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Secret Village Tea (Tong Mu "Hua Xiang" Zheng Shan Xiao Zhong)

$29.00

We invite you to try a tea that quickly captured our hearts as one of our favorite pure black teas in our line up. Complex and floral with rich notes of cacao, Secret Village Tea brews a smooth and silky cup. Unlike most black teas, it needs less than a minute to steep and has virtually no bitterness. It is hand processed in the remote Tong Mu village high in the mountains of Fujian Province, China. Access to the village is strictly limited to keep their natural environment in pristine condition. Grown in verdant, mountain tea gardens, Secret Village Tea is among the world's finest.

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Secret Village Tea (Tong Mu "Hua Xiang" Zheng Shan Xiao Zhong)

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Brewing Guide

For the best tasting cup we recommend the following:

Water: 8 fl oz
Temperature: 190° F
Serving Size: 1-2 tsp
Time: <1 min + add 10 seconds per steeping

These go great with Secret Village Tea (Tong Mu "Hua Xiang" Zheng Shan Xiao Zhong)!

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Customer Reviews

Secret Village is a consistently praised, smooth Chinese black tea with a distinctive toasted/wild-rice note and underlying sweet vanilla/butterscotch and floral nuances—very aromatic and rich without becoming bitter, even with longer steeps. Many reviewers call it addictive and worth the price, best enjoyed plain (or with a little cream or honey), though some find it a bit subtle and recommend adding a stronger tea or note that first re-steep can be weak.

Just try it

It is smooth and delicious. Easily one of my favorites. And the quick brewing time is helpful in the morning. It's a unique flavor that must be tried.

The best tea I’ve ever had

I’m an unapologetic tea snob- loose leaf high quality teas are my addiction. Secret Village Tea is my new number 1 favorite tea EVER.

I make a big pot of high quality tea every day for me, my husband and our two teen daughters. This tea is so good my coffee drinking husband stole my second cup the first day. Consequently I made it in the BIG brown betty three days in a row and he kept unapologetically snitching mine!
I do not want to ever run out of this tea so I grabbed two of the big bags. It really is that amazing!!

I did it according to the directions first- a one minute and then two minute infusion. Both are truly excellent!! However this tea really knocked our socks off with a 3 minute 200 degree infusion with a small dollop of honey and oat milk barista creamer. Zero bitterness and the oat milk creamer and honey brought out this kind of natural toasted butterscotch flavor that was ridiculously addictive!!! It kept you coming back for just one more sip. Mouthwatering depths to this tea- fragrant, intense, hearty and incredibly satisfying. Every sip my hubby and where like- do you taste that?!

Seriously I cannot recommend this tea strongly enough!!

Secret village tea

It has been a long time since I was so taken with a new type of tea. This tea is absolutely wonderful. And frankly I don’t fi d it anywhere but Whistling Kettle.

Loving the secret

This has become one of the teas that I rely on and look forward to with every cup. I'm so glad I gave this one a try!

Secret no more

Just finished my Secret Village black tea. This is an excellent strong and tasty Chinese variety. Always on the lookout for good teas and experiment with tea suppliers all over the US.
This is a keeper.

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