Lao Chuan Hong

A wonderful black tea from the region around Mount Mengding in Sichuan province. Laochuanhong signifies "old Sichuan black tea" and refers to the tea variety used, the traditional Sichuan tea-plant - which has become rare these days. The tea has been produced in a traditional fashion and hence his taste is one of a pure black tea.

Mengding is probably the oldest area where tea has been cultivated by man, i.e. not harvested from wild growing tea bushes.