Czarna Herbata Jin Jun Mei

Brewing: 5g/100ml, 80°C, 5s, +5s.

Warmed-up dry leaves smell of dark chocolate, cherries, flowers and smoked bacon. When wet, the smell of bacon intensifies.

The liquor tastes of cherries, warm spices and chicken soup. This umami flavour is nothing short of spectacular. There are other delicate notes waiting to be discovered in the background, but the meat-like umami is front and centre - and deservedly so.

A few notes about the name: real Jin Jun Mei is extremely rare and extremely expensive, so replicas abound. These "tribute bands" strive to mimic the original's fruitiness and appearance (100% golden buds). The wonderful tea sold here looks more like a "Yunnan Gold" Dian Hong, with half golden buds and half black leaves. I guess the unique taste qualified it for a more prestigious label.

Definitely my favorite black tea at the moment. You can sense notes of chocolate and honey along with a good regular black tea taste.

Excelente. Nada más observar el color dorado de este té te das cuenta de su calidad. Y al probarlo te enamora.

Delicious tea! The aroma is fantastic and a very rich taste! Love it!

Opens with a pronounced scorched fragrance on the nose and slightly scorched artichokes on the palate, then a more familiar black tea note. The first steep left me with a slight apricot note at the end, absent by the second steep. Not unpleasant but this is my first time tasting this tea.