Organic Jinhao Golden Tip Black Tea

This organic Jinhao black tea is made mostly of buds and tender leaves from the Baihao tea bush, resulting in a soft, sweet taste with complex fruity fragrances on the dry leaves. This is a distinct feature of teas made from Baihao leaves. Soon after harvest, the taste of this tea is soft and delicately sweet; however, let it sit for a few months and the taste will take on a more mellow, smooth note.

	Cup Method		Chinese Gongfu Method
	Teacup: 12oz / 355ml		Gaiwan: 3.8oz / 110ml
	194℉ / 90℃		194℉ / 90℃
	4 Teaspoons / 5g Tea		5g Tea
	Brewing time: 3 - 5 mins		6 steeps: rinse, 10s, 15s, 20s, 30s, 40s, 60s
			Rinse time is around 5 seconds

Yaming Bai Hao tea garden covers a total area of about 1,000 mu, all in a mountainous area between 500 and 1200m above sea level. The garden is surrounded by woods and often shrouded in clouds and mist during dawn and at night, which prevent the majority of the harmful effects of UV rays on the growth of the tea plants. To ensure tea quality, chemical pesticides and fertilizers are strictly forbidden here - and based on this, Yaming tea garden earned its organic authorization in 2015.

China is the hometown of tea production, while Guangxi is the birthplace of Baihao tea itself. These trees are commonly grown high in Guangxi mountains at areas between 800 and 1500m. The average annual precipitation here is 1500-2000mm, and the temperature varies between 16-23℃ on average.

It is said that the Baihao variety is the only one versatile enough for producing all of the six basic tea types - green, white, black, yellow, oolong, and pu-erh.

This tree belongs to the large-leaf species, with elastic, tender yellowish-green leaves that contain an abundance of polyphenols, amino acids, and pectin. One test shows that Baihao leaves contain 3.36% amino acids, 35.6% polyphenols, 4.91% caffeine, and 182.92 mg/g catechinic acid.

In 1964 a large number of wild Baihao trees were discovered growing in Lingyun County, Guangxi, with the largest measured at 9.96m in height with a trunk diameter of 25cm, and a canopy 6.38m wide.

List of awards won by Bai Hao tea
1915: Second prize in the Panama Pacific International Expedition
1965: Listed as one of the most improved Chinese tea varieties by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
1984: Classified as a state-level improved tea variety by the Tea Variety Examination Approval Committee of China
1991: Won the title of ‘National High Quality Tea’ by China’s Ministry of Agriculture
1994: Included in the book of China's Famous Tea Selection.
1999: Earned the title of “Premium Tea” in the third National Chinese Tea Trophy Award Competition
2002: Baihao black and Baihao green teas won gold and silver medals, respectively, in the Wuhu International Tea Expo.