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Sun Moon Lake Black Tea

Also known as Hong Yu, Red Ruby, TTES No. 18

Black tea · Tea style · Yuchi, Nantou, Taiwan · Taiwanese

Black tea from around Sun Moon Lake in Nantou. Assam tea was planted here under Japanese rule from 1925; the Ruby variety, a cross of Assam with Taiwan's wild tea released in 1999, is known for notes of cinnamon and mint.

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