2023 Autumn Mao Xie
2023 Autumn Mao Xie
Picked from Master Zhang’s
oldest oolong bushes
oldest oolong bushes
Mao Xie is native to Master Zhang’s Daping Village. This unique varietal is sweet and creamy with notes of custard cream, vanilla, eucalyptus and toasted oats.
Autumn 2023 ♦ Greener Finish
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 PICKINGNovember 2023
- Daping VillageAnxi, Fujian
- ELEVATION1000 meters
- Mao XieTea Varietal
Mao Xie, or Hairy Crab, is a native varietal to Daping. The village is extremely proud to be a birthplace of Maoxie varietal, and Master Zhang is excited to share this tea. Grown without pesticides and nourished with natural canola flowers for fertilizer, this tea is uniquely savory and creamy in a way that Tieguanyin cannot be. By growing Mao Xie alongside Tieguanyin, Qilan, Rou Gui and other varietals, Master Zhang can achieve a more biodiverse tea garden yielding healthier plants and more complex flavor. Master Zhang finishes this Mao Xie with a meticulous fifteen hour turning and fluffing process which brings out the buttery flavors of the varietal with light, "modern" green finish.
Tasting Profile
- savory - custard cream
- savory - toasted oats
- floral - gardenia, vanilla
- spice - cardamom, eucalyptus
- texture - juicy, creamy, tingling
Master Zhang also recommends:
Steeping Instructions
Western
5 g.6-8
oz.use 208° watersteep 30 secondsresteep many times
add 10 sec. each infusionGongfu
5 g.5 ozuse 208° watersteep 10 seconds
add 2 sec. per steepingenjoy many steepingsIced/Cold
5 g.12
oz.use room temp. waterrefrigerate overnight
8 hoursadd ice & enjoy