Jin Jun Mei

Brief

Jin Jun Mei (金駿眉) is a celebrated black tea from the Wuyi Mountains in Fujian Province, China. It is made exclusively from the buds plucked in early spring from the tea plant. The buds are subsequently fully oxidized and then roasted to yield a tea that has a sweet, fruity and flowery flavour with a long-lasting sweet after-taste. The liquor is bright reddish in colour. It is a representative of high-end black tea in Fujian and has now become one of the most expensive varieties of black tea in China.

Origin

Jin Jun Mei, the raw materials are picked from the Wuyi Mountain National Nature Reserve, which is the birthplace of black tea of the world, and listed as the World Cultural and Natural heritage site by UNESCO, with an area of 565 square kilometers. The tea garden is located a region that has a high terrain and 96.3% forest coverage. The altitude of this area is about 1200 meters. It belongs to a typical subtropical monsoon climate. Here is the ecological environment where Jin Jun Mei grows.

Inscription：Birthplace of Jin Jun Mei (left), Birthplace of Lapsang Souchong (right)

Preciousness

The picking of Jin Jun Mei requires taking fresh tea buds and picking the most fresh and tender part of the bud head. Jin Jun Mei is valuable because it is handmade by tea makers in the whole process. Tens of thousands of fresh tea bud tips are needed for every half kilo of Jin Jun Mei. Jin Jun Mei is a rare treasure. It is small and compact in shape, accompanied by golden tea velvet and tea fuzz. The liquor is golden and sweet in the mouth.