{"id":1600,"date":"2021-10-20T14:04:58","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T20:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/?p=1600"},"modified":"2024-04-10T14:02:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T20:02:21","slug":"tea-terroir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/tea-terroir\/","title":{"rendered":"Just Like Burgundy Wine, Tea Has Terroir"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Just Like Burgundy Wine, Tea Has Terroir<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Boulder attracts a wealth of engaging community events, from the Bolder Boulder \u2014 one of the largest and most prestigious 10k races in the country \u2014 to the Jaipur Literature Festival (a worldwide event celebrating literature, which has a vibrant Boulder presence) and the Flatirons Food Film Festival.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of our favorites is <a href=\"https:\/\/boulderburgundyfestival.com\">Boulder Burgundy Festival<\/a>, which explores the sublime wines from France\u2019s Burgundy region: principally, Pinor Noirs for reds (the region also grows Gamay, which is fermented into Beaujolais and can be fabulous), and Chardonnays (the other Burgundy white is Aligote, a bright, zesty wine). The festival runs this week, from October 22 to 24.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What does wine have to do with tea? Read on!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AdobeStock_276543751-1024x724.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1603\" width=\"513\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AdobeStock_276543751-1024x724.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AdobeStock_276543751-300x212.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AdobeStock_276543751-768x543.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AdobeStock_276543751-1536x1086.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AdobeStock_276543751-2048x1448.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AdobeStock_276543751-1600x1131.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Pinot Noirs from France&#8217;s Burgundy region are prized worldwide.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wines lovers around the world obsess over Burgundies. Well-wrought Chardonnays from Burgundy are somehow simultaneously bold, elegant and subtle. It\u2019s not uncommon for Master Sommeliers to say white Burgundy is the wine they would choose if they could have just one more glass for the rest of their lives. The Pinot Noirs age exceptionally well, evolving into startlingly complex spectacles of aroma and flavor. They offer notes like forest floor and mushrooms, cedar and cherry, tobacco and raspberry. They are glorious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Terroir \u2014 the combination of soil, climate, elevation, geographic location, vine age (some Burgundy vines are more than 120 years old) and much more \u2014 is one of the factors that makes wines from Burgundy so transcendent. The wines reflect the land. This happens around the world, but is especially pronounced in Burgundy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Industrial Wine and Tea Lack Terroir<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>But most commercial wine is divorced from terrior. The $5 bottle of red from California\u2019s Central Valley might be quite tasty. But it\u2019s not a reflection of place and history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s the same story with tea. When you snag a box of 100 tea bags from the grocery store for $10, you\u2019re not communing with a tea plantation\u2019s terroir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Good news, friends \u2014 we don\u2019t import industrial tea! Most of our traditional tea comes from small farmers across Asia. Which brings us full circle, back to the wine-tea connection. Some teas do indeed reflect terroir. When you try a few teas that grow near one another and they yield different flavors, it\u2019s the terroir that often makes the difference, unless the post-harvest steps diverge dramatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AdobeStock_51571531-1024x681.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AdobeStock_51571531-1024x681.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AdobeStock_51571531-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AdobeStock_51571531-768x511.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AdobeStock_51571531-1536x1022.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AdobeStock_51571531-2048x1363.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AdobeStock_51571531-1600x1065.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>A tea worker in China harvesting tea by hand.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As total tea nerds, we thrill to exploring teas from China, a place where tea captures a large part of culture. Tea is ancient in China. One tea shrub in China\u2019s Yunnan Province, thought to be the birthplace of tea, is estimated to be 3,200 years old.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The diversity of flavors that bloom from leaves harvested from the same plant \u2014 <em>Camellia sinensis<\/em> \u2014 never cease to intrigue us. Exploring tea from small farms across China, as well as places like Japan and India, yields a vast range of flavors: fresh-cut grass, apricot, cherry blossoms, toast, cocoa and much more.