Golden Needle Supreme
These slender spring 2023 buds manifest as beautiful golden needles when dried and provide rich orange liquor with a complex malty sweet flavor. Grown with no sprays or pesticides, Golden Needle Supreme is pure golden goodness.
Careful picking and expert processing yield a cup that holds hints of bread, cocoa, honey, malt, sweet potato, nuttiness and a fruity note. It’s full-bodied,rich and incredibly smooth with a very pleasant kick. We are proud to offer this true gem of a black tea.
Golden Needle is particularly suited for excellent Gong Fu brewing!
Additional Info
Black tea is produced by fully oxidizing a tea leaf once it has been picked. It is a heartier tea and should be steeped with higher temperature water. You will likely enjoy doing only a few longer steepings, but black tea can be prepared Gong Fu style.
Basic Brewing Instructions:
Black tea benefits from a 10 second rinse with the same temperature water as used for brewing.
208˚ F water temperature. (Just below boiling.)
Use 1 teaspoon per 8oz. of filtered water
Recommended first steeping of 1minute. Add 1 minute for each subsequent steeping up to 5 minutes.
Alternately, try one long steeping of 3-5 minutes.
Tea brewing is meant to be a joyful exploration. There are no hard and fast rules. Experiment with the quantity of tea that you use, and steeping times. Enjoy discovering what your preferences are. They may change day to day.