*3-Year Aged* Oriental Beauty Tea - Vintage White-Tip Oolong - Handpicked

• A complex tea with hints of dried fruit flavour and blossom honey. Aged for 3 years
• Bio-dynamic, directly sourced from farmer in Hsinchu, Taiwan
• Harvest: Summer 2017, aged in a clay pot
• Directly
  sourced from farmer located in Hshichu, Taiwan
• Handpicked
  and partially oxidised
• Leaves nibbled by the jassid, a type of green leaf hopper, which produce complex aromas and flavours in tea

OrientalBeauty, also known as Dongfang meiren, Eastern Beauty, Bai Ho, or

White-tipped oolong, is considered the Champagne of Oolongs. A palette of cinnamon red, dark green, sage and white can be found in the leaves of this delicious, handpicked Oriental Beauty. This tea has many white buds.

ORIGIN

This
single-estate tea comes from one of our farming friends in Hsinchu, Taiwan, who
specialise in Oriental Beauty tea. The garden is located at around
300-500m elevation.

CULTIVATION AND PROCESSING

This Oriental Beauty tea has been carefully handpicked with two leaves and one bud. Many white buds can be found among the leaves. The tea plant sused to make this tea are grown bio-dynamically, so that the jassid, a type of grasshopper can feed on its leaves. The jassid imparts a sweet flavour into the tea and encourages the various colours found in this tea.

TEA BREWING GUIDE

We recommend the Gong Fu Cha brewing method for this tea as clay teapots enhance its flavour.

Gong Fu Cha Method: In a 200ml teapot, use 8-12g of tea. Brew with
85°C water (ideally filtered) for 3-5 min. Several infusions.

Mug: Put 6g of tea in an infuser, brew with 85°C water (ideally filtered) for 2-3 min. Several infusions.

Cold Brew: Use 12-15g of tea in a bottle with 600ml room temperature water (ideally filtered). Wait 5-7 hours.

SIMILAR TEAS

Why not try our Oriental Beauty oolong tea flight that compares different teas grown on the same farm? You can compare this to competition grade and award-winning oriental beauty teas. If you are interested in bio-dynamic farming with the jassid grashopper you can try comparing this tea with other honey oolong teas such as our Alishan Honey Oolong or Honey Red Oolong.

AVAILABLE IN

• 10g Sample
• 25g Gift