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drank Yixing Hong Cha by Nannuoshan
318 tasting notes

Small, wiry, and twisted leaves. About 1cm in length and deep brown in color with reflective golden hairs. The dry aroma is both sweet and salty with cocoa, potato, and longan fruit notes.

The tea liquer is a warm orange color. There’s some really unique (and kind of strange) soy sauce and potato sort of flavors alongside fruity, floral, and chocolate notes, as well as a tamarind/greenish tang. An interesting balance of sweet, savory, and tangy.

The spent leaves are a milk chocolate brown, very small and tender. A good tea with a very interesting flavor profile, though to me it was a bit strange.

Flavors: Caramel, Chocolate, Floral, Fruity, Potato, Soy Sauce

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 5 g 5 OZ / 150 ML
Cwyn

This is a black tea, was it stored in Yixing jars? Trying to figure out the reasoning behind the name.

tperez

I believe it’s from Yixing (the town) I’ve seen a few other vendors offer Yixing black tea

nannuoshan

Right, it is from Yixing city. It is not as well-known as other Chinese black tea but has quite a good reputation in China.
Yixing, apart from the famous teapot, is also known for black and white tea (xue ya).

Cwyn

Nice! I thought of the jars because Teachat people have posted several photos lately of “old” clay jars full of tea showing up at auctions and selling for big bucks.

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Cwyn

This is a black tea, was it stored in Yixing jars? Trying to figure out the reasoning behind the name.

tperez

I believe it’s from Yixing (the town) I’ve seen a few other vendors offer Yixing black tea

nannuoshan

Right, it is from Yixing city. It is not as well-known as other Chinese black tea but has quite a good reputation in China.
Yixing, apart from the famous teapot, is also known for black and white tea (xue ya).

Cwyn

Nice! I thought of the jars because Teachat people have posted several photos lately of “old” clay jars full of tea showing up at auctions and selling for big bucks.

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My favorites are pu’erhs, blacks/reds, and roasted oolongs, but I have a growing interest in good whites, and sometimes enjoy greens.

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