Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Yellow
Where to Buy: Chi of Tea
Product Description:
This rare tea was imperial tribute tea in the Tang, Ming and Qing Dynasty. The processing method was said to be lost and only to be re-discovered after the 70s, since then, it has been sent as tribute tea to China National Departments every year.
The aroma of the dry leaf is gentle with a hint of sweet hay and the liquor has a soft, fresh sappy aroma of great charm, with a warm toasty edge and a delicate vegetal taste that lingers on the tongue. This is the best of the harvest, which produces a slightly more refined, lighter liquor, yet retaining the characteristics of a green tea.
Learn more about this tea here.
Taster’s Review:
I love yellow tea! And this may just be the BEST yellow tea I’ve yet to taste. It’s absolutely extraordinary!
It tastes and smells incredibly fresh. It is sweet and vegetative, smooth and mellow. When I inhale the aroma before taking a sip, it is like breathing in the clean air of a grassy meadow, with the fragrance of wildflowers dancing in the air. That is very much what it tastes like, too.
It is because of this type of experience that yellow tea is my favorite. I love the way it smells and tastes, and I love the way it makes me feel when I sip it. And somehow, these yellow buds from Chi of Tea taste even fresher than others that I’ve tried.
If you adore yellow tea as I do, I strongly recommend trying these Farm Fresh yellow buds. You’ll be glad you did.
Farm Fresh Tai Ping Monkey Chief from Chi of Tea
Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Green
Where to Buy: Chi of Tea
About Chi of Tea:
We specialize in hard to find, high quality, organic, farm fresh loose leaf teas. It is is getting harder and harder to find fresh organic tea in today’s tea market. Tea factories aim for large harvests and quick production for the commercial tea industry. We aim for finding the highest quality, small batches of exceptional teas. Taste the difference, experience high quality tea that is no longer found on the markets, strait from small organic tea farms from around the world that focus on growing tea for the best taste, not to supply the masses. Sometimes a farm may only produce a couple pounds of tea that meet our high expectations. Our mission is to bring this exceptional tea to those who wish to experience unique, rare, high quality tea.
Taster’s Review:
I received a free sampling of this tea with a recent order, and I was so thrilled to receive it. I love Tai Ping! The dry leaf is beautiful – large, dark green, flat leaves. There is just something that draws me to Tai Ping leaves. They are truly a marvel.
And the liquor that they render is divine! It is a very light flavor, but so pleasant to sip. The mouthfeel is quite luxurious – very silky smooth. The flavor is sweet with notes of flower (honeysuckle?) and fruit within its many complex layers, with very brief hints of vegetative/grassy tones. There is very little astringency to this tea, and what little there is can be detected only well into the aftertaste when I experience a lightly dry sensation on the palate. The aftertaste is sweet.
Admittedly, I have not had the opportunity to try a lot of Tai Ping as the price can be quite prohibitive. However, of the few that I have had the chance to try, this is easily the best that I’ve tried.
As I write this review, I attempted to find this tea on the Chi of Tea website, but could not. I do hope that they will choose to start carrying it, because it is really good, and definitely worth the investment for true tea connoisseurs! This is absolutely exquisite!