Finishing off the Xia Mei Jin Jun Mei black tea from the Hoyum Tea winter blind tasting.

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I fell sleepy few days in a row, but today I choose to drink tea instead of taking a nap, it's working day after all.

"Cocoa Malt Queen", #JinJunMei #HongCha [March '22, ML] - tippy red tea from Tong Mu village.

Despite what's in that tea's general profile, it's not too sweet by my taste. On the other hand, it's not as spicy as "Sweet Spice JJM" of ML. Something in between, but overall good for my current conditions.

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"Souchong Liquor" [Spring `22, ML] - Tong Mu village area #Hongcha, unsmoked #Lapsang - ie one that didn't go into final smoking/firing stages.

Since it's not that smokey, it much closer to #JinJunMei in smell, taste and colour of the liquid. As it mentioned even by vendor themself, it's a very affordable approximation of top JJM variants (about 5 times cheaper).

Overall it's amazing #Hongcha to warm yourself and enjoy its spectrum of tasting notes.

I'd consider it a daily drinker

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"Bailu Gold" (vendor's name) or more generic "Golden Dew", Huang Jin Bai Lu #Hongcha [September '20, Meileaf].

This is Sichuanese rival to a top-grade #JinJunMei specimen, both in aspect of taste and price.

This tea in particular helps me to find a contrast to more sweet or more spice tasting JJMs, cause Bai Lu is more floral, with notes of spiciness.

Besides that it's a delicate #Hongcha for the time when you don't know you want at the moment.

Hey hey it's Day ten of 14 teas 🍵 !! 🥰

Today's tea is Jun Mei or Jin Jun Mei !

Wikipedia has a short article that tells us it "is a celebrated black tea from the Wuyi Mountains in Fujian Province, China developed in 2006. It is made exclusively from the buds plucked in early spring from the tea plant. The buds are subsequently fully oxidized and then roasted to yield a tea that has a sweet, fruity and flowery flavor with a long lasting sweet after-taste."

Brewing is straight forward. I did a 5 second rinse, but this is contentious online. Many feel it is a waste to rinse or awake black teas. Boiled water filtered from the tap (all teas so far are done with this water) and at 212 steeped 16 oz of water over 6g of tea for 3 minutes. Wonderfully colored tea, with a rich flavor and very pleasing after taste. One of my favorite teas. I have some other JinJunMei from another vendor and while it is flavorful the subtle notes on the finish feel like they're missing. Might just be me. Second steeping was equally as good. Same rich color and flavors.

4.5/5 #teatime #blacktea #jinjunmei