RED GODDESS TIE GUAN YIN BLACK TEA

Most tea lovers know Tie Guan Yin as one of China’s most treasured oolongs — bright, floral, touched with the song of orchids. But in the high slopes of Jian Dou village, a quiet transformation is taking place. Here, the Wang family, now in their third generation of tea growers, has carried the traditions of their ancestors into new expression, guiding Tie Guan Yin into the realm of black tea. The process is entirely by hand: leaves plucked in the cool of morning, gently rolled, allowed to darken under careful eyes, then fired with experience. 

What emerges is both unexpected and true. In the cup, the fragrance of orchid remains, but it has deepened, drifting into twilight. Honeyed amber opens across the palate, joined by cocoa and dried fruit, smooth and lingering without sharpness. There is warmth here, but also poise — a tea that feels comforting and refined, like a familiar melody played on a lower string. 

The spirit of Jian Dou can be tasted in every sip: terraced hillsides cloaked in mist, mountain springs feeding the soil, and families tending the same gardens for generations. It is a place where the pace of life follows the land, and the tea itself carries that rhythm — patient, quiet, enduring. 

To drink Tie Guan Yin Black is to taste more than tea. It is to share in the heritage of the Wang family, the stillness of the mountains, and the courage of tradition reborn. A hymn of the leaf, an orchid in shadow, a black tea that lingers like memory on the tongue.