2018 Autumn Anxi Qilan
2018 Autumn Anxi Qilan
Sourced By the 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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truefloral85orchid, honeytruevegetal65green beantruespice40limestone minerality
Tasting Profile
- floral - orchid, honey
- vegetal - green bean
- spice - limestone minerality
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- DATE OF PICKINGNovember 2018
- Daping Village Anxi
- ELEVATION1000 meters
- QilanTea Varietal
Qilan is an almost legendary varieties known across China for its luscious intense floral aromatics and lingering aftertaste. It has gained the most fame in Wuyishan finished as a dark roast strip-style oolong, but Master Zhang’s Anxi Qilan is a truly singular offering that expresses the unique terroir of high elevation Daping. This Qilan is grown on rocky soil to encourage deep roots that draw in sweet mountain spring water. Master Zhang adjusts his intensive fifteen hour finishing process based on the sun and humidity to preserve the deepest florals. Master Zhang has dialed in his turning and fluffing technique over forty years to offer this evocative rolled Qilan Oolong.
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56-820830 seconds107620810 seconds2512room temp8 hours
Steeping Instructions
Western
5 g.6-8
oz.use 208° watersteep 30 secondsresteep many times
add 10 sec. each infusionGongfu
7 g.6 ozuse 208° watersteep 10 seconds
add 2 sec. per steepingenjoy many steepingsIced/Cold
5 g.12
oz. use room temp.° water refrigerate overnight
8 hours hours add ice & enjoy