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1985 Aged Se Zhong Oolong

1985 Aged Se Zhong Oolong

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Over 35 years of age on
Anxi’s rare varietal oolong
Master Zhang has a cache of rare varietals like Benshan and Maoxie that he has allowed to age under careful re-roasting for decades to bring out notes of redwood, pine, chocolate, and fig with cooling aftertaste.
Spring 1985 ♦ Partial Roast Finish
Over 35 years of age on
Anxi’s rare varietal oolong
Master Zhang has a cache of rare varietals like Benshan and Maoxie that he has allowed to age under careful re-roasting for decades to bring out notes of redwood, pine, chocolate, and fig with cooling aftertaste.
Spring 1985 ♦ Partial Roast Finish
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Crafted by Master Zhang

Environmentalist and award-winning craftsman, Master Zhang is committed to pioneering low-impact tea farming that replenishes natural forests on his high elevation Anxi mountain plot.
 
Master Zhang devotes his energy to introducing rare varietals of tea to increase biodiversity and researching ancient finishing techniques to make rich, aromatic oolong unlike anything else in the world.
    • DATE OF PICKINGMay 1985
    • Daping VillageAnxi, Fujian
    • ELEVATION1000 meters
    • Mixed Se ZhongTea Varietal

    Many of Master Zhang's oldest tea plants are 'se zhong' varietals, teas other than Tieguanyin that flourish in Anxi. Master Zhang's grandparents and forebears planted Ben Shan, Mao Xie, and other sezhong varietals on their high mountain peak above Daping decades ago. Master Zhang picked these leaves in 1985, carefully re-roasting this mixed se zhong harvest every year for almost ten years. The tea was allowed the tea to rest for another twenty years before this beautiful cache was released The deep, dark mineral notes and fruity sweetness of se zhong oolong become alluringly foresty, a great example of "yun" - the pysical sensation of the tea in the throat and the lingering cooling electric aftertaste and texture that fine teas create. The longer this tea steeps, the more intense woody and cooling qualities it reveals.

  • true
    100
    redwood, moss, pine
    true
    95
    molasses, fruity chocolate
    true
    45
    fig

    Tasting Profile

    • spice - redwood, moss, pine
    • savory - molasses, fruity chocolate
    • fruit - fig


Master Zhang also recommends

  • 'Wild flowers grow freely among natural flora and established tea hedges. The constant flowering works double duty – attracting insects away from the growing tea leaves while infusing the growing plants with their complex aroma.'

  • 5
    6-8
    212
    30 seconds
    15-30
    7
    6
    212
    10 seconds
    3
    5
    12
    212
    8 hours

    Steeping Instructions

    Western

    5 g.6-8
    oz.
    use 212° watersteep 30 secondsresteep many times
    add 15-30 sec. each infusion

    Gongfu

    7 g.6 ozuse 212° watersteep 10 seconds
    add 3 sec. per steeping
    enjoy many steepings

    Iced/Cold

    5 g.12
    oz.
    use room temp. waterrefrigerate overnight
    8 hours
    add ice & enjoy

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