“Highly oxidized for a white tea, this was reminiscent of a sun-dried black or aged white tea. This leaves me wondering if the majority of white teas sold as aged are in fact younger than claimed...” Read full tasting note
It’s been four years now that we’ve been making this unique tea in small batches from the very first springtime sprouts. This year’s iteration is more like our Lot 700 made 2 years ago (all sold out) and quite different from last year’s Lot 803. The darker leaves already indicate a deeper oxidation which helps bring out the heady cinnamon sweetness of this unique Taiwanese cultivar. Made from the Hong Yu T-18 from which the renowned Red Jade black tea is made from, this tea is a true home-made and hand-made project as none of these leaves have encountered any form of machinery in the making of it. The picking was particularly fine and consists of very young spring leaves with a generous content of buds. These young pickings were hand-picked, gently laid to wither, hand-fluffed to stimulate oxydation and desiccated to lock-in their lush fragrance. If you are familiar with Red Jade Black Tea you will be pleasantly surprised by the striking resemblence in the aromatics of this tea. The fresh eucalyptus, cinnamon and camphor-like coolness is truly heady. The liqueur is sweet, thick and smooth, much like a Chinese Shou Mei white tea but with the added aromatic complexity only a Taiwanese tea can deliver. A truly pleasant in-house project that we are proud to propose exclusively to our Taiwan Tea Crafts clientele. Get some while it last as this is a much smaller Lot than our previous year’s offerings.
Picking Date March 2020
Oxydation level Medium
Baking Level None
Terroir Baguashan
Administrative Region Nantou County
Picking Style Hand Picked
Cultivar(s) Used Hong Yu, TRES No. 18
Garden Elevation 300 m
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