Description Osmanthus-Scented Qimen Black Tea Cheng Family | Spring 2024 | Guixicun, Quimen, Anhui Priced Per Ounce Osmanthus-Scented Qimen Black Tea is an exquisitely buddy black tea. The Cheng Family’s Reserve harvest is made almost entirely from tiny golden buds even smaller than Wuyishan’s prized Jin Jun Mei buds. Notes of osmanthus, molasses cookie, and peach. Huangshan, the home of Qimen Black Tea, is almost as famous for its scenting craft, specifically with jasmine-scented Huangshan Maofeng. It is no surprise that the Cheng Family would tap into this scenting tradition to give an even deeper more honeyed complexity to their reserve-level Qimen Black using golden osmanthus blossoms. The blossoms are spread through the black tea as it dries so that they fresh leaves can absorb all the natural aromatics of the osmanthus. Crafted by the Cheng Family Dedicated craftspeople and farmers, the Cheng Family has a beautiful, high-elevation plot above Guixi Village, an excellent micro-climate for Qimen Black Tea in Anhui. Master Cheng picks the tiny buds for his iconic Qimen Black at the very peak of spring and finishes them by hand in his tiny workshop, coaxing out deep honeyed notes and the underlying minerality of rocky Huangshan.
