Yunnan Summer Black

Yunnan Summer Black – Aromatic Summer-Harvest Black Tea

Yunnan Summer Black is an enticing, aromatic summer-harvest tea inspired by Taiwanese artisan tea crafters. It's made from the Taiwanese Jinxuan tea cultivar grown in southern China's Yunnan Province during the warm, rainy season, which produces large leaves rich in natural sweetness and unique character.

During processing, the leaves are regularly turned and gently shaken to encourage withering and oxidation, then finished with a mild roast to deepen their flavor — techniques borrowed from Taiwan's finest tea masters. The result is a remarkably smooth, fruity and aromatic black tea.

Tasting Notes

• Aroma: roasted stone fruit
• Flavor: smooth stone fruit with floral notes
• Mouthfeel: smooth and rounded
• Finish: sweet honey pomelo

Why You'll Love It

Taiwanese tea enthusiasts will notice that Yunnan Summer Black is similar in character and flavor to our luxury Taiwanese Assam #8 — yet much more affordable! It's a wonderful everyday black tea with the fruitiness and depth of a much pricier tea, and it rewards you with multiple delicious infusions.

• Made from the Taiwanese Jinxuan cultivar grown in Yunnan
• Taiwanese-style artisan processing
• Stone fruit and honey pomelo notes
• Excellent value for its quality

How to Enjoy

Enjoy Yunnan Summer Black over multiple steeps to fully experience this fine tea — each infusion reveals new fruity, floral layers. It's delicious plain, and also makes a wonderful fruity iced tea on hot days. Pair it with fresh fruit, pastries or light lunches.

Fruity, smooth and wonderfully aromatic, Yunnan Summer Black is summer sunshine in a cup.