For those who eat dessert first. Plum candy sweet in fragrance and cup. Light in body. No astringency. This tea is easy to like, especially for the price.

Harvested and produced April 15, 2024 by Ms. Huang in Lincang City, Yunnan Province.  This lot is a one bud, two leaf pick of the Zi Juan (Purple Beauty) cultivar growing at approximately 3,200 feet.

Since the late 1980’s, the Purple Beauty cultivar has been propagated by the Menghai Research Center and through further cultivation is now being more widely planted, but the tea is still scarcely available in the U.S.

Ingredients: black tea

Steeping Instructions

4 grams | 10-12 oz water | 212°F | Steep 4 min.

Number of Cups

2 oz makes 19 cups, 4 oz makes 38 cups, 1 lb makes 151 cups