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7g 100ml
Wash: 5s • 1st: 10s • Add: +5sGongfu Timing
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This unique black tea from Yixing offers a delightfully sweet and malty character. Its low-temperature processing helps preserve delicate downy hairs, contributing to an incredibly smooth and textured infusion. A truly distinctive tea experience for black tea enthusiasts.
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About This Tea
What does Imperial Yixing Hong Black Tea from Jiangsu taste like?
This unique black tea from Yixing offers a delightfully sweet and malty character. Its low-temperature processing helps preserve delicate downy hairs, contributing to an incredibly smooth and textured. It leans sweet, malty and smooth.
How should I brew Imperial Yixing Hong Black Tea from Jiangsu?
Water around 90–100 °C (195–212 °F). In a mug, steep 3–5 min. For gongfu, use 5 g per 100 ml, 15–30 s steeps. You'll get to see how the flavor changes across multiple rounds. Full boil is fine for most blacks. Don't overthink it.
Where does Imperial Yixing Hong Black Tea from Jiangsu come from?
Grown in Jiangsu, China from the Jiukeng cultivar. This batch is from the Spring 2025 harvest.
How much does Imperial Yixing Hong Black Tea from Jiangsu cost?
Starts at $6.00 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.17/g. A 25g package gets you around 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $1.02 per session. Compare black prices across vendors on Teadar.
$6.00$0.17/g