Black · Rulindo, Rwanda
Rwanda Highland Black
Moderate caffeine
A highland Rwandan black tea with a bright liquor, fresh structure, and a gentle sweet finish.
Recipe
- Temperature
- 96 °C · 205 °F
- Leaf
- 3 g
- Water
- 250 ml
- First steep
- 2:50
- Each next steep
- +0:25
- Steeps
- 3
Suggested starting point.
Time this brew with Pekoe
Brew guide
Use freshly boiled water and a moderate infusion to keep its clarity and brightness in balance.
Aroma notes
cane sugar · orange peel · fresh wood
Tasting notes
bright opening · clean tannin · soft sweetness
Harvest
March–May · September–October
Making
Planting 
Plucking 
Withering 
Rolling 
Oxidation 
Firing
Origin
Rulindo Tea Plots · Rwanda
On Rulindo's slopes tea grows in small farmers' plots, high in light air. The pluck stays fine, and by hand.
Lore
Rwandan tea began in the 1950s on volcanic hills and rebuilt itself after 1994 into one of Africa's most respected origins. Altitude and equatorial light give Rulindo its bright, brisk cup.
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