"Oriental Beauty" Red Tea is a very special tea, distinguished by its painstaking processing and its unusual raw material, giving it a delicious, unmistakable flavour. Here are the highlights of this tea:
Raw material: "Oriental Beauty" Red Tea is made from young buds (one bud and one leaf) of a premium oolong cultivar grown in organic tea gardens. What makes it unique is that the leaves must first be bitten by the tea green leafhopper (an insect that damages the tea plant), which produces a highly distinctive and powerful flavour. Without the leafhopper's work, the tea would not have this singular character.
Processing: The tea is oxidised to between 80% and 90% over a period of up to 72 hours. This process develops a rich, sweet and highly characteristic flavour which, combined with the qualities of organically grown tea, makes for a very different tea-drinking experience.
Flavour and aroma: "Oriental Beauty" red tea has a very powerful aroma, owing above all to the effect of the sap where the leafhopper has bitten the leaf. The taste is sweet and mellow, with a deep finish — not astringent but smooth, leaving a pleasant, refreshing sensation after every sip.
What makes it unique: The remarkable thing about "Oriental Beauty" Red Tea is that the bitten buds must be picked at exactly the right moment, because if the leafhoppers are left to multiply too long the tea plant dies. For this reason the tea is produced only once a year, and only organic tea gardens are able to make it.
Health benefits: "Oriental Beauty" tea is not only unique in flavour but also very good for you, thanks to its organic raw material: it helps detoxify the body, supports heart health, improves digestion and acts as an antioxidant.
"Oriental Beauty" Red Tea is one of the finest teas there is, remarkable for its powerful, sweet and wholly natural flavour. It is a tea that brings not only relaxation but a lasting impression on everyone who tastes it.
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