Jin Xuan Premium Grade Oolong from Mandala Tea

Jin Xuan Premium Grade Oolong

Tea type
Oolong Tea
Ingredients
Oolong Tea Leaves
Flavors
Floral, Honey, Seaweed, Vegetal, Bitter, Kale, Smoke, Spinach, Creamy, Herbaceous, Milk, Walnut, Flowers
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Average preparation
190 °F / 87 °C 0 min, 45 sec 6 g 7 oz / 193 ml

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This Jin Xuan (literally “Golden Day Lily” and pronounced a bit like “Jing Shuan”) is grown organically at an altitute of over 4,700 feet.  It is produced with absolutely no aromatization.  Many milk style oolongs are crafted with ingredients to create an appealing dessert-like aroma, but this particular tea remains untreated and delicious.  The growing area is Alishan, a region in Taiwan known for its natural beauty and climate perfectly suited for growing interesting tea.  Jin Xuan is a relatively new variety developed by the Taiwan Research and Extension Station in the 1980’s.  The subtle creamy sweetness of this tea makes it a favorite introduction to Taiwanese tea art and most who try it choose to keep a supply on hand.  We recommend doing one rinse of 5-10 seconds (at 195 degrees) and then beginning with a couple 30-second infusions before slowly increasing steeping time.  If you have a yixing pot for high mountain oolongs, all the better.

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48 tasting notes

This is by far my favorite oolong tea. Its very floral and refreshing. Its like taking a sip from the fountain of youth and savoring every moment. This has to be one of top oolong tea from Mandala and best oolong I have had. The only reason why I do not give it a 99 is because I get about 7 flavorful cups from the gaiwan out of this, but well worth the money.

Flavors: Flowers

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Receive a sample along with my last order from Mandala Tea, and finally had a quiet, rainy afternoon to enjoy multiple steeps of this wonderful oolong. Loaded up my guiwan, gave a quick rinse and then enjoyed watching the unfurling and expanding leaves do their dance. Wonderful aroma, subtle and slightly floral. Nice progression of flavors through several steeps, becoming sweeter and more creamy with time. A really nice Alishan Oolong.

Flavors: Creamy, Floral, Herbaceous

Preparation
185 °F / 85 °C 0 min, 30 sec 4 g 3 OZ / 88 ML
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This tea is a bit different than I was expecting! I thought that it would have strong notes of butter, but it’s much more vegetal and floral. It’s not a bad tea, but I prefer my oolongs to be a little bit more on the milky, sweet, peachy side of things. I just don’t think that this offers all that much in terms of flavor.

I taste leaves, some flowers, minerals and salt water. I think this would be a nice tea to drink if you’re just starting out with oolongs. It’s simple, fresh and rather light. I don’t think I would buy any more in the future, though.
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First one to rate this tea yay! Oolongs from Taiwan are a love of mine and this is a good one! I get a creamy butter instead of buttery cream from the milk oolong in that can make any sense. Second and third steep I tasted a delicious roasty sugar note. Another good tea from Mandala
Preparation
185 °F / 85 °C 3 min, 0 sec 1 tsp 12 OZ / 354 ML
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