Bi Luo Chun Hong Cha - yep, it's black...........

i havent, but

is it like black yunnan or keemun or assam or does it have its own flavor?

Similar to a Yunnan Gold, more winey less chocolatey. Shen

To me it's got a sort of biscutty smell that's different from any other hong cha I've tried, different from Assam...this is the dry leaf smell though and I would call the rest dried fruit but not as sweet. The taste of the liquid does remind me of a Yunnan though.

Melinda

Hummm.....yes, dried figs, prunes. I can see that.

Most Chinese red teas have this characteristic; the sort of slender, curly look. What's the specific name of the tea? I have some Yingde Hong from Guangdong that looks like that as well as some stuff from Jiangsu.

This is called (by TeaSpring) just that - Bi Luo Chun Hong Cha. They say it's a Yunnan tea. These leaves are much more slender that my other Yunnan Gold/Black and very tightley snail curled. I was just curious as to what it truly is and if anyone had had this tea. What is the flavour of your Yingde Hong? Shen

Um, I came across a red tea looking very much like BLC a few years ago whilst working in Poland - can't remember the name of the tea or the teastore chain in Warsaw but you might find it by looking in the archives of this group from Mayish 2003 - all I remember is that it looked pretty interesting (not like Yingde Hong - actually spiralled like BLC) but tasted poor alas.

Imo Mr Teas

Look up > Hong Luo Chun