Every now and then a tea falls into our laps which confound expectations. This is a ridiculously delicious and fascinating brew which tastes like a super-aged tea despite only being a couple of years old!
THE WEIRDEST TEA! Tasting a Bizarrely Aged Dianhong.
It comes from (supposedly) 200-year-old Gushu trees in Yunnan so it would be classed as a Gushu Dianhong Black Tea. It was sourced from friends in Taiwan who is certain that it was picked in 2018.
BUT, it tastes like a tea which has been aged for at least twenty years – deep, complex and almost alcoholic in its state of fermentation. Ever since I tasted this sample I have been sipping on this tea as my private brew and I cannot get enough of its funky, spiced deliciousness.