How is jin jun mei (a Chinese tea) made?
I'd like to know whether jin jun mei (golden beautiful eyebrow, a Chinese tea) is kosher. To know that, I first need to know its ingredients and how it's processed.
What are the ingredients in Jin Jun Mei? How are the ingredients processed?
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According to Wikipedia, Jin Jun Mei tea is just a (unsmoked) Lapsang souchong tea or, in simpler words, a black tea. It is considered a black tea of special or extra high quality, but there are no indications that it is produced differently that "normal" black teas.
You might double-check with your religious authorities as the question of being kosher or not is off-topic here, but as I see it, the same rules apply as for any black tea.
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It is made exclusively from the buds plucked in early spring from the tea plant. The buds are subsequently fully oxidized and then roasted to yield a tea that has a sweet, fruity and flowery flavour with a long-lasting sweet after-taste. The brew is bright reddish in colour.How make Jin Jun Mei tea?
A number of brewings: 2-3.How do you drink Chinese black tea?
Steps of Infusion for Black TeaThe story of Jinjunmei black tea
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