{"id":41501,"date":"2023-05-02T14:28:17","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T11:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cha.com.ua\/product\/jin-ye-hong-cha-shai-hong-red-black-tea-no-500\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T12:10:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T10:10:38","slug":"jin-ye-hong-cha-shai-hong-red-black-tea-no-500","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/cha.com.ua\/en\/product\/jin-ye-hong-cha-shai-hong-red-black-tea-no-500\/","title":{"rendered":"Jin Ye Hong Cha Shai Hong Red (Black) Tea (No. 500)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One of the Most Unusual Teas in Our Collection<\/h3>\n

Red Tea from Purple Leaves – What Is It? Let’s Find Out!<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the southern province of Yunnan lies the Xishuangbanna region, which is home to many tea plantations. This area is known for producing the famous Pu’er teas, and the bushes here are often referred to as Pu’er bushes. However, sometimes the raw material intended for Pu’er is used to make other types of tea, such as white and red teas.<\/p>\n

But What is Purple Tea?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Occasionally, tea plantations have bushes with distinctly different colors, roughly one in every hundred bushes. The buds and leaves of these bushes have a characteristic reddish tint. This color change occurs at the molecular level due to sudden weather changes, giving the leaves a slightly purple (or purplish) hue. Initially, these bushes were overlooked, but it was later discovered that the taste and aroma of tea made from these leaves were unique. Now, these leaves are primarily used to make sheng Pu’er, but sometimes other types of tea are made from them as well.<\/p>\n

Now Let’s Talk About Shai Hong:<\/strong><\/p>\n

This type of tea has an ancient history, originating in villages where farmers would wither and then sun-dry tea leaves under the open sky because they couldn’t process all the harvested tea. The result was a delicious, aromatic tea that retained its properties for a long time. The name Shai Hong translates to “sun-dried” or “sun-kissed.”<\/p>\n