2023 Special Grade Autumn Traditional Tieguanyin
2023 Special Grade Autumn Traditional Tieguanyin
Special Grade
Traditional Oolong
Traditional Oolong
Beautifully lingering + powerful, this preciously-small harvest meets Master Zhang's Special Grade Designation. Notes of butterscotch, apple pie, cedar, and honey.
Autumn 2023 ♦ Traditional Finish
Crafted by Master Zhang
Environmentalist and award-winning craftsman, Master Zhang is committed to pioneering low-impact tea farming that replenished 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 m
- TieguanyinTea Varietal
Master Zhang takes his Special Grade designation seriously. In order for a batch to be set aside as Special Grade, it has to meet an incredibly high standard of sweetness, a long lingering aftertaste, and thick balanced texture and evocative aroma. It takes the perfect combination of high elevation rocky soil, cool stand-out weather during the growing season and on the picking and finishing days. In the autumn it is even rarer to get these perfect windows, so we are excited to be sharing this harvest for the first time as a Traditional finish. Master Zhang's award-winning technique brings out the deep fruit and dark florals that don't have a chance to shine in greener, more modern finishes.
Tasting Profile
- fruit - apple pie, melon
- spice - pine, cedar
- floral - vanilla, honey
- savory - butterscotch, cream
- texture - sparkling, tingling
Master Zhang also recommends
Steeping Instructions
Western
7 g.6-8
oz.use 208° watersteep 20 secondsresteep many times
add 10 sec. each infusionGongfu
7 g.6 ozuse 208° watersteep 6 seconds
add 3 sec. per steepingenjoy many steepingsIced/Cold
7 g.12
oz.use room temp. waterrefrigerate overnight
8 hoursadd ice & enjoy