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Golden Needle
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Shimmering golden buds create a crisp and robust red tea made from fermented white tea leaves. Most red and black teas are derived from the green tea variety bush; this tea is derived from a white tea plant achieving a smoother touch.
Golden Needle is a red tea made from fermented white tea leaves grown on Tai
Mu Mountain. A unique and new tea, Golden Needle is so named for its long
narrow golden tipped leaves. Golden Needle is a rich full-bodied red tea
with a rose-flavored finish.
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Grown by the same farmer as Shang's White Teas (Silver Needle and White
Peony)
Shang's Red Tea is made from fermented white tea.
Grown in Fujian Province, on Tai Mu Mountain
In addition to tea farms, Chinese medicinal herbs are also grown on Tai Mu
Mountain
Golden Needle is a new kind of tea in Fujian Province
Golden Needle is the only red tea grown in Fujian Province
Red tea is often called black tea in the west. Red tea is, however, slightly less fermented than true 'black' teas
Shang's Golden Needle is grown on a 50-60 acre tea farm, which is quite large compared to the farms where our other teas are grown
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