2019 Ping Ding Organic Charcoal Roasted Jin Xuan oolong from TheTea

2019 Ping Ding Organic Charcoal Roasted Jin Xuan oolong

Tea type
Oolong Tea
Ingredients
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Flavors
Bitter, Coconut, Cookie, Fruity, Guava, Mineral, Nectar, Peach, Rice Pudding, Sawdust, Stonefruit, Sweet, Tobacco, Tropical
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Caffeine
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Certification
Organic
Edit tea info Last updated by Togo
Average preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 15 sec 7 g 5 oz / 150 ml

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  • “I am finding it really hard to describe this tea, which is both due to its uniqueness and its somewhat underdeveloped identity. At first, I wasn’t very fond of it, but I am starting to warm up to...” Read full tasting note
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Origin: Ping DIng Village, Zhu Shan, Nantou, Taiwan.
Harvest: November 2019
Tea cultivar: Jin Xuan

Roasting: light charcoal roasted

Tea comes from natural and organic garden in Ping Ding Village near Zhu Shan.

Charcoal roasted during spring 2020.

Roasting is gentle so the tea is still very vivid. Notes of roasted cereals, nuts, cookies and cream are combined with fresh fruity and honey notes.

Very clean and sweet aftertaste.

When brewed longer – bitterness is quite punchy.

Excellent price/quality ratio.

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I am finding it really hard to describe this tea, which is both due to its uniqueness and its somewhat underdeveloped identity. At first, I wasn’t very fond of it, but I am starting to warm up to its weird character. There are a lot of unusual fruity and flowery notes, a relatively strong bitterness and a surprisingly long and pungent aftertaste.

In dry form, I can smell something like a mix of sawdust, cookies and sticky rice, while in the empty cha hai there are hints of shisha and coconut milk.

As I mentioned, the tea is bitter, but also sweet, mineral and cooling with a sticky mouthfeel. There are some fleeting flavours like guava, stonefruit pits, dragon fruit, peach, and nectar.

Flavors: Bitter, Coconut, Cookie, Fruity, Guava, Mineral, Nectar, Peach, Rice Pudding, Sawdust, Stonefruit, Sweet, Tobacco, Tropical

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 15 sec 7 g 5 OZ / 150 ML
2 comments
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Martin Bednář
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To be honest, I would expect some roasted notes instead of fruity and flowery.

Togo
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The roast is fairly mild on this one, any roasted notes must have dissipated by now, even though it’s still a young tea. As you can see from the pictures on the website as well, the leaves are indeed mostly dark green here. Thus the oxidation must have been very low too.

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