Type Black Quick description Mellow and sweet Time 1 minute | Other names 金骏眉 Temperature 90 degrees | |
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Origin Wuyi Mountains, Fujian Province, China | ||
Jin Jun Mei (simplified Chinese: 金骏眉; traditional Chinese: 金駿眉; pinyin: jīn jùn méi; literally: "golden beautiful eyebrow", pronounced [tɕín tɕŷn měi]) is a lapsang souchong black tea from Wuyishan City, Fujian Province, China. It is made from two small shoots plucked in early spring from the plant's stem which are subsequently fully oxidised and then smoked to giving a tea that has a sweet, fruity and flowery flavour with a long lasting sweet after-taste. The brew is bright reddish in colour.
In China, this variety of tea is viewed as one of the most prestigious of all teas. Its price varies depending on the quality, ranging from US$60 to US$700 per ounce. In his classic treatise on tea "Way of Tea", Ka Xing describes "it is a tea for the media rituals, also is considered to be self-cultivation a way through the tea and enjoy tea, tea, enhance friendship, Maxim virtue, learning etiquette, it is beneficialone kind and beauty ceremony." However, the eminent tea scholar also notes that despite the inflated market value, the tea has no significant nutritional value.