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Yunnan Gold black tea — also known as Dian Hong (滇紅), meaning Yunnan red tea — is easily identified by its abundance of soft golden tips: the downy golden hairs covering the youngest buds of the tea plant, which appear in higher concentration in premium-grade Dian Hong than in any other black tea. This artisan tea hails from Yunnan province in southwestern China, the birthplace of tea itself.

Our high-grade Yunnan Gold is milk chocolate creamy and sweet, with pleasant pepper notes that add warmth without heat. The flavor becomes earthier and more layered as it cools — making Yunnan Gold one of those teas worth drinking slowly, not just hot but as it transitions through temperature. Soft, rounded cup, silky and perfect. It is also a very forgiving tea and will not taste bitter when over-steeped; a foolproof premium tea.