Red (black) tea Old Tree - 25 g

This Old Tree red tea from Taiwan allows us to talk about the origin of this type of tea, which has a fairly recent history. 

In fact, this tea comes from a cultivar originating in the Assam region of India, imported into the country around the beginning of the 1960s when Taiwan was experimenting with the creation of a cultivar suitable for the production of red and white teas. 

The results of these experiments were the creation of a cross of the camellia variant assamica with a local variety, which was finally given the name of Ruby#18. 

This red tea from Taiwan, coming from a plantation that has been present on the island for over 40 years, is as if it were a progenitor of this recent Taiwanese cultivar, showing us the meeting point between the most typically Indian flavors and those capable of developing thanks to 'expert workmanship of the Chinese farmers who expatriated to the island years ago.