2016 Cha Yu Lin "Monkey Jian" Tian Jian Hei Cha Brick Tea

This is a 2016 spring wild harvested Tian Jian tea from Bei Wan 北湾 area in Anhua county. Wild grown tea (荒山茶) was picked and processed carefully using kill-green (frying), rolling, fermenting, drying, and then pressed into these little 200 gram bricks.

This tea has been aged since 2016 in Hunan, and has a nice aged taste and feel to it. The aging has transformed the subtle smokiness into velvety rich spices with a honey and fruit fullness and depth in the mouth. It steeps many times and each infusion has its own charm and unique character.

A great opportunity to taste or age Tian Jian in a brick form.

Cha Yu Lin is a small An Hua producer that works with tea growers and small village cooperatives to produce unique small batch Hei Cha. They've been producing An Hua teas since 2004!

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