Dragon Gift

Bao Hong Dragon Well

Tasting notes: Deeply textured and savoury with notes of cream, spinach, oven baked zucchini. A cooling mineral and slightly fruity finish. Suits cold brewing as well as hot.

Picked early in Spring 2025, this offering creates a unique version of Dragon Well tea.

Price range: $20.00 through $154.00

Cultivar: Small leaf varietal
Region: Yi Liang, China

“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. The aroma of the young leaves is intense and fresh. 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.

Brewing Suggestions

Gong Fu Brewing:

4g per 100ml water @ 85°. First infusion 25s. +5s for subsequent infusions.

Western Brewing:

0.6g per 100ml water @ 85°. First infusion 2 mins. +1m for subsequent infusions.

Description

“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. The aroma of the young leaves is intense and fresh. 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.

Additional information

Harvest & Year

Spring 2025

Quantity

25g, 50g, 100g, 200g

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