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“I’ve had this in a sealed jelly jar in my tea cupboard for several years, with the provided desiccant pouch, and it has remained stable in its delightful taste and aroma. Brewed 2.5g in 7 oz 90°C...” Read full tasting note
It is fascinating how the smallest changes can create such a spectrum of flavors when crafting tea. One of the major factors in making oolong is oxidization level. Traditional green oolong—such as our LiShan and Mountain Oolong teas—are oxidized at 20%, producing verdant and floral flavors with a peaky mouthfeel. Our DongDing and TieGuanYin oolongs are oxidized at 35% following the older methods, somewhat rare today because of trends favoring greener teas. At 35% oxidization the tea is still almost completely green, except with slight tinges of amber along the leaf’s edge and the tips of the stem. A mountain of experience is necessary to properly control the consistency of tea oxidization to the point where it can be considered ready for the cup.
DongDing style tea is typically both oxidized and roasted to 30% or so, but we invite you to try this entirely unroasted oolong and sample the skill and craftsmanship that went into it. Try contrasting it against our LiShan teas, which are made with the same cultivar tea leaf, and grown at comparable altitudes. LiShans are brilliantly floral and sharp, while this green DongDing is deep, mouthwatering, and fruity. We detected mostly plum and nectarines and a thick and smooth liquor with a long-lasting aftertaste of medium sweetness. While the changes in technique are subtle, we’re confident that you will appreciate the uniqueness of our green DongDing.
Steeping Instructions:
Prepare 3 grams of tea leaf (slightly less than a teaspoon) per 100ml of water(about half a cup).
For the first two steeps, 93°c water for no longer than 60 seconds will provide plenty of flavor. From the third steep onward it is fine to add up to thirty additional seconds per steep. This should provide between four and six re-steeps depending on the quality of the tea. For larger vessels (teapots of over 500ml) re-steep potential is usually lower.
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I’ve had this in a sealed jelly jar in my tea cupboard for several years, with the provided desiccant pouch, and it has remained stable in its delightful taste and aroma. Brewed 2.5g in 7 oz 90°C alpine spring water for 3 min each steep, in a stainless steel basket. The first infusion produced a clear, deep golden liquor with a floral and vegetal aroma, but the leaves had only partially relaxed. The second infusion was a lighter gold color, similarly fragrant, and the leaves had almost finished expanding. The flavor is a mouthwatering, smooth, sweet, fruity and well rounded sensation, tickling the taste buds all around my tongue. Most reminiscent of ripe mango flesh, there was more that I can’t quite pin down. If orchids had a flavor, I would include that, too. There was a long, satisfying finish that left me eager for the next sip. after a 30 minute pause, a third infusion yielded much the same as the second, with somewhat muted flavor and aroma. The leaves were fully relaxed and olive-green (see photo). I begin to think that a single western-style steeping of 2.5 g in 16 ounces of 90° water for five min. would have been optimal, probably exhausting the leaves. I suspect that boiling water would have merely driven-off some of the pleasing aroma.
I would NOT recommend this as an iced tea, because once it had cooled to room temperature, much of the flavor element had diminished. I expect it would only further diminish when chilled. Next time I plan to add a lump of sugar to see how that changes the flavor, if at all.
Flavors: Floral, Mango, Orchid, Round, Sweet, Vegetal
