Award Winning Lishan High Mountain Oolong

Tea type
Oolong Tea
Ingredients
Oolong
Flavors
Butter, Charcoal, Chestnut, Floral, Grain, Grass, Honey, Mineral, Nutty, Orchid, Peach, Pine, Roasted, Saline, Sweet, Cherry Blossom, Coconut, Grass Seed, Malt, Menthol, Narcissus, Nutmeg, Salad Greens, Salty, Squash, Sugarcane, Toasty, Lilac
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Edit tea info Last updated by Daylon R Thomas
Average preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 30 sec 6 g 4 oz / 110 ml

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  • “Thanks to Daylon for sending me this tea! I have a couple of Wang’s competition teas in my museum archives, but this sample is the first one I’ve tried. Like Daylon, I was tempted to get this tea...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Really pleasant oolong whose light roast character seems to have faded since Daylon made a note, or maybe I’m not as sensitive. Feels good in the mind and body. Floral dreaminess. Very sweet...” Read full tasting note
  • “I’ve been playing around with this one, and got a cool tin. I had a hard time deciding on making my last big buy from Wang Family Tea between this tea and the Competition Gui Fei when it was...” Read full tasting note
    89

From Wang Family Tea

This tea was awarded a gourmet medal at the 2021 AVPA Tea Competition.
Tasting Notes

If you are new to drinking roasted oolong, we highly recommend giving this tea a try.

-Orchid aroma
-Candied chestnuts
-Caramel
-Toasted wheat
-Maltose

Brewing Parameters

Leaf/Water: 7g/100ml

Water Temperature: Heavily Boiling Water (100° C)

Do Not Rinse

1st round: 50 Seconds

2nd Round: 40 Seconds

3rd Round: 55 Seconds

4th Round: 1:10 Seconds

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4 Tasting Notes

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439 tasting notes

Thanks to Daylon for sending me this tea! I have a couple of Wang’s competition teas in my museum archives, but this sample is the first one I’ve tried. Like Daylon, I was tempted to get this tea instead of the Competition Shan Cha I eventually bought, but I worried the roast would be too heavy. I steeped 6 g of leaf in a 120 ml pot using boiling water for 50, 40, 55, 70, 90, 120, 150, 180, and 240 seconds, plus some uncounted steeps.

The dry aroma is of charcoal, chestnuts, orchids, other flowers, and grass. The first steep has notes of chestnuts, grain, charcoal, orchids, honey, and grass. I get hints of peach in the second steep, along with a little more charcoal and some florals. Sadly, the peach disappears after this steep, and the tea is buttery, nutty, and roasty with lots of florals to balance it out. By steep six, I start getting the minerals and pine that Daylon mentioned, and the roast is becoming more pronounced. Later steeps have a saline quality, lots of chestnuts and roast, and a surprisingly floral and grassy aftertaste.

While this is definitely a roasted tea, it’s nicely balanced with the chestnuts and florals. The tea is pleasant to drink and the flavours evolve in an interesting way. I wish there was more fruit, and while the thick body and florality remind me of Lishan, I’m not sure I would have guessed the terroir if it wasn’t on the label. I don’t think I could finish 75 g, but I will enjoy the rest of this sample.

Flavors: Butter, Charcoal, Chestnut, Floral, Grain, Grass, Honey, Mineral, Nutty, Orchid, Peach, Pine, Roasted, Saline, Sweet

Preparation
Boiling 6 g 4 OZ / 120 ML

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Really pleasant oolong whose light roast character seems to have faded since Daylon made a note, or maybe I’m not as sensitive.

Feels good in the mind and body. Floral dreaminess. Very sweet chestnut aroma and taste. Darker taste but still light and grassy. Cooling. Salty tingle.

I couldn’t brew out the leaves one session so jarred them with water in the fridge. The resulting cold brew was packed with flavor and sweetness.

Thanks for the share, Daylon <3

Flavors: Cherry Blossom, Chestnut, Coconut, Floral, Grass Seed, Malt, Menthol, Mineral, Narcissus, Nutmeg, Peach, Salad Greens, Salty, Squash, Sugarcane, Sweet, Toasty

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 0 min, 30 sec 5 tsp 3 OZ / 100 ML

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1725 tasting notes

I’ve been playing around with this one, and got a cool tin. I had a hard time deciding on making my last big buy from Wang Family Tea between this tea and the Competition Gui Fei when it was discounted. I was determined to get more of the Jasmine Shanlinxi in larger amounts, but for nearly a year, I really wanted to try this one. My main issue was that it was an expensive competition grade tea that was only sold in amounts of 70 grams.

I made my bet, and I partly regret it on the opportunity cost of some of the other competition teas. However, this tea is definitely up my alley. It’s weirdly green for a roasted tea, and the taste is more on the green side, but the taste has more charcoal and nuttiness than vegetal tones. The roasted chestnut and orchid flavor are the most prominent through every session, whether I followed instruction or used shorter steeps and slightly more leaves. It does evolve in terms of sweetness. The flux from charcoal, to nuts, to florals with a bit of balsam finish reminded me of the Zealong New Zealand’s Aromatic Oolong, which was one of my favorite lighter roast oolongs. This one is more nutty and floral overall, and does have more complexity. The only little thing it lacks is my gaoshan preference for fruitiness.

So overall, this is a very unique tea that has more roast qualities in taste than it does appearance. I think I would have been really happy with 25 or 50 grams instead of the 70, but I got a great tin and a bunch of great bagged tea samples of ginger Sun Moon Lake Black Teas and Cui Feng Heavy Roasts. I would recommend it if you are really into Dong Dings and lighter roast oolongs though.

Flavors: Charcoal, Chestnut, Floral, Lilac, Malt, Orchid, Roasted, Sweet

Leafhopper

Sounds like I made the right decision not to purchase this tea, even though it seems solid. I bought the 2022 competition Bai Hao and Shan Cha. I almost went for the Shanlin Xi Tan Bei, but was concerned about the roast. I also bought 25 g of the Jasmine SLX you keep talking about. :)

Daylon R Thomas

yeah, I’m excited to see what you think about the Jasmine and the Shan Cha+Tan Bei

Leafhopper

I actually didn’t get the Tan Bei because it was $65 for 75 g, which seemed like too much of a risk to me. I’d pick it up if they offered smaller sizes. Looking forward to trying the Jasmine SLX!

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