Wild Tree Purple
Tasting notes: A layered and smooth tea with bright tropical floral notes, hint of sugarcane. Some savoury notes to start then with an emerging medicinal herbal edge.
The initial bitterness present in this tea has now transformed into fruit sweetness with a long lasting syrupy aftertaste.
Price range: $18.90 through $141.00
This is a unique tea which is made from the Assamica Dehongensis Wild Tree Purple varietal tea (ye sheng cha) growing in Jinggu county. The tea grows wild and is only harvested in Marchand was processed using the same technique used for Yue Guang Bai: the leaves wilt briefly before being put into a long wind tunnel tube, where the action of air movement gradually halts the oxidation of the tea.
