Lot 1264 continues with the successful collaboration started a free years ago between a grower in the beautiful terroir of Zhushan and our family. Yes, this is not an Oriental Beauty that originates from it's original terroir, further north, in the counties of Hsinchu and Miaoli, but from an area, between Shanlinxi and Alishan, most celebrated for its fragrant high-mountain oolongs . We've challenged a friend to produce a Beauty tea from his summer picking of Qing Xin leaves. This grower is coincidentally often blessed with a generous presence of “Mixiang” taste and aroma from his leaf pickings: the sought after, and often elusive, honey component that is so characteristic of good OBs. His strict obedience to non-abusive responsible practices regarding pesticide usage certainly offers a more welcoming terrain for the little leaf hoppers to offer their contribution in bringing out the honey taste! The produced tea was then finished in our own premises where our resident master has slow baked this lot to perfection. A good bouquet of fruits with a hint of rose entices the taste buds that will confirm the refreshing quench of marmalade-like citrus notes with a thick wild honey brioche texture and balanced spiciness. There is nothing low-end to this Oriental Beauty tea apart from the price! It is generous and most satisfying.