Sister Ai’s Black Beauty (2022)

Sister Ai’s Black Beauty (2022)Novel Production Type Tea What is “Black Beauty”? This “Black Beauty” is one of the juiciest and most fruity teas I’ve ever had. It arose from a realization that Sister Ai had several years ago, when she noticed that tea collectors in China would pay large sums for older teas, but looked down on new teas as not worth their time. Sister Ai was determined to use her skills as a 4th Gen tea farmer to make something that would wow even the most stubborn old-tea drinkers. The result? A new production technique mixing steps of pu’er, red tea and white tea-making. Sister Ai describes it this way: “Spring ancient tree tea leaves are picked by hand and set to wither for the first day. For days 2 through 4, the tea undergoes several days of withering, kneading and rolling to break cell walls and free up flavor, before being piled and fermented, and then left to sun-dry. On day 5, the leaves undergo this same process except that they are now dried in the shade. From