What is the most expensive tea in the world?
Da-Hong Pao Tea – $1.2 Million per Kilogram: It is almost unbelievable that buying tea could cost more than $1 million, but that is the case if you want to buy the world’s most expensive tea, says Finances Online. The reason that Da-Hong Pao tea leaves cost $1.2 million per kilogram is that the Chinese government consider this tea a national treasure. How the tea is made is kept a secret, but it dates back to the Ming Dynasty. Now, it is usually saved to give as a gift from the government to honorable people.
Da Hong Pao is a Wuyi rock tea grown in the Wuyi Mountains of Fujian Province, China. Da Hong Pao has unique orchid fragrance and a long-lasting sweet aftertaste. Dry Da Hong Pao has a shape like tightly knotted ropes or slightly twisted strips, and is green and brown in color.
The rare tea is so expensive largely because the leaves are harvested from plants that have grown on the mountains for more than 300 years. Most of these old-growth plants last produced true DA Hong Pao in 2005.
Considered the holy grail of teas, the Da Hong Pao tea, grown in the Wuyi Mountains of China, is the most expensive tea in the world. With prices shooting up to Rs. 7.3 lakh a pot, it is a type of Oolong tea that dates back to the Ming dynasty. The making of Da Hong Pao remains a tightly guarded secret by the Chinese.
There are only six Mother tree Da Hong Pao (truly authentic Da Hong Pao) that are grown on a Jiulong Ke rocky cliff of Wuyi Mountain scenic area. The teas from these 6 mother trees are really very rare. Famously expensive, it was auctioned 208,000 RMB for 20 grams. Would you like to taste some Da-Hong-Pao Tea?
