RED TEA #2

Aroma: Sweet, caramel-honey, bready, with hints of vanilla and cinnamon. Taste: Bold, full-bodied, and juicy, with slight astringency and caramel-honey notes. The taste unfolds in waves, starting with a soft and delicate flavor and progressing to a bright, robust, and intense profile during the tea session. Impact: Provides excellent warmth, invigoration, and enhances productivity. Harvest: Autumn 2022, Wuyi Mountains, Fujian Province, China. Chinese black tea from Fujian province. Its name translates as "Small Variety from Genuine Mountains" (Chinese: 正山小种). During the production process, Xiao Zhong tea undergoes a step called "guo hong guo" (Chinese: 过红锅, meaning "passing through the red wok"). It involves a short but intense heating process of 2-3 minutes at 200 °C. This gives Xiao Zhong tea its characteristic leaf color and "fiery" flavor. The term "Zheng Shan" or "Genuine Mountains" signifies that the tea is produced in the optimal location for this particular variety. Xiao Zhong