Welcome to the Black Tea Collection!
In this box, you'll discover the world's most popular tea style! Originally invented in the 1600's in China's Fujian Province, black tea is created by allowing harvested tea leaves to fully oxidize prior to roasting. This produces a darker colored brew, with a bolder flavor and notes of dried fruit, spice, earth, and wood. In this collection, we've assembled four unique black teas from across China and Taiwan, showcasing the range of flavor available within this one category.
Formosa Red #18
1g | per | 1oz | at | 180°F | for | 2m |
Golden Monkey, First Pick
1g | per | 1oz | at | 180°F | for | 2m |
One of our all-time customer favorites, Golden Monkey First Pick is a captivatingly smooth and rich variety from the Wuyi Mountains — the birthplace of black tea. As its name indicates, Golden Monkey First Pick is crafted in mid-March from the first harvest of spring tea leaves, ensuring a sweet and smooth flavor devoid of bitterness. The combination of provenance, variety, harvest season, and crafting method gives Golden Monkey First Pick an unmistakable flavor profile, with natural sweetness, a buttery texture, and its hallmark finish reminiscent of cacao nibs.
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1g | per | 1oz | at | 195°F | for | 2m |
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Keemun Maofeng
1g | per | 2oz | at | 180°F | for | 2m |
Keemun (named after its place of origin in Qimen County, Anhui Province) is one of China's most classic black teas, and one of the first Chinese black teas ever introduced to the West. With its global cachet and wonderfully robust taste, Keemun was historically used as a component in several popular black tea blends, including English Breakfast. The "maofeng" (translated as "fur peak") in our Keemun Maofeng is a Chinese term used to refer to teas that only use the youngest leaves and leaf buds; indeed, our Keemun Maofeng is an early harvest version of this classic tea, ensuring all the robust flavor we expect but without the bitterness or astringency found in later harvest crops. This makes Keemun Maofeng delicious on its own without the need for blending or adding milk and sugar.
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