Golden Monkey tea
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Golden Monkey tea (Chinese: 金猴茶; pinyin: jīn hǒu chá) is the name of a black tea originating from the Fujian and Yunnan provinces in China. Only the bud and first leaf are picked, and the tea leaves are characterized by the pale gold threading. Golden Monkey tea is a black tea counterpart of Silver Needle white tea. The flavor profile of golden monkey tea is characterized by light, honeyed peach notes, and its lack of astringency. This tea is highly prized, as evidenced by its second-place finish in the Signature Famous Teas – Hot Tea Class of the 2009 World Tea Championship.[citation needed]
According to legend, this particular tea grows in lofty and precipitous peaks making it difficult to pluck the leaves so local people trained monkeys to pluck the tea leaves, hence the name.
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The needle in silver needle refers to a type or style of tea leaf (whole leaf/bud, tightly rolled, straight). Golden monkey does not employ this style of leaf. If looking for the black/red tea equivalent of silver needle see golden needle.
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