WESTERN: TEAPOT
5 g tea · 400 ml water · 90 °C · 180 sec first steep
Re-steep · adding 1 min each time · Remove leaves inbetween steep
black_tea tea · Dianhong
Ancient Tree Dianhong
古树滇红
Dianhong black tea.
- Tea ID
- LBT0028
- Tea identity
- Ancient Tree Dianhong
- Origin
- Not yet specified
- Published lots
- 1
- Published logs
- 2
How to brew
Use these recommendations as starting points, then adjust for your water, vessel, and taste.
WESTERN: MUG & INFUSER
5 g tea · 250 ml water · 90 °C · 90 sec first steep
Re-steep · adding 1 min each time · Remove leaves inbetween steep
GAIWAN / SMALL TEAPOT
5 g tea · 100 ml water · 90 °C
10 s first steep · add 5 s each steep
Published lots
Lot facts describe a specific producer, year, source, or physical tea. They are not universal claims about the tea identity.
Lot
Published lot 1
Producer: Not specifiedOrigin: Not specifiedHarvest / material: UnknownProduction: UnknownForm: Loose leaf
Latest tasting logs
TN00045
2026-09-27
Formal retest after the 2026-09-21 casual screening. Steep 2 opened the tea and revealed its clearest layers. Lower temperatures weakened the body; returning to 100°C restored aroma and some presence. Black sesame and egg-yolk mooncake paired exceptionally well. The erroneous voice transcription 'Enshi Qi Tian Hong' is not an alias and has been discarded.
Dry aroma: Very sweet and floral; familiar Sariwangi-like Indonesian black-tea association
Wet aroma: Sweet and floral with a roasted hint; later Jin Jun Mei-like, woody and warm-spiced
Taste: Floral-forward over a familiar Indonesian black-tea foundation, with restrained malt, wood, cardamom and star-anise associations
Mouthfeel: Consistently thinner than desired
Finish: Bitterness from steep 3 onward, generally integrated rather than drying or objectionable
TN00037
2026-09-21
Casual social screening, not a formal tasting. The tea was described as not really being there and was rejected for Vol.01 unless a controlled retest changes the result.
Taste: Ordinary or conventional black-tea impression; compared to an English Imperial-style tea
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