The Rolls-Royce of tea from Wuyishan gains popularity in Xiamen

PR Log (Press Release) – Jun 07, 2009 – Recently, an increasing number of tea sellers in Xiamen including brand name tea companies and mid-to-small tea shops are busy selling Jinjunmei 金骏眉, the top black tea originally from the Wuyi region in Fujian.

However, the prices are varying from several hundreds to tens of thousands yuan per kg which has confused many customers.  

According to Wang Gui-Qing, the general manager of Xiamen Tea Import & Export Co., Ltd, Jinjunmei, the new variety of black tea is very rare even in the Wuyi region and currently there are few amounts of real Jinjunmei available in Xiamen so customers should be beware of fake ones.

The company only managed to purchase 15 kilograms of Jinjunmei in Wuyi Mountain. These teas will be packaged in 500 small boxes, and the average price is 20,000 yuan per kg, according to Mr. Wang.


The Jinjunmei black tea is made of tea bud tips which are picked from a rare species of wild tea and which are planted on mountains with an altitude of 1500-1800 meters in the Wuyi region.

A skilled worker can only pick about 2000 pieces of bud tips per day and needs tens of thousands of pieces of tea bud tips to produce 500 grams of Jinjunmei. As the representative of top-level black tea, Jinjunmei has the highest price in the tea market.

At the sales counter of Lapsang Tea Co., Ltd. there are Jinjunmei, Yinjunmei, Lapsang souchong, and other black teas on sale. Although the Jinjunmei black tea is priced at 18,000 yuan per kg, which is the highest among all teas, plenty of customers showed interest in it.  

Other major tea sellers include Huaxiangyuan, which sells Jinjunmei for 20,000 yuan per kg, and Wuyixing which sells Jinjunmei for 14,000 yuan per kg.

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