Hand Picked Autumn Tieguanyin (2013)

Tea type
Oolong Tea
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Flavors
Floral, Nuts, Sweet, Honeysuckle, Peach, Peas, Grass, Honey, Flowers, Honeydew, Melon, Orchids
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Average preparation
190 °F / 87 °C 1 min, 45 sec 10 oz / 308 ml

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Master Zhang’s terraced tea fields are home to some of the highest elevation Tieguanyin in Anxi. The plants grow between thickets of wild flowers and mountain springs whose water makes the tea distinctively sweet.

The mid-November harvests of Tieguanyin are the most anticipated of the year. Autumn tieguanyin is the richest, headiest and most intoxicating expression of Anxi that you will ever find. The dry tea smells of clover honey and lilac, while the wet leaf evokes cotton candy or bubble gum.

The very first steepings are light preludes of what is to come. The honey comes through strong in the flavor, as do notes of concord grape. The second and third steepings come through loud and strong. The texture becomes thick and silky, like saffron-laced cashew rice pudding. The aftertaste is almost spicy and tingling like star anise and galangal. The tea is commanding, warming and as rich as can be- a perfect companion for cooler weather.

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A very dry, light, floral, and sweet tea. This is one of my favorite oolongs. Start with short steeps of ~5 seconds and go up by 3-5 seconds based on taste. Starts off a very pale gold, almost clear, and slowly becomes darker. Drink this on it’s own as it can easily be overpowered by food. Good to drink on a cold day.

Flavors: Flowers, Honey, Honeydew, Melon, Orchids

Preparation
185 °F / 85 °C 0 min, 15 sec 1 tsp 3 OZ / 100 ML

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