Yang Jiao Cha

Named Goat's Horn tea, this intriguing moniker invites interpretation through the senses. The dark, twisted leaves are plucked from tea bushes thriving under the shade of a forest canopy in an ecological tea garden (Sheng Tai Cha Yuan) that eschews fertilizers and pesticides. Releasing a subtle lavender aroma mixed with ripe peaches, the brew offers a full-bodied balance of savory broad beans and honey-like sweetness. With subsequent brews a pleasing astringency emerges, as if to reveal its wild origins, making this tea definitely one for the discerning palate.