2024 Old Tree Shui Xian
2024 Old Tree Shui Xian
Crafted by the Li Family
- DATE OF PICKINGSpring 2024
- Wuyishan Ecological PreserveWuyishan, Fujian
- ELEVATION600 METERS
- Shui XIanTea Varietal
The Li family’s position as community leaders and environmental stewards gives them access to one of the rarest teas in the world- a grove of truly wild tea trees high up in the mountains, hidden within an untouched forest and perched over a waterfall coming out of a crack in volcanic rock . This handful of special trees yield tea with a stunning complexity and commending textural sensation. The deep roots pick up huge volcanic minerality, while the mossy wild environment encourages the tea to put out tons of polyphenols, meaning bigger complexity. Of course, for a tea this rare, the Li Family hand-picks, oversees hand finishing in the yaoqing process and mandates at least five fifteen hour hand firing sessions over several months before allowing this tea to leave the workshop. This tea is a special opportunity to taste one of the most yun forward and complex Wuyi Oolongs out there, a tea so rare that only a few pounds are picked in a given year. Tasting notes don’t do justice as so much of this tea is in the texture and tingling almost numbing sensations that build up over multiple steepings, and the way this tea evokes a deep sense of place - of deep wild forest.
Tasting Profile
- spice - aloeswood, camphor
- savory - turbinado sugar, vanilla mousse
- floral - violet
- fruit - muscat, yuzu
- texture - swirling, powerful, cooling yun
also available to sample in special reusable 7g (0.25) porcelain tea caddies
The Li Family also recommends:
Steeping Instructions
Western
5 g.6-8
oz.use 208° watersteep 15 secondsresteep many times
add 5 sec. each infusionGongfu
7 g.5 ozuse 208° watersteep 6 seconds
add 2 sec. per steepingenjoy many steepingsIced/Cold
4 g.12
oz.use room temp. waterrefrigerate overnight
8 hoursadd ice & enjoy
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also available packed into
7g (0.25oz) mini tea caddies