<b>Origin:</b> Anhui Province <b>Season:</b> Spring <b>Leaf Form:</b> Small Broken Leaves <b>Organic Cert:</b> USDA <p>If Darjeeling is the “champagne of Indian teas,” this venerable breakfast tea developed in the mid-1800s is “the cognac of China.” This Qimen is an historic tea from Qimen County, south Anhui Province, emblematic of the finest English Breakfast teas. Mao feng, or “hair tip” Qimen is known for its thin, intricately, open-twisted, young “spider leg” leaf, distinguished from the tightly-wrapped, eyebrow-shaped Hao Ya grades. It is purplish-black in color with an attractive lamb’s wool visual texture. The infusion is reddish-golden. The flavor of this rare, beautifully-crafted tea is like an aged, blended wine and freshly-toasted honey wheat bread.</p> <b>Tasting Profile</b> <i><b>Leaf:</b> Delicate spider legs, woolly <b>Infusion:</b> Reddish-golden <b>Aroma:</b>Fermented honey, light smoke <b>Taste:</b>Madeira wine and honey-wheat bread</i> <p><b>Origin:</b> Anhui Province<br /><b>Season:</b> Spring <br /><b>Leaf Form:</b> Small Broken Leaves<br /><b>Organic Cert:</b> USDA</p> <p>If Darjeeling is the “champagne of Indian teas,” this venerable breakfast tea developed in the mid-1800s is “the cognac of China.” This Qimen is an historic tea from Qimen County, south Anhui Province, emblematic of the finest English Breakfast teas. Mao feng, or “hair tip” Qimen is known for its thin, intricately, open-twisted, young “spider leg” leaf, distinguished from the tightly-wrapped, eyebrow-shaped Hao Ya grades. It is purplish-black in color with an attractive lamb’s wool visual texture. The infusion is reddish-golden. The flavor of this rare, beautifully-crafted tea is like an aged, blended wine and freshly-toasted honey wheat bread.</p> <p><b>Tasting Profile</b><br /><i><b>Leaf:</b> Delicate spider legs, woolly<br /><b>Infusion:</b> Reddish-golden<br /><b>Aroma:</b>Fermented honey, light smoke<br /><b>Taste:</b>Madeira wine and honey-wheat bread</i></p> 2008-03-26T13:36:57-04:00 organic-qimen-mao-feng 1739002 Black Tea 2008-03-26T13:36:57-04:00 2009-05-29T12:30:07-04:00 Andao Tea 2008-03-26T13:36:57-04:00 manual 3629 3717702 shopify deny 12 50 Grams 1 8.00 1739002 2009-07-23T10:54:01-04:00 2008-03-26T13:36:57-04:00 manual 7257 3788372 shopify deny 10 100 Grams 2 16.00 1739002 2009-07-23T10:54:09-04:00 2008-03-26T13:36:57-04:00 3402012 1 1739002 2009-02-13T05:34:09-05:00 http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0011/6991/products/IMG_5146.jpg?1250744066 2008-03-26T13:36:57-04:00 3402022 2 1739002 2009-02-13T05:34:09-05:00 http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0011/6991/products/IMG_5133.jpg?1250744066 2008-03-26T13:36:57-04:00 3402032 3 1739002 2009-02-13T05:34:09-05:00 http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0011/6991/products/IMG_5567.jpg?1250744066 2008-03-26T13:36:57-04:00 3402042 4 1739002 2009-02-13T05:34:09-05:00 http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0011/6991/products/IMG_5117.jpg?1250744066 Title