Our Organic Golden Monkey comes from an organic tea garden on Jiulong Hill, in the eastern part of the Wuyi Mountain range. The climate is moist, the environment pure, and the resulting tea leaves and its craftsmanship, exquisite.

Picked in mid-March 2010, it is the first harvest of the season, produced from leaves of the Fu’an Da Bai, Fuyun and Zhenghe Da Bai varietals. Each bud and leaf combination is carefully hand-picked  so that only the top buds with one or two leaves are used. It is then just as carefully withered, rolled, oxidized, roasted, shaped and then dried.

The resulting tea is as beautiful as it is delicious, with more than 75% of the dry tea comprised of golden leaf buds. Each hand twisted and curled to resemble the silhouette of a golden monkey. Both buds and leaves are whole and distinct, each slender twist no longer than a finger nail. 

Once infused, the orange colored liquor of the tea is no less exquisite, with a sensuously buttery and captivatingly sweet flavor and an aroma that carries notes of caramel, orange marmalade and sweet potato pie.

Great as breakfast tea to start the day.

Water Temperature: 205°, or near boiling

Brewing Instructions: Use 2 teaspoons per 8oz. Rinse tea for 1 second. Discard rinse water. Steep for 2 minutes. May be infused multiple times.