Ruby Tea

Taste of tea depends on the quality of tea, brewing process and the way the tea is served.

Red (black) tea Ruby Tea (Hon-Yui Cha)

Flavor: warm, spicy, with oriental notes.
Taste: rich, rough, sweetish.
Aftertaste: enveloping, mildly mint-flavored.
Color of the brew: bright, ruby.
Effect: strongly tonic.Please, be careful with this tea, if you have hypertension.

At present, «Ruby Tea» is one of the rarest red (black, according to European classification) teas in the world. The sort of the tea tree used for its production is a hybrid of the wild mountain Taiwan tea tree and one of the varieties of the large leaf Burmese teas. The selection process took more than 50 years. The first pilot lot was produced in Simmer 2003, on the occasion of the centenary of the foundation of the Taiwan Tea Research & Extension Station. Specialists, who estimated the quality of «Ruby Tea» noted its unique «Taiwan Flavor» and recognized it a separate sort even among the whole variety of red (black) teas cultivated in the world.

The tea goes well with sweet desserts.

This tea is endowed with all virtues of red (black, according to European classification) tea. It is strong, rough and fragrant — thus, it fit into classical European tea-drinking. Such tea perfectly blends with European tea tastes and is normally appreciated by men. Its strength and tonic effect make it an ideal morning tea.

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