Jin Jun Mei - Hand-made Mei Zhan Cultivar - 手工梅占金骏眉 (2025)
Tea Profile
Type: Black Tea (Jin Jun Mei 金骏眉)
Location: Feng Shui Guan (风水关), Wuyishan
Altitude: Around 800 m
Harvest Date: April 4, 2025
Cultivar: Mei Zhan 梅占
Picking Standard: Single spring buds
The Story of This Tea
This 2025 Mei Zhan Jin Jun Mei comes from Feng Shui Guan, a high mountain area within the greater Wuyishan range. The region shares the same ecological purity as Tongmuguan, with clean water, rich biodiversity, and mist-covered peaks. While the Mei Zhan cultivar is traditionally used for Wuyi oolongs, its transformation into Jin Jun Mei reveals a new dimension of this elegant leaf.
Only the earliest spring buds are selected, each one plump, tender, and hand-rolled with care. The hand-rolling process creates slight variations in shape that speak to true artisanal craftsmanship. The result is a tea that combines the soft florality of Mei Zhan with the depth and sweetness of high-grade Jin Jun Mei. Its flavour is bright and refreshing, yet grounded in classic Wuyi character.
Aroma and Flavour
This Mei Zhan Jin Jun Mei offers a concentrated floral fragrance that emerges from the liquor rather than the lid. The taste is sweet and pure, evoking the gentle clarity of rock sugar balanced with a soft mountain freshness. The liquor is bright golden-red and remarkably clear. It leaves the palate refreshed and lightly perfumed, a signature of this cultivar’s refined nature.
- Aroma: Rich and condensed floral fragrance that lingers in the liquor
- Flavor: Refreshing, soft, and naturally sweet with excellent clarity
- Texture: Smooth and elegant, leaving a clean finish
- Aftertaste: Long-lasting rock sugar sweetness with a mountain-fresh echo
- Liquor: Bright golden-red, clear and lively
- Steeping Endurance: 6 to 8 infusions
Brewing Guidelines
Gong Fu Style
- Teaware: Porcelain gaiwan for clarity or thin-walled glass teapot to appreciate the liquor’s colour
- Ratio: 3.5–4 g per 100–110 ml water
- Water: 85–90 °C spring water
- Infusions: Rinse once, then brew 6–8 infusions, gradually extending steeping time
Western Style
- Teaware: Porcelain or glass teapot
- Ratio: 3–4 g per 250 ml water
- Water: Around 90 °C
- Steeping: 3–4 minutes for the first infusion. Resteep 2–3 times with slightly longer durations
Why Choose This Tea
This Mei Zhan Jin Jun Mei from Feng Shui Guan offers a rare meeting of tradition and innovation. Crafted from a cultivar prized for oolongs, it reveals how Mei Zhan’s floral depth and sweetness can shine in black tea form. The high mountain environment adds purity and energy to the cup. With its rock sugar clarity, gentle fragrance, and artisan hand-rolling, this tea captures the refinement and vitality of modern Wuyi craftsmanship.