2024 Spring Mao Xie
2024 Spring Mao Xie
Master Zhang’s oldest
oolong bushes
Mao Xie is native to Master Zhang’s Daping Village. This unique varietal is rich and viscous with notes of toasted semolina, honey clover and guava.
Mao Xie is native to Master Zhang’s Daping Village. This unique varietal is naturally sweet and creamy. Fresh Spring harvest coming soon + available to pre-order!
Spring 2024 ♦ Greener Finish
Crafted By Master Zhang
Environmentalist and award-winning craftsman, Master Zhang is committed to pioneering low-impact tea farming that replenished 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 2024
- Daping VillageFujian Province
- ELEVATION1000 meters
- Mao XieTea Varietal
Mao Xie, or Hairy Crab, is the native cultivar to Daping. The village is extremely proud to be a birthplace of Maoxie varietal, and Master Zhang is excited to share this tea. Grown without pesticides and nourished with natural canola flowers for fertilizer, this tea is uniquely savory and creamy in a way that Tieguanyin cannot be. By growing Mao Xie alongside Tieguanyin, Qilan, Rou Gui and other varietals, Master Zhang can achieve a more biodiverse tea garden yielding healthier plants and better flavor quality.
Tasting Profile
- savory - toasted semolina
- floral - honey, clover
- fruit - passionfruit, guava
- spice - ginseng
- vegetal - fresh olive oil
- texture - rich, viscous, lingering sweetness
Master Zhang also recommends
Steeping Instructions
Western
5 g.6-8
oz.use 208° watersteep 30 secondsresteep many times
add 10 sec. each infusionGongfu
5 g.5 ozuse 208° watersteep 10 seconds
add 2 sec. per steepingenjoy many steepingsIced/Cold
5 g.12
oz.use room temp. waterrefrigerate overnight
8 hoursadd ice & enjoy