Bai Lin Gong Fu

Tea type
Black Tea
Ingredients
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Flavors
Bread, Cocoa, Malt, Molasses
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Caffeine
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Average preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 3 min, 0 sec 17 oz / 500 ml

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  • “Bai Lin Gong Fu black tea won the top prize of Three Star Gold. Only 91 products out of over 6,000 entries achieved three stars!!!! I received a nice sample size of this today and must say it is...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Excited about the Canton Tea Co sampler which arrived over the weekend! I’ll start my Monday morning with what sounds like a good breakfast tea. The dry leaf is pretty, with orange highlights in...” Read full tasting note
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  • “This is lovely. I brewed it in my gaiwan, using a less-than-boiling temperature (to avoid burning my fingers) and steeping for 1 minute for the first infusion. The result is perfection. The cup...” Read full tasting note
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  • “On this, my day of birth, I bid a fond farewell to the last of my Canton Tea Bai Lin Gong Fu. It’s last vestiges lasted two exquisitely sweet and malty pints, and put added vigor into my morning...” Read full tasting note
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From Canton Tea Co

One of the earliest (and best) Chinese black teas ever to be produced, Bai Lin Gong Fu is made from buds twisted into tight elegant gold-streaked curls. The liquor is reddish-brown and tastes naturally of caramel and cream so needs absolutely nothing added. This is a wonderful example of whole leaf black tea. It it is a glorious breakfast tea and so reasonably priced for a tea of this calibre, it can be an everyday affordable luxury.

Our Buyer’s notes
“The leaves of this tea have fine organgey yellow hairs, indicating the use of buds by the makers. Delightful, easy drinking black tea.”

About Canton Tea Co View company

Canton Tea Co is a London-based tea company trading in high grade, whole leaf Chinese tea. We have exclusive access to some of the best jasmine, white, green, oolong, black and authentic puerh teas available. In our first year, we scooped Six Golds at the 2009 Guild of Fine Food Great Taste Awards. Our Jasmine Pearls won the top three star gold award, endorsing it as the best available in the UK.

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Historically, I don’t get on well with China black teas. Imagine my shock when I discovered that I find everything about this one superb! The taste and aroma evoke nothing so much as the finest quality milk chocolate I’ve ever tasted, and it’s best enjoyed without any sweetener so as to pick up the subtlety of its scent and flavor.

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2036 tasting notes

Sipdown no. 18 of 2020 (no. 613 total). A sample.

Another sipdown from yesterday. It was yummy. It has that note that I associate with Yunnan black that is almost chewy in its richness and smoothness.

Looking back at my original note on this, I mentioned that I drank it western style despite the name. I did that again for the sipdown. Oh well.

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