Brew at double strength
10 g of leaf in 500 ml of water just off the boil, three minutes, then strain.
Wholesale · box of 20 
滇红 · Dian Hong
Tropic Gold Iced Tea
Yunnan black tea · Fengqing county · loose leaf for batch brewing
- Malt
- Syrup
- Nectar
Format
20 × 100 g bags
Per sachet
2 kg net per box
Sachet
Loose whole leaf
From $60 per box of 20 × 100 g
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
- Brewer recipe and samples available for hotels, cafés and restaurants
Item 10001 · Wholesale accounts only. Want it for home? Single 100 g packs are available at retail.
The tea
凤庆 滇红Dian Hong (滇红) from Fengqing county, Yunnan, where the large-leaf varietal has grown for centuries and where Dian Hong was first made in 1939. Large leaf gives black tea a natural sweetness and body you don’t find in smaller-leaf varieties — full, warm and forgiving to brew.
Tropic Gold is our everyday Dian Hong, selected for a clean malt backbone, natural honey sweetness and consistency at volume. This is the loose leaf behind the sachet: the same tea, sold by the 100 g bag for pitchers, urns and batch brewers.
Cold brew is not iced tea
Hot-brewed tea poured over ice carries all the tannins the heat pulled out, and dilution doesn’t fix it. Flash chilling — brewing at double strength and pouring straight onto ice — arrests the extraction before the tannins build. Cold brew starts cold and stays there: the sweetest, lightest cup, but Dian Hong’s warmth is part of its character, so we recommend flash chilling for this tea.
Whole leaf matters more in volume, not less. Broken leaf brews fast and bitter in a batch; whole leaf gives a clear, bright pitcher that holds for a service.
How to brew
By the pitcher, or by the cupBrew strong, chill fast. For a hot cup, the guide’s Western numbers apply.
Tea
10g
Water, 85–95 °C
500ml
Time
3min
Then
500g ice
Pour straight onto ice
An equal weight of ice. The sudden drop keeps it clear and bright instead of harsh.
Hold cold, serve within a day
Makes about a litre. Scale the same ratio for an urn; ask us for the brewer recipe.
Tea
2–3g
Water
200ml
Temperature
85–95°C
Time
2–3min
Measure the leaf
Two to three grams — about a heaped teaspoon of whole leaf — per 200 ml cup.
Pour water just off the boil
85–95 °C. Dian Hong forgives a heavy hand; it is the time you watch.
Two to three minutes, strain
Longer if you like it bold. Gongfu numbers are in the guide.
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
- 20 × 100 g bags per box
- Net weight
- 2 kg · 4.4 lb per box
- Best by
- 24 months from the packed date printed on the box
- Storage
- Cool, dry, away from light and strong odours; reseal the bag
- 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
- 10001
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.
