Tasting Notes
This tea contains deep notes of wood, peat and smoke like a fine malt whisky. The savoury wood smoke enhances the sweet, caramel notes of the tea.
Quantity
Use 0.1 oz of leaf per 5.5 fl oz of water (2.5g per 150ml).
Temperature
For the optimum infusion use 185°F (85°C) water.
Time
Infuse for 1 minute, tasting regularly. Best enjoyed without milk.
Infusions
You can infuse this tea at least twice. With each careful infusion, different subtleties of flavour are revealed.
Cost Per Cup
86¢ per cup based on 0.1 oz of leaf per 5.5 fl oz of water and 2 infusions.
From 'Infused: Adventures in Tea':
"The smoking is done in ancient two-storey wooden houses blackened by age and centuries of smoke. Wrapped around the ground floors are wide, shaded verandas stacked with neat piles of golden-blond wood, the bark removed."
The tea garden is situated deep within the protected forests of the Wuyi Shan UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Only a handful of small family farms are allowed to make tea in this area – where the bushes are left to grown almost wild.
