“I cold steeped this. Really. But it was totally worth it. I love a slightly roasty green oolong in cold steep and this was no exception. Delish! I find them particularly refreshing. YUM.” Read full tasting note
“The month is over, & nobody has reviewed this tea yet? Sometimes I feel like I’m the only actual member of the TOMC. This is one of the Reserve TOMC selections for July. When I initially opened...” Read full tasting note
“2/28/14 5g/waterchestnut yixing/190F Toasty goodness! Many many steeps of roasty nutty good tea.” Read full tasting note
“‘Traditional Tieguanyin’ is one of the categories to fill in my fantasy tea collection, and this one will be tough to beat. I may not even try, at least until this variety goes away and I have to!...” Read full tasting note
Reserve Club – July
The best way to understand Tieguanyin and what makes it so incredible is to stand in the valley below Master Zhang’s terraced fields and take in the landscape. Wildflowers grow through all the rows of tea, mist covers the land, a mountain spring flows into a rivulet, tropical birds call across the valley, and the smell is sweet and pure.
While most of the tea Master Zhang produces is green Tieguanyin, the one he chose to brew for us to welcome us into his home and express the spirit of his land was his traditional Tieguanyin, which undergoes a light roast. Our green Tieguanyin is barely roasted at all, while this undergoes a curing process with careful roasting to bring out more savory notes.
The result is a perfectly balanced, tempered and natural tea. The flavor is still creamy, floral and fresh, but it is complimented with a more caramel and semolina base flavor. The depth invites many steepings and further exploration. Since Master Zhang chose this tea to welcome us, we thought it would make a natural fit in the Reserve Club.
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