Black · Fengqing, Yunnan, China
Dian Hong
Moderate caffeine
A soft Yunnan black tea with golden buds, cocoa depth, and a gentle peppery lift.
Recipe
- Temperature
- 92 °C · 198 °F
- Leaf
- 3.2 g
- Water
- 240 ml
- First steep
- 2:30
- Each next steep
- +0:25
- Steeps
- 4
Suggested starting point.
Time this brew with Pekoe
Brew guide
A slightly shorter infusion keeps the cup plush and aromatic.
Aroma notes
cocoa · sweet potato · cedar
Tasting notes
velvet texture · baked sugar · light spice
Harvest
March–May
Making
Planting 
Plucking 
Withering 
Rolling 
Oxidation 
Sorting
Origin
Yunnan Highlands · China
In Yunnan the tropic brings the sun and altitude brings the cool nights. The big leaf takes its time to thicken.
Lore
Dianhong is young for China, created in 1939 in Yunnan, the ancient homeland of the tea tree itself. Golden buds from broad-leaf assamica varieties give it its honeyed depth.
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