Winter Daphne

Delighted with the success of Rare Orchid Black, we commissioned a new, experimental lot from our friends, the Zhou Family: Winter Daphne Black. This varietal microlot is most famously known as an oolong with aromatic semblance to its namesake: the evergreen shrub with heady, fruity blooms, native to Japan and China. As a black tea process, the otherwise charcoal-roasted yancha yields unmistakable peach taste, with tingling mouthfeel. Yan yun, the vaunted “rock beauty” and haunting, vaporous, mouthwatering quality of yancha, transfigures into something rich and new.