Drop the sachet in the cup
Tear the wrapper, sachet in first, water second — it stops the leaf floating on top.
Wholesale · 50 sachets 
滇红 · Dian Hong
Tropic Gold
Yunnan black tea · Fengqing county · whole-leaf pyramid sachets
- Malt
- Syrup
- Nectar
Format
50 sachets
Per sachet
2 g · 200 ml cup
Sachet
Corn-based PLA pyramid
From $13 per box of 50 · from $0.26 a cup
Priced by volume. Tell us your monthly usage and we send pricing, minimums and samples within one business day.
- Whole leaf only — never fannings or dust
- Stocked in Maite, Guam — island delivery, no freight surprises
- Samples available for hotels, cafés and restaurants
Item 10002 · Wholesale accounts only.
The tea
凤庆 滇红Tropic Gold is the same Dian Hong we brew for our iced tea program, packed as whole-leaf pyramid sachets. Fengqing, in western Yunnan, is where Dian Hong was first made in 1939 — its large-leaf varietal gives a black tea that is naturally sweet and malt-forward, with a syrupy body that holds up in a sachet without turning thin or bitter.
Every sachet holds whole leaf, not fannings or dust. It was chosen for one job: a black tea that tastes like something on a hotel breakfast table, that a busy bar can brew consistently, and that stays resistant to bitterness if a guest forgets it in the cup.
Why whole leaf in a sachet
Most sachets on the island are filled with fannings — the broken leftovers of leaf grading. Broken leaf exposes more surface to the water, so it brews fast, then bitter. Whole leaf extracts more slowly and evenly, which is why Tropic Gold can sit an extra minute without punishing anyone.
The pyramid shape gives the leaf room to unfurl. Each sachet is corn-based PLA, individually wrapped, so a bar can keep the box open for weeks without the tea going flat.
How to brew
Hot cup or flash-chilledWater just off the boil, one sachet, and a little patience. Dian Hong forgives a heavy hand — it is the time you watch, not the thermometer.
Tea
1sachet
Water
200ml · 7 oz
Temperature
85–95°C
Time
2–3min
Pour water just off the boil
85–95 °C. Let a boiled kettle sit for a minute. Hotter is not a disaster with this tea; it just gets there faster.
Two to three minutes, lift, drink
Push it longer if you like it bold. Whole leaf means a forgotten sachet stays drinkable.
Tea
5sachets
Water, 85–95 °C
500ml
Time
3min
Then
500g ice
Brew at double strength
Five sachets in 500 ml of water just off the boil, three minutes. Strong on purpose — the ice takes half of it back.
Pour straight onto ice
An equal weight of ice. The sudden drop stops the extraction before the tannins build, which is why this beats brewing hot and chilling later.
Hold cold, serve within a day
Makes about a litre. Running a batch brewer? Ask us for the brewer recipe with the spec sheet.
Specifications
For your buyer and your labelsEverything a purchasing manager or health inspector asks for, in one place. Ask us for the full spec sheet with lot and packed dates.
- Tea
- Dian Hong (滇红) — Yunnan black tea, large-leaf varietal
- Origin
- Fengqing county, Yunnan, China
- Ingredients
- 100% black tea. Nothing added.
- Leaf
- Whole leaf — no fannings, no dust
- Format
- 50 × 2 g pyramid sachets, individually wrapped
- Sachet
- Corn-based PLA pyramid (a plant-derived bioplastic), individually wrapped
- Net weight
- 100 g · 3.5 oz
- Best by
- 24 months from the packed date printed on the box
- Storage
- Cool, dry, away from light and strong odours
- Allergens
- None — single ingredient, free of all nine FDA major allergens
- Caffeine
- Yes. How much ends up in your cup depends on water temperature, steep time and leaf — not on a number on a label. Caffeine in Tea →
- Item number
- 10002
Go deeper
From the Teabelly guidesWe write the guides so you can buy tea with your eyes open — ours or anyone’s.
Also in the sachet program
Three caffeinated teas and one caffeine-free tisane, so one order covers the whole menu.
