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This tea is all about following your instincts as a tea producer. Without purposely trying to break the rules, the making of this tea is not hindered by conventions in the tea trade. Sometimes, in a traditional tea growing country like Taiwan, there is a ”common wisdom” that is well entrenched amongst tea makers which can hinder the true potential of a particular cultivar or the expressive range in the quality of a terroir’s output. We believe this tea has successfully transgressed these barriers for the benefit of tea enthusiasts everywhere. To those who know Yuwen, our Tea Maker, it comes as no surprise that she would choose tor work with Jin Xuan for this black tea. She is particularly fond of this cultivar’s expressive range in texture and flavours. Usually, Jin Xuan blacks are made during the warmer summer months since spring crops are commonly used for fragrant oolongs as they command a higher price. Summer black teas are often unbalanced and harsh due to their stronger tannins and lack of aromatics. To counter this, here we not only have a spring picking but also one made from young shoots from a well-maintained organic garden. This low-yield picking – which would not be considered commercially feasible by Taiwanese standards – was transformed by hand using a natural withering process and gentle rolling to highlight all of the precious concentration of organoleptic compounds found in young shoots. The result is a tea that also breaks conventions in its taste profile. It finds little references in other Taiwanese Jin Xuan black teas. It’s buoyant silky texture makes a flowing foundation to creamy exotic fruits (longan, white peach), wild longan honey of Taiwan, pastoral wild flowers and a wintergreen freshness. For those who tried our previous pre-pandemic iterations of this tea in 2020’s Lot 984 and 2019’s Lot 829 – which was awarded a Silver Medal at the AVPA Teas of the Wold Competition in Paris – we propose this free-spirited Lot 1239 delight that celebrates that we’ve turned the page on a long hiatus of enjoying this tea and look forward to sharing this pleasure with a larger audience.
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rudyhou (verified owner) –
Brief steeps (5-10 seconds) in 90 Celsius water.
Liquor is clear and has a dark amber color.
Taste is mellow and clean with a honey-ish sweet aftertaste.
Mouthfeel is slightly sticky with no astringency.
Wet leaves are evenly dark brown in color hue, giving off a soft scent of spiced honey.
The flavor intensity starts to mellow down by the 5th/6th infusion, thus best to do a longer steep from here onwards.
A longer steep (30 seconds) gives a more pronounced honey-ish note.
cjoe0315 (verified owner) –
I bought a more expensive version of this tea from a different vendor. Immediately fell in love with the smell and taste.
Decided to try it from this vendor and the taste isn’t nearly as strong as the one I had tried before.