San Xia Mi Xian Black

Origin

Taiwan

Asia

Caffeine Level (mg/1g)

0

1-10

11-20

21-30

31-40

41+

Description

San Xia Tea is a unique black tea grown in the Sanxia District of northern Taiwan. Crafted with the same leaves as a traditional green Bi Luo Chun tea, the Qing Xin Gan Zi varietal bud leaves are carefully handpicked every 10-14 days to ensure a young tea. Once harvested, they are processed in a traditional style to create a tea liquor with a fragrant aroma and stone fruit notes with a clean taste.

Once steeped, San Xia Tea offers a sweet aromatic amber liquor, at first sip, you will appreciate the floral astringency, stone fruit sweetness, and clean, refreshing body.

1 TSP or 1 BAG

200ml

95°C

2 - 3 min

Ingredients:

Black tea

Organic:

Yes

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by C B

January 2023

A leaf from the Sanxia District of northern Taiwan, this tea is crafted from the same leaves as a Bi Luo Chun green, and picked when the leaf is young. The dry leaf is long, twisty and black with twinges of maroon and a touch of gold. The dry leaf certainly has a fruity fragrance! And in a blind taste test, I would certainly guess this is a Taiwanese tea. It's very close in appearance and flavor to Premium Taiwanese Assam. An explosion of lingering mouth feel, very fruity. That lychee again, but also strawberries. A bit of a drying mouth quality. Second steep, it tastes more like a Ruby 18 varietal. The third steep seemed a bit weak and not sure if it was worth a third steep, mostly tasted like a faint Ruby 18. The first steep was definitely the best. Maybe I needed to rein in the steeps to recreate that first cup of amazing flavor.It's odd this tea is VERY similar in flavor to the other black tea from Tealyra I had the other day, the Wen Shan Bao Zhong black.
Steep #1 // 2 teaspoons for a full mug // 22 minutes after boiling // 2 minute steep
Steep #2 // 18 minutes after boiling // 2 min
Steep #3 // just boiled // 4 min

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