Red Jade White (2020)

Red Jade White is a unique white tea handcrafted from a Hong Yu TRES #18 cultivar. Tippy leaves produce a pale yellow liquor with a woody and savoury aroma. The smooth taste has a lightly floral and creamy character with sweet notes of spices and exotic fruits.

Brewing guide: 2.5g in 250ml water at 80°C for 2-3 minutes

£3.90£13.50

(10-50g)

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Origin:Mingjian Township, Nantou County, Taiwan
Elevation:300-350m
Cultivar:Hong Yu 'Red Jade' (紅玉) TRES #18
Harvest time:3 March 2020
Sourcing:From farmer via Taiwanese Tea Master

Description

Red Jade White (紅玉白茶) is a rare Taiwanese white tea handcrafted from the Hong Yu TRES #18 cultivar. Expertly withered and very lightly naturally oxidised it produces a light cup that is supremely complex. This tea is grown to organic standards in Mingjian Township of Nantou Province and was picked in March 2020.

Red Jade White tea is produced from a Hong Yu TRES #18 cultivar that is usually reserved for black tea, like our Red Jade GABA or Yuchi Red Jade. Hong Yu translates as Red Jade or Ruby, hence the name chosen for this tea. The Hong Yu cultivar was developed in Taiwan in a recent attempt to reinvigorate black tea production in the country. It was developed from an Assamica strain from Burma and the local wild tea from Taiwan.

The Hong Yu cultivar has a unique flavour profile that is very distinctive; it produces complex black teas with a smooth savoury character and pronounced menthol and eucalyptus notes that make for a pleasantly medicinal edge. This Red Jade White tea draws on the characteristics of the cultivar, producing a complex liquor with interesting flavour references to the black counterparts of this white tea.

The twisted leaves of this Red Jade Taiwanese White tea are dark in appearance. The produced cup is light, pale yellow in colour with woody and eucalyptus aromatics. The taste is particularly smooth and light. The sweetly spicy profile has floral and creamy notes. The flavours start on the woody, spicy eucalyptus and menthol side, developing into lightly floral notes and exotic fruit flavours. There are some pleasantly mineral top notes that complete the intriguing taste profile. This is a supremely crafted tea with a wide complexity of flavours.

Red Jade White tea is best brewed at 80°C for 2-3 minutes according to your taste and should be brewed multiple times to savour the flavours of each infusion.

This tea was first featured in our July 2019 Curious Tea Subscription Boxes.