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2024 Autumn Tieguanyin

2024 Autumn Tieguanyin

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This 2024 Autumn harvest is has just arrived - shipping ASAP!
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Anxi’s creamy autumn harvest
iconic oolong
True Tieguanyin picked in cool late autumn for distinctive creamy texture and mouth-watering aftertaste. Available to reserve on pre-order.
True Tieguanyin picked in cool late autumn for distinctive creamy texture and mouth-watering aftertaste. Notes of orchid, melon, cream, basil, and fennel.
Autumn 2024 ♦ Green Finish
PRE-ORDERETA: end of November
Anxi’s creamy autumn harvest
iconic oolong
True Tieguanyin picked in cool late autumn for distinctive creamy texture and mouth-watering aftertaste. Available to reserve on pre-order.
True Tieguanyin picked in cool late autumn for distinctive creamy texture and mouth-watering aftertaste. Notes of orchid, melon, cream, basil, and fennel.
Autumn 2024 ♦ Green Finish
PRE-ORDERETA: end of November
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AUTUMN 2024 PRE-ORDER

This 2024 autumn pre-order tea has been picked and finished by Master Zhang in Daping, Anxi and is coming soon!

We expect to ship this tea to customers at the end of November. Orders containing this pre-order tea will ship once all teas in the order have arrived in the US. 

This 2024 autumn pre-order tea has is arriving now + shipping ASAP!

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 2024
    • Daping VillageAnxi, Fujian
    • ELEVATION1000 meters
    • TieguanyinTea Varietal

    True Tieguanyin varietal stands out for its deep lingering aftertaste, big texture, and the ability to steep out over many infusions. Master Zhang has honed his Tieguanyin cultivation techniques and finishing process over forty years of experimentation, earning the respect of the entire Daping area as a teacher and community leader. He utilizes organic farming techniques, encourages biodiversity, and advocates against wasteful irrigation to encourage healthy and deeply complex and nuanced tea. This modern green style Tieguanyin requires an intense turning and fluffing process in finishing that needs to be adapted on the spot depending on the weather and the aroma, requiring deep experience.

  • true
    80
    chrysanthemum honey, orchid
    true
    70
    melon cream
    true
    65
    basil
    true
    70
    fennel, licorice
    true
    75
    salted shortbread, cream
    false
    true
    juicy, mouthwatering

    Tasting Profile

    • floral - chrysanthemum honey, orchid
    • fruit - melon cream
    • vegetal - basil
    • spice - fennel, licorice
    • savory - salted shortbread, cream
    • texture - juicy, mouthwatering

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
    30 seconds
    10
    7
    6
    208
    10 seconds
    2
    5
    12
    room temp
    8 hours

    Steeping Instructions

    Western

    5 g.6-8
    oz.
    use 208° watersteep 30 secondsresteep many times
    add 10 sec. each infusion

    Gongfu

    7 g.6 ozuse 208° watersteep 10 seconds
    add 2 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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