Jin Jun Mei Black Tea
Jin Jun Mei Black Tea
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The finest Jin Jun Mei from the Wuyishan tea region with beautiful floral and honey notes and hints of osmanthus, mango and lychee.
Origin
Origin
- Year: 2025
- Season: Spring
- Origin: Wuyishan
- Varietal (cultivar): small leaf Assamica (Xiao Ye Zhong)
- Type: black tea
How to Steep
How to Steep
How to brew Jin Jun Mei black tea?
There are two methods to makes this loose leaf black tea:
Gongfu brewing
Brew 5 gram with 100 ml of water at 80 °C. Steep for 5 seconds and add 5 seconds for each next infusion.
Western brewing
Steep 3 gram with 500 ml of water at 80 °C. Apply a brewing time of 40 seconds and add 20 seconds for each next infusion.
Shipping, Returns & Payment Methods
Shipping, Returns & Payment Methods
Delivery time: 1-10 day EU delivery. For estimates per country, please visit the shipping info page at the bottom of our website.
Import taxes?: because we ship from our EU warehouse, you will NOT be charged import taxes upon delivery if you're based in the EU. All taxes are already included in our prices.
Free shipping: available for orders over €59 for The Netherlands/Belgium, €80 for other EU countries (excluding Portugal & Hungary) & UK, and over €100 for other countries.
Returns: orders can be returned for a refund within 30 days. Products should returned in unopened, unused condition.
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How this black tea is made
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Picking
Tea leaves are hand-picked in the morning.
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Withering
The leaves are spread on bamboo trays to wither.
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Rolling
Leaves are rolled, breaking down the surface cells and promoting oxidation.
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Oxidation
Rolled leaves are oxidized in bamboo baskets covered with a cloth.
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Drying
The oxidized leaves are dried to reduce moisture to a minimum.
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Sorting
The tea leaves are sorted manually or mechanically.
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.

Our design work is inspired by the artwork “Along the River During the Qingming Festival” by the Zhang Zeduan in the Song Dynasty. Instead of displaying the daily lives of people in the capital of China (as the original artwork), we display the tea making process of farmers through the same bird’s eye perspective.
When examining our packaging design in detail, tea enthusiasts will observe the tea making process, featuring tea farmers picking, drying, rolling, and frying tea leaves. The tea is then tasted in a pavilion and transported by horses along the ‘ancient tea road’.
Together, the traditional Chinese landscape and tea making theme, symbolise heritage, tradition, and respect for hard work of tea farmers.