“Rainy day outside and I am on steep nr 4 for this tea. Very mellow pumpkin green more oolong taste type. A sweet flavor lingerst at the last sip that makes you reach for the next cup, and the next,...” Read full tasting note
“Gross. This one tasted like swampy water mixed with earthy turnips and yams. What’s weird is the flavor bore no resemblance to the smell. The leaves had a citrusy aroma of lemon and tangerine...” Read full tasting note
Green tea and GABA tea coined into a single tea’s name, really?… Sounds like a clever marketing ploy, or is this a blend of some sort?… The answer is neither. It’s rather the best way to describe the hybrid process that results in this novel tea. After picking, the leaves are allowed to wilt indoors for a short while. Afterwards, they are bagged and slid into vacuum chambers to undergo what can best be described as oxygen deprived oxidation (more information on this process is in this tab below). After many hours, the leaves are taken out to be panned to stop the oxidation process and dried. The result is this beautifully curled-leaf tea which boasts several shades from green to brown and reveals a golden green liqueur. If you’ve reached that step in the preparation of this tea you would have also been challenged by its indescribable exotic aroma. Our immediate references are local fruits like our Taiwanese plums or shi jia 釋迦, a local fruit that we savour in the spring time. It is known in English as apple custard or apple sugar fruit. The name says it all! It has a creamy custard like sweetness and tangy crisp apple-like fruitiness that is sure to please. In the cup, this tea is unique as can possibly be! It is very fruity and buttery with a crisp, slightly tart, but never bitter. It’s a must try for all Taiwanese tea enthusiasts whether you like oolong, green or black teas! As it is our usual practice, we have a marked preference for spring GABA tea as opposed to other seasonal offerings – spring tea is usually fruitier and more aromatic with a smoother mouthfeel. As a Pre-Qingming tea, you are assured that this tea was made from the very first picking of tender shoots in the very early stages of the spring tea season for even more finesse to the palate and nose. This year, we’ve chosen to produce our Lot 1006 with Organic Jin Xuan leaves hoping to benefit from a smoother creamier texture. The result seems to prove us right! Lot 1006 is definitely our best yet of this particular style of tea. This tea is produced exclusively for us under our supervision by one of our long time collaborators and available only on Taiwan Tea Crafts!
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