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2022 Autumn Reserve Tieguanyin

2022 Autumn Reserve Tieguanyin

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Tieguanyin designated
for its long aftertaste
This tea earned ‘reserve’ status for its complexity, textural nuance and long aftertaste. Meticulously hand finished to bring out notes of lychee, fennel, honey, whipped cream and sweet grass.
Autumn 2022 ♦ Greener Finish
Tieguanyin designated
for its long aftertaste
This tea earned ‘reserve’ status for its complexity, textural nuance and long aftertaste. Meticulously hand finished to bring out notes of lychee, fennel, honey, whipped cream and sweet grass.
Autumn 2022 ♦ Greener 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 PICKINGOctober 2022
    • Daping VillageAnxi, Fujian
    • ELEVATION1000 m
    • TieguanyinTea Varietal

    Master Zhang has worked for over four decades continuing his family's craft growing true Tieguanyin varietal tea high above Daping village in Anxi. He is working to bring back the original habitat of the region by clearing mountainsides and planting trees, bringing back wildlife and biodiversity, for better tea and a better future. He has won awards across China and has been recognized as one of the leading teachers and craftsman in Anxi for his unique approach to grading teas and processing for flavor. Instead of grading solely by elevation or tree age, Master Zhang holds the "Reserve" designation for the few teas that meet his strict criteria of lingering intensive aftertaste, pervasive sweetness, and thick creamy body. This means that only the leaves whose weather, position in the field and processing come together perfectly can be offered as Master Zhang's reserve. This reserve grade Tieguanyin was hand-picked and hand finished with an exhaustive fluffing and turning process to bring out deep intense aromatics and creamy texture.

  • true
    100
    daffodil, honey, clover
    true
    90
    tropical lychee, starfruit
    true
    90
    whipped cream
    true
    95
    fennel seed, cardamom
    true
    40
    basil, sweet grass
    true
    elegant, tingling, minerality

    Tasting Profile

    • floral - daffodil, honey, clover
    • fruit - tropical lychee, starfruit
    • savory - whipped cream
    • spice - fennel seed, cardamom
    • vegetal - basil, sweet grass
    • texture - elegant, tingling, minerality

Master Zhang also recommends:

  • 'Daping’s natural mountain springs, perfect soil, and cool climate make it a paradise for tea. Master Zhang and his family have been growing in the mountaintops above Daping Village for as many generations back as they can trace.'

  • 5
    6-8
    208
    20 seconds
    10
    7
    6
    208
    6 seconds
    3
    4
    12
    room temp
    8 hours

    Steeping Instructions

    Western

    5 g.6-8
    oz.
    use 208° watersteep 20 secondsresteep many times
    add 10 sec. each infusion

    Gongfu

    7 g.6 ozuse 208° watersteep 6 seconds
    add 3 sec. per steeping
    enjoy many steepings

    Iced/Cold

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

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