2020 Dark Roast Anxi Qilan

Crafted by Master Zhang

Master Zhang’s family has tended a variety of tea cultivars in Daping for generations. His tea is fed by sweet mountain springs and grows on the cloud-enveloped peaks of Anxi.

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savory
80
toasted whole wheat bread
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spice
90
nutmeg, clove, sandalwood
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floral
50
rosewood, honey
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fruit
55
elderberry
Tasting Profile
- savory - toasted whole wheat bread
- spice - nutmeg, clove, sandalwood
- floral - rosewood, honey
- fruit - elderberry

- DATE OF PICKINGNovember 2020
- Daping VillageAnxi, Fujian
- ELEVATION1000 meters
- QilanTea Varietal
Qilan is a luscious and floral varietal famous in Wuyi as a strip style oolong. This Anxi dark roast Qilan is just as intoxicating as its Wuyi cousin with aromatic wood and orchid similarities, but also a unique bright and juicy complexity and luscious honey sweetness that reflects Anxi's unique terroir and Master Zhang's choices in roast and processing.

'In his own words, Master Zhang describes the differences between different Anxi oolong tea varietals growing in his fields above Daping, Anxi. From Mao Xie and Tieguanyin to Mei Zhan, Qilan and Ben Shan, a wide variety of cultivars grow side-by-side'

5
6-8
208
30 seconds
10
5
4-5
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
5 g.4-5 ozuse 208° watersteep 10 seconds
add 2 sec. per steepingenjoy many steepings
Iced/Cold
5 g.12
oz.use room temp. waterrefrigerate overnight
8 hoursadd ice & enjoy

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2020 Dark Roast Anxi Qilan

2020 Dark Roast Anxi Qilan

Crafted by Master Zhang

Tasting Profile

Steeping Instructions

Western

Gongfu

Iced/Cold

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