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2021 Dark Roast Anxi Ruan Zhi

2021 Dark Roast Anxi Ruan Zhi

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Taiwan’s Iconic Varietal
with a unique deep roast 
Master Zhang brings out intense minerality and deep spice with his careful roasted finish on a varietal most famous as Dong Ding Wulong. Notes of candied orange, cinnamon, rye, and lilikoi.
Spring 2021 ♦ Dark Roast Finish
Taiwan’s Iconic Varietal
with a unique deep roast 
Master Zhang brings out intense minerality and deep spice with his careful roasted finish on a varietal most famous as Dong Ding Wulong. Notes of candied orange, cinnamon, rye, and lilikoi.
Spring 2021 ♦ Dark Roast 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 PICKINGSpring 2021
    • Daping VillageAnxi, Fujian
    • ELEVATION1000 meters
    • Ruan ZhiTea Varietal

    Master Zhang brings a new perspective to this beloved varietal with his meticulous and delicate multi-day dark roast process. Ruan Zhi or “Soft Stem” is sometimes better known as "Qing Xin" varietal, used in Taiwan to produce Dong Ding and Baozhong and in Thailand for Doi Mai Salong. While Taiwanese Ruan Zhi tends towards creamy or nutty, Master Zhang’s Daping Village Ruan Zhi is taut and almost crystalline with deep cooling yun sensation, smoldering spice in the aftertaste and beautiful Anxi florals. The dark roast keeps every element in perfect balance.

  • true
    95
    candied orange peel, elderberry
    true
    95
    clove, cinnamon
    true
    50
    sweet rye bread
    true
    45
    lilikoi blossoms
    true
    mineral-laden, warming lingering spice

    Tasting Profile

    • fruit - candied orange peel, elderberry
    • spice - clove, cinnamon
    • savory - sweet rye bread
    • floral - lilikoi blossoms
    • texture - mineral-laden, warming lingering spice

Zhang Rongde also recommends:

  • 'Tea requires sky, earth, and people to come together as one... These flexible and organic things are hard to completely control. It takes a mutual agreement with the tea. You can't just demand it'

  • 5
    6-8
    208
    30 seconds
    10
    5
    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

    5 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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