Black tea package with yellow label featuring 'Atlas Tea Co. Golden Monkey' on a dark background

White bowl filled with Jin Hou black tea leaves on a dark gray background

Fujian · China

Jin Hou

Name: Jin Hou
Brand: Atlas Tea Co.
SKU: ATC-2005-B-75
Price: 24.0 AUD
Availability: InStock

Golden Monkey

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Golden tipped and fabulously fruity.

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About

A fragrant, rich and smooth tippy black tea that's steeped in history.

Golden Monkey, or Jin Hou, is a premium black tea from Fujian Province in southeastern China, the region that gave the world some of its earliest and most celebrated black teas. Its name comes from the leaf: long, downy buds that curl like a monkey's paw, picked and processed by hand so that each twist of dark leaf is shot through with golden tip.

That high proportion of golden buds is what defines it. Golden Monkey brews a bright red, clean liquor – smooth and rich yet remarkably low in tannin, with sweet notes of cocoa, malt and honey and none of the briskness of an everyday breakfast black.

Jin Hou belongs to the lineage of Fujian black teas that were prized by European traders through the Qing dynasty, and remains one of the province's most sought-after teas today.

This is a black tea to drink on its own. Its sweetness and delicacy are easily lost under milk, so brew it gently and drink it slowly - no additions needed.

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Jin Hou

Tasting

Leaf

Wiry leaves curled like a monkey's paw – a shape that gives this tea its name – heavy with golden tips.

Aroma

A sweet and rich scent of cocoa, malt and honey, with a soft dried-fruit note underneath. Warm and mellow, inviting and dessert-like.

Liquor

Deep, dark red-amber but clear and clean. Smooth and full but notably low in tannin; sweet cocoa and honey with distinct malty depth, finishing long and gently sweet with no bitterness.

Profile

Tea Type Black

Processing Orthodox

Caffeine Yes

Perfect For Afternoon

Milk Option Perfect on its own, but a drop of milk can be added.

Temperature 100°C / 212°F

Measure 2.5g per 250ml

Steep Time 3-4 min

Infusions 1

Brewer's Note

Jin Hou brews a glorious deep red with a rich cocoa scent. It is remarkably smooth even when over steeped. Milk is not needed to enjoy this lushious black tea.

Temperature 95°C / 203°F

Measure 5g per 150ml

Steep Time 30s, +10s per steep

Infusions 4-5

Black tea package labeled 'Golden Monkey' from Atlas Tea Co. with a glass of tea on a dark background

Valley between large rock formations with greenery

Origin

Fujian

Elevation ▲ 300-1500m

Country China

Fujian sits on China's subtropical southeast coast, where a warm, humid climate and a mountainous, high-rainfall interior suit the tea plant well. Steep, mineral-rich hillsides are why the province grows such a range of styles and tea processing was mastered here long ago.

Fujian is home of white tea, grown mainly in the northern counties of Fuding and Zhenghe, where Silver Needle is made from unopened buds. As well as being home to two distinct schools of oolong: the heavily roasted rock oolongs (yancha) of the Wuyi Mountains in the north, and the greener, more floral Tie Guan Yin of Anxi in the south.

Fujian is also widely regarded as the birthplace of black tea – Lapsang Souchong, first made in the Wuyi area in the 1600s, was the original, and the model for the black teas later grown across India and Sri Lanka.

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