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Jin Jun Mei tea
Jin Jun Mei tea
Traditional Chinese	金駿眉
Simplified Chinese	金骏眉
Literal meaning	Gold Class Beautiful Eyebrows
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Jīn Jùn Méi
IPA	[tɕín tɕŷn měɪ]
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Gām Jeun Mèih
Jyutping	Gam1 Zeon3 Mei4
IPA	[kɐm˥ tsɵn˧ mej˩]

Jin Jun Mei
Jin Jun Mei
Type	Black
Other names	Beautiful Golden Eyebrows
Origin	Wuyi Mountains, Fujian Province, China

A map of China with Fujian province highlighted — Jin Jun Mei tea is grown in Fujian province, China.

Jinjunmei (金駿眉) is a black tea from the Wuyi Mountains in Fujian Province, China. It is made exclusively from the buds plucked in early spring from the tea plant. The buds are subsequently fully oxidized and then roasted to yield a tea that has a sweet, fruity and flowery flavour with a long-lasting sweet after-taste.^[1] The brew is bright reddish in colour. It is a representative of high-end black tea in Fujian and has now become one of the most expensive varieties of black tea in China.

History

In 2005, a group of tea enthusiasts from Beijing visited Tongmu village in Nanping and proposed using buds to make the highest grade of Zhengshan Xiaozhong black tea. In the same year, Jin Jun Mei was first developed by Jiang Yuanxun,^[2] Chairman of Wuyi Mountains Zhengshan Tea Industry in Fujian and his team of tea makers led by Liang Junde, a master tea maker. Jin Jun Mei basically follows the traditional manufacturing process of Zhengshan Xiaozhong, while only picking the fresh buds from Tongmu Village.

Flavor

The tea has a sweet taste and is very resistant to brewing. It can be brewed 12 times and the taste remains full and sweet.

References

^ Hodge, Austin (29 November 2013). "The Demise of Tongmu Lapsang Souchong Black Tea". Seven Cups. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
^ "Jin Jun Mei". ZhenTea. 2015-06-09. Retrieved 2021-12-20.