“Ashmanra’s Sipdown Challenge | January 2023 | A tea for joyful solitude and meditation I love this prompt so much! I haven’t wanted to rush it, though, and was waiting till the moment felt right....” Read full tasting note
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The Four Seasons tea comes from Nantou County, Taiwan. Mainly, Mingjian. Some farmers/producers pick their tea by hand, however, the bulk of Four Seasons is machine harvested.
Our Four Seasons oolong is grown at an elevation that is below 1,000 meters, so it would be considered low mountain tea. I personally think that shows in the flavor. I find high mountain teas have more of a lighter, delicate, and floral flavor/body. I also find that the opposite is true for our Four Seasons tea. It has a rich mineral sweetness and heavier floral body. The flavor is pretty bold.
Origin: Mingjian, Nantou County, Taiwan Harvest: April, 2021
Cultivar: Four Seasons
What we taste: Cane sugar, slightly smokey, saline minerality
Recommended brewing:
4g of tea; 130ml of water
90 degrees celcius
1.5 minute first infusion
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