250g of loose leaf tea for cafés, restaurants and hospitality. Choose a paper bag for refilling your tea storage, or a labelled caddie to keep on your tea shelf or counter.
Yi Mei Ren — Spring 2025
Picked in March from high-elevation gardens on Wu Liang Mountain in Yunnan, Yi Mei Ren is a red tea with an unusual oolong-like depth. The leaves undergo a longer withering process with gentle shaking during processing, creating a tea that is smooth and rounded, while retaining a more aromatic and structured character than a typical red tea.
The first steeps open with cocoa, dried cherry, and a soft orchid fragrance. As the leaves develop, darker notes of malt, cedar, and dried fig begin to emerge, bringing warmth and depth to the cup. The liquor is full-bodied and smooth, with a gentle dryness and a soft leathery character that lingers into the finish.
Rich without becoming heavy, Yi Mei Ren sits somewhere between the comforting depth of a Yunnan red tea and the more aromatic, evolving character of an oolong. It holds its structure particularly well across multiple infusions, becoming softer and sweeter as the session develops.
Brewing
5g tea / 100ml water / 90–95°C
Steep for 30–45 sec. Re-steep several times. Shorter steeps emphasise the fruit and floral character, while longer infusions bring out more malt, wood, and body.
In the cup
Yi Mei Ren is warming and full-bodied, but with enough fragrance and structure to keep it feeling bright. The flavour develops gradually across multiple steeps, moving from fruit and florals towards deeper malt, wood, and dried fruit.
A good choice when you want the richness of a red tea with a little more complexity and movement in the cup.