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we sink into autumn and begin the steady march toward Thanksgiving and the holidays, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/french-tea-tisanes\/\">let\u2019s explore tea<\/a> terroir with a trio of teas from China that we think capture their terroir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tea Terroir: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/product\/Da%20Hong%20Pao%20Rock%20Oolong%20Tea\/203\"><strong>Da Hong Pao<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/da-hong.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1605\" width=\"472\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/da-hong.jpg 973w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/da-hong-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/da-hong-768x789.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Da Hong Pao reflects the Wuyi Mountains.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Any discussion of terroir and tea must address China\u2019s Wuyi Mountains, in Fujian Province. There, teas known as \u201crock oolongs\u201d grow. They get their name because of their terroir \u2014 the mountainous soil indeed is rocky, and it influences the teas\u2019 flavors. Among other things, the parsimonious soil leads to fewer leaves. As a result, tea flavors are more concentrated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/product\/Da%20Hong%20Pao%20Rock%20Oolong%20Tea\/203\">Da Hong Pao<\/a> means \u201cBig Red Robe\u201d in Chinese, and it is the most famous of all rock oolongs. Records of Da Hong Pao date back to the early 18th century. The tea has a strong fragrance and a rich, roasted taste, followed by a pleasant, lingering sweetness. As with most teas from the Wuyi Mountain region, Da Hong Pao undergoes fairly heavy oxidation and offers a subtle smokiness along with stone-fruit notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tea Terroir: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/product\/Black%20Peony\/3623\"><strong>Black Peony<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/black-peony-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1604\" width=\"509\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/black-peony-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/black-peony-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/black-peony-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/black-peony-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/black-peony-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/black-peony-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/black-peony-1600x1600.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Rare Black Peony tea comes from the Wuling Mountains in Hunan Province.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Known for its intense floral fragrance and stone-fruit flavor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/product\/Black%20Peony\/3623\">Black Peony<\/a> is a rare black tea that grows in Hunan Province\u2019s Wuling Mountain region. The region is best-known for the Zhangjiajie National Forest, a sprawling area of dense forest and foliage with pillar-shaped mountain peaks, waterfalls and clouds and mist year-round. It\u2019s an arresting landscape, and certainly contributes to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/new-tea-black-peony\/\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Black Peony\u2019s unique flavor<\/mark><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tea Terroir: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/product\/Tiger%20Mountain%20Raw%20Puerh%20Tea\/2884\"><strong>Tiger Mountain<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/tiger-mountain.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/tiger-mountain.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/tiger-mountain-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/tiger-mountain-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Fine pu-erh like Tiger Mountain grows complex with age.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Once again we turn to mountains, in this case <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kuchatea.com\/product\/Tiger%20Mountain%20Raw%20Puerh%20Tea\/2884\">Tiger Mountain<\/a> in China\u2019s Yunnan Province. Tiger Mountain tea is a raw pu-erh cake, crafted from leaves of wild tea trees. As pu-erh is a fermented tea, it not only is delicious brewed immediately \u2014 Tiger Mountain can also age for decades. Tea enthusiasts who thrill to pu-erh remind us of Burgundy wine fanatics, who often wait for many years before opening a bottle. As with Burgundy, age adds complexity to good raw pu-erh cakes like Tiger Mountain. This tea brews bright and bittersweet, with strong Cha Qi (tea energy) and a noticeable pear fruitiness. Our Tiger Mountain is still young, from 2017. It\u2019s wonderful to sip it now, but it will evolve with further aging.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just Like Burgundy Wine, Tea Has Terroir Boulder attracts a wealth of engaging community events, from the Bolder Boulder \u2014&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[357],"tags":[381],"class_list":["post-1600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chinese-tea-blog","tag-chinese-tea-benefits"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tea Terroir: Just like some wines, tea also can reflect its micro-environment<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tea terroir isn&#039;t something to consider with industrial teas. 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