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Handpicked Alishan Honey Oolong - Creamy, honey and toasted notes
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Handpicked Alishan Honey Oolong. A Single Estate High Mountain Oolong tea - Creamy with honey and toasted bread notes
- Directly sourced from Mr Huang’s garden in Alishan High Mountain, Taiwan
- Season: Winter
- Handpicked, slightly baked tea
- Whole, loose-leaf tea, partially oxidised
- Naturally organic, grown without pesticides. Bio-dynamic
- Tasting notes: creamy with honey and toasted bread notes
From the famed high mountain in Taiwan, this honey oolong is partially oxidised and slightly baked. The natural sweetness in the tea is more prevalent than in other teas because of the way this tea is grown. The jassid, a type of grasshopper feeds on its leaves, which, in turn, produces a settle, sweet flavour in the tea leaves. In addition, it goes through a baking process as a final stage which enhances a honey-like flavour. The tea has been described to develop subtle notes of sweet potato and sugared almonds. A smooth and creamy texture and sweet and rich flavour.
ORIGIN
Grown by Mr Huang from the most famous and highest mountains of Alishan in Taiwan. Mr Huang has a tea farm along the windy roads of the Alishan Mountain range and is still farming. We usually stop by when we visit Aunt Lin’s farm. His farm is at an elevation of about 2000 m.
CULTIVATION AND PROCESSING
This honey oolong is partially oxidised and slightly baked. It is grown without pesticides to bio-dynamically encourage the jassid (a type of grasshopper) to feed on its leaves, which helps impart a settle, sweet flavour into the tea.
TEA BREWING GUIDE
90-95°C, 3g per cup, 2-3 min. Several infusions
SIMILAR TEAS
Why not compare this tea with our Oriental Beauty teas or Honey Red Oolong teas? Our grasshopper friend (the jassid) also nibbles on the leaves of these particular teas.
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