KOREA BLACK TEA JUKRO - FLUSH 2010

KOREA BLACK TEA JUKRO - FLUSH 2010

Origin: Korea, Hadong district
Tea colour: black tea
Length of infusion: 4’
Water temperature: 90°C

Dry leaves
Aspect: leaves rolled and twisted lengthways.
Colour: very dark brown.
Scents: cooked fruits and black fruits, vanilla pods, milky, pronounced chocolate notes.

Brewed leaves (infusion)
Colour: brown.
Scents: floral (geranium), preserved citrus, cooked fruit (jam), milky, toasted, pronounced cocoa (roasted beans, chocolate) and woody notes.

Liquor
Colour: a lovely coppery liquor.
Texture: round and smooth.
Flavours: sweet.
Aromas: milky vanilla, fruity (cooked fruit, jam), a hint of honey, floral (geranium), preserved citrus, toasted and liquorice notes.
Aromatic profile and length in the mouth: rich, round and elegant chocolate notes (cocoa). well balanced, lingering woody, toasted and vanilla notes.

Our verdict: This tea is really quite unique. Plucked and processed entirely by hand at the Jukro farm, this is one of the best black teas produced in the country. The cocoa, vanilla bouquet evokes the rich note of the China Qimen Mao Feng teas, but its strength, richness and intensity takes us more in the direction of the best dark Wu Longs from Taiwan. An outstanding gastronomic experience!