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Yunnan Wild Purple Tips
Yunnan Wild Purple Tips
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This tea is one of our Pure Black selections. Check out the entire delicious collection here!
Featuring bold fruity-floral aroma, light body, and incredible clarity of brew, this wild variety of Chinese tea has natural purple tips for a stunningly beautiful visual to match its flavor. Also called Da Xue Shan Ye Sheng Hong Cha (translation: Big Snow Mountain Wild Raw Black Tea), this is truly a rare beauty to encounter stateside. Luckily, we know the farmer! Everyone say "Thank you, Jerry!"
Ingredients: Black tea
Approximately 70mg of caffeine per cup
Steep at 195° F or 90.5°C for 2-4 min
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I picked up this tea purely for superficial reasons: the leaves were purple. Sometimes judging a book by its cover does pay off it turns out, and this incredibly smooth tea became a quick favorite. It has a deep flavor that I've never had in a black tea without the bitterness of tannins on the tail end, but this magical tea doesn't finish with that and instead gives you a wholly pleasant tea experience from start to finish. I've been checking the page religiously for weeks hoping it will come back in stock so I can get a larger stash and pick up some for friends!