Liang County of Yunnan. Its leaf is quite small and it carries a high level of aroma. The leaves are always picked when very small and fresh during a two hour window of time in the early morning of mid-February. It was first grown in the Tang Dynasty (A.D. 618-907) at the same time a Buddhist Monastery was built on Bao Hong Mountain. The original tea plant was brought by a visiting monk from Fujian and has been growing on Bao Hong Mountain since that time (over 1200 years ago).
Yi Liang County has a very moderate climate with a mean daily temperature of 16.3 degrees Celsius, and an average yearly rainfall of about 950cm. The Bao Hong Mountain tea garden is an average of 1550-1630 meters above sea level, where it is often shrouded in mist diffusing the sunlight just enough to create a perfect light balance. Bao Hong mountain is a remote area of Yunnan where the tea plants enjoy a natural unadulterated environment.
