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2024 High Elevation Mi Lan Xiang

2024 High Elevation Mi Lan Xiang

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Old Growth Mi Lan from
High on Wudongshan
The tiny Wudongshan microclimate that yields this aromatic masterpiece is the Huang Family's favorite mountainside for a powerful lingering Mi Lan with notes of yuzu, rose, cedar, and a cooling aftertaste.
Spring 2024 ♦ Wudongshan, Guangdong
Old Growth Mi Lan from
High on Wudongshan
The tiny Wudongshan microclimate that yields this aromatic masterpiece is the Huang Family's favorite mountainside for a powerful lingering Mi Lan with notes of yuzu, rose, cedar, and a cooling aftertaste.
Spring 2024 ♦ Wudongshan, Guangdong
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Crafted by the Huang Family

Huang Ruiguang is an award-winning nationally-recognized master & published author. He is respected for his work expanding and modernizing tea agriculture in Fenghuang. He is devoted to tending his old-growth tea and has set the modern standard for competition-level Dancong aromatics and texture.
    • DATE OF PICKINGSpring 2024
    • Wudong ShanGuangdong Province
    • ELEVATION1000 METERS
    • Mi Lan XiangTea Varietal

    This high elevation Mi Lan Dancong comes from older trees on the Huang family's favorite plot of land high up the mountain in Wudongshan. The orientation to the rising sun and the microclimate are well suited for rich, powerful Dancong. The Huang family's expertise and leadership in agriculture across Fenghuang have won them dozens of awards, such as the recent gold medal for Mi Lan at the Guangdong Tea Expo 2015. Mi Lan varieties is naturally one of the most luscious, juicy and floral teas out there. The perfect microclimate of Wudongshan and the Huang family's masterful craftsmanship during the meticulous 16 hour yaoqing process bring out unprecedented complexity in this reserve offering.

  • true
    100
    cardamom, cinnamon, cedar
    true
    100
    rose, gardenia
    true
    100
    pear, yuzu
    true
    30
    creme patisserie
    true
    silken, honeyed, cooling

    Tasting Profile

    • spice - cardamom, cinnamon, cedar
    • floral - rose, gardenia
    • fruit - pear, yuzu
    • savory - creme patisserie
    • texture - silken, honeyed, cooling

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  • 'An accomplished technical master of tea, Huang Rui Guang is affectionately called a ‘modern tea sage’ by many. He likes to say that one love is enough in life, and his is tea. This excerpt is an attempt to portray a small piece of one man’s contributions to and love of tea'

  • 5-10
    6-8
    208
    20 seconds
    10
    10
    6
    208
    6 seconds
    4
    5
    12
    room temp
    8 hours

    Steeping Instructions

    Western

    5-10 g.6-8
    oz.
    use 208° watersteep 20 secondsresteep many times
    add 10 sec. each infusion

    Gongfu

    10 g.6 ozuse 208° watersteep 6 seconds
    add 4 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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