2014 Yun Tai Mountain "Basket Tian Jian" Hei Cha Tea

Tea type
Tea
Ingredients
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Flavors
Coffee, Compost, Green, Medicinal, Mineral, Peat Moss, Spices, Sweat, Toast
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Average preparation
Boiling 0 min, 15 sec 8 g 3 oz / 100 ml

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  • “Leaves are darker than the “Wu Long Mtn.” tian jian, smells somewhat roasty and fermented. Initial steeps taste like a rubber tire rolling through a compost pit with a bit of burnt toast and peat...” Read full tasting note
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Yun Tai Mountain is located in An Hua County of Hunan Province and is home to some of Hunan’s most remote and wild tea gardens. This tea is from those “un-tended and wild” tea gardens at an altitude of 1200 to 1350 meters above sea level. The Yun Tai mountains have a karst base and are very steep. They provide excellent drainage, access to direct sunlight and mineral nutrients to the tea plants.

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Leaves are darker than the “Wu Long Mtn.” tian jian, smells somewhat roasty and fermented. Initial steeps taste like a rubber tire rolling through a compost pit with a bit of burnt toast and peat moss. Despite the yuck, I push on. On steep number four it starts to taste sweeter and more mineral with a sweet/savory note of Chinese five spice blend and crappy coffee. 6th steep is more palatable yet; mineral, peat, and green banana.

Tian jian confuses me…

Flavors: Coffee, Compost, Green, Medicinal, Mineral, Peat Moss, Spices, Sweat, Toast

Preparation
Boiling 0 min, 15 sec 8 g 3 OZ / 100 ML
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BigDaddy 7 years ago

Hate when you get a dud.

tperez 7 years ago

Yeah… Unfortunately most of the hei cha I’ve tried seems to go this way

teepland 7 years ago

“Initial steeps taste like a rubber tire rolling through a compost pit with a bit of burnt toast and peat moss”—I laughed out loud at that! That is quite a description! :)

tperez 7 years ago

Hahaha thanks

tanluwils 7 years ago

This is one of the most unusual sounding teas I’ve read. Try airing it out for a few months. I’m pretty sure it’ll change for the better. Would be curious to hear the results!

tperez 7 years ago

Yeah I’m thinking I’ll take my tian jians out of the bags and put them in bowls with towels on top for a few months to see if that will make a difference.

tanluwils 7 years ago

Be careful about any odors (including the towel’s!). Invasive odors can can really ruin a tea. Might want to purchase a large plastic bin and keep the tea in its large bag, only leaving it open and keeping it in that with the lid closed. Of course, opening it on occasion. The smoky aroma will fade over time and you may discover something really nice.

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