Yunnan Province which borders Laos, Vietnam, Burma, and Tibet, is considered the birthplace of all tea. The tea there is grown at very high elevations ranging from 4500-6000 feet above sea level. The altitude, combined with the soil, warmth, rains and humidity of the highlands creates a natural greenhouse that Yunnan tea plants thrive in. Originally named Dian hong (the Chinese name of Yunnan Pure Gold), this exceptional black tea hails from the Jing Mai Mangjing region of China's southwestern Yunnan province, made from the 1300-year-old tea trees found there - some of the oldest living tea trees in the world.
Tea pickers of Jing Mai Mangjing's high mountain tea villages tend the ancestral tea trees of the Jing Mai Ancient Tea Forest, hand-harvesting the new growth leaves and buds used to create this organic and Fair Trade Certified tea. Delicately twisted leaves with a high concentration of golden tips distinguishes this tea from other black teas. A full-bodied infusion deep red with a honey-like sweetness, a subtle milkiness and light coppery finish.