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While green and white teas are increasing in popularity these days, there are still a great number of us that enjoy a traditional British-style cup of good old black tea with milk and sugar. Yunnan teas (from China’s Yunnan province), with their characteristic peppery flavor, are perfect to satisfy such a craving. From appearance alone, Mighty Leaf’s Yunnan tea impressed me with its large, golden-tipped leaves. On its own, I found this tea lacking the quintessential pepperiness that usually defines Yunnan tea. I found it hard to drink this tea in its pure, unadulterated form, and interestingly, I found it to be simultaneously bland and bitter (even though I only steeped the leaves for 3 minutes). Just a smidgen of sugar made this brew more enjoyable, but I questioned how much the the tea was able to be tasted over the added sugar. This tea seems to easily lend itself to being over-sweetened, resulting in a sugar-water liquid that barely even carries the flavor of tea. Compared to other Yunnan’s I have tried, such as Adagio’s “Yunnan jug”, . While I do intend to finish the rest of my sample (because while the tea isn’t superb, it is certainly not undrinkable), I can’t say that I will be recommending Mighy Leaf’s Yunnan as a “must-have” tea.
— To purchase Mighty Leaf Yunnan, or for more specific information on ingredients or the story behind this particular blend, click here to go directly to the manufacturer's web site.
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