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Yunnan Gold (Dian Hong) Black Tea

Yunnan Gold (Dian Hong) Black Tea

€13,50 EUR
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Without doubt the most popular Chinese black tea from Fengqing Yunnan, with an abundance of beautiful golden tips. It offers a soft, savory taste with an intense honey-sweet and flowery aroma.

Unlike regular Chinese black tea, the delicate tea tips are handpicked from wild trees and processed manually to ensure a consistent, high-grade tea with a signature golden appearance. For the experienced tea drinker, Yunnan Gold offers a balanced alternative to other Chinese classics. It lacks the assertive smoke of a Lapsang Souchong and the sharp intensity of a Keemun.

While Yunnan has been the center of pu erh tea production for millennia, its black tea history is relatively modern. The first Dian Hong was successfully processed in Fengqing in 1939. Since then, Yunnan has joined Fujian as one of China’s two most respected regions for high-end black tea production.

Origin

  • Brand: Teasenz
  • Year: 2026
  • Season: Spring
  • Origin: Fengqing
  • Leaf grade: natural tea gardens
  • Varietal (cultivar): large leaf Assamica (Da Ye Zhong)
  • Type: black tea

How to Steep

How to brew Yunnan Dian Hong 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 10 seconds. Add 5 seconds for every next infusion.

Western brewing

Steep 5 gram with 500 ml of water at 80 °C. Apply a brewing time of 40 seconds and add 20 seconds for each next preparation.

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

  • tea processing: tea leaves picking

    Picking

    Tea leaves are hand-picked in the morning.

  • tea processing: withering and drying tea on bamboo trays

    Withering

    The leaves are spread on bamboo trays to wither.

  • tea processing: rolling and shaping tea leaves

    Rolling

    Leaves are rolled, breaking down the surface cells and promoting oxidation.

  • tea processing: black tea leaves oxidation

    Oxidation

    Rolled leaves are oxidized in bamboo baskets covered with a cloth.

  • tea processing: tea drying

    Drying

    The oxidized leaves are dried to reduce moisture to a minimum.

  • tea processing: sorting of black tea

    Sorting

    The tea leaves are sorted manually or mechanically.

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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.