Products
Single-Origin Gongfu Black Tea from Jishou, Hunan
Orthodox gongfu black tea made from the Huangjincha cultivar. Post-Qingming plucking, full withering-to-drying process, five grades from pure bud to teabag cut.
Black tea is our core business. All of it is made from the Huangjincha cultivar grown inside the geographical-indication area of Jishou, and processed by the orthodox gongfu method — withering, rolling, oxidation, drying, then sorting and refiring.
The cultivar's defining measurable trait is its amino acid concentration: 7.8% by laboratory analysis, roughly twice that of comparable cultivars harvested in the same period. In the cup this reads as pronounced sweetness and unusually low astringency, which is why the same leaf tolerates longer steeping than most Chinese black teas without turning harsh.
Grades run from BT-04 (pure bud) down to BT-05 (teabag cut). Buyers working on a price-sensitive blend usually start at BT-03; buyers building a single-origin retail line usually start at BT-01.
Black Tea range
Xiangxi Golden Black Tea — Imperial Grade
Our flagship grade: one bud and one leaf, plucked in the first weeks after Qingming, with visible golden tips running through a tightly rolled, dark leaf.
- MOQ:
- 25 kg
Xiangxi Golden Black Tea — Premium Grade
One bud and two leaves. More body and a more overtly floral-fruity profile than Imperial Grade, at a working price point for retail and foodservice.
- MOQ:
- 50 kg
Xiangxi Golden Black Tea — Commercial Grade
Later-season leaf from the same origin, built for volume. The grade to specify when the commercial question is price per kilo at an acceptable cup quality.
- MOQ:
- 300 kg
Golden Tips Black Tea
Pure bud material, hand-sorted, made in small quantities each spring. The top of the range and the natural anchor for a story-led retail line.
- MOQ:
- 10 kg
Black Tea Fannings / Teabag Cut
Screened cut leaf sized for teabag and pyramid-sachet filling machines, from the same geographical-indication origin.
- MOQ:
- 300 kg
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Samples are free of charge, freight collect. We send representative lots from current production with the matching certificate of analysis.