Best Seller From: Yunnan Province

Organic Yunnan Black

Sale price$16.254.9
Just $0.25/serving
Title: 2.25 oz Canister

About Our Organic Yunnan Black

Our Yunnan Black (滇紅茶 — Dianhong) is Rachel's tea. Every morning, without exception. Full-bodied, amber, a natural sweetness that doesn't need anything added — notes of dried fruit and honey that show up on their own. Never bitter, even when you forget it's steeping.

This one comes from Lincang, in Yunnan's southwest corner — a stone's throw from Burma, home to some of the oldest cultivated tea trees on earth. The Da Ye big-leaf cultivar is what makes Yunnan black different from most Chinese blacks: more body, richer aroma, a cup that can genuinely hold its own against coffee without milk or sugar to prop it up.

The golden tips in the dry leaf aren't decoration. They're bud material — the reason the cup runs sweet instead of sharp. USDA Organic, sourced directly from a worker-owned cooperative. Resteeped easily three or four times. It tends to be a sample-to-tin-to-pound tea. Worth starting with a sample if you're not sure.

Brewing Guidelines for Organic Yunnan Black

3:00 MIN

210 F

1.5 TSP - 2G PER CUP

Brewing Guidelines are for one 8 oz. cup.

The best way to brew your tea is the way you like - don't let anyone tell you different. Our guidelines are configured for making your tea a cup at a time - maybe with our stainless tea filter. If making by the pot, maintain temperature and time but try with slightly less tea than the math would suggest.

Serving calculation assumes re-steeping your leaves once. After all, these are teas so nice, you'll steep them twice.

For more brewing instructions, read our brewing guidelines.

Customer Reviews for Organic Yunnan Black

Why Our Tea Is Organic

Tea is among the most heavily treated crops in conventional agriculture. When you steep tea leaves in hot water, you’re making an extraction—and that extraction doesn’t discriminate between flavor compounds and pesticide residues.Every tea we sell meets certified organic standards. Our teas are certified organic by the USDA and MOFGA (Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association), a leading independent organic certifier. This means no synthetic pesticides, no chemical fertilizers, and annual third-party inspections to verify it.We source from worker-owned cooperatives in rural, mountainous regions of China, where traditional growing methods align naturally with organic standards. These aren’t industrial plantations; they’re small farms where people have been growing tea the same way for generations.Healthier soil produces better tea. Plants grown without synthetic chemical inputs develop more complex flavor profiles. You can taste the difference.