Produced By Li Xiangxi
Li Xiangxi's family works together in Tongmu applying their incredible skill at roasting to their spring-fed high mountain tea. Their proceeds go to teaching rural tea ceremony.
Tasting Profile
- FLORAL – muscat, grape
- SAVORY – brownies, cane sugar
- SPICY – minerality, pine
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Xingcun Xiaozhong varietal tea in Wuyishan can produce black and gold buds. While the golden bud expression has been encouraged through cultivation for its stunning color, Li Xiangxi and her family often prefer the depth and complexity of black buds. This tea still uses the same tiny buds and the same meticulous hand-picking as their golden buds Jin Jun Mei, but with a more spiced and savory flavor profile.
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Steeping Instructions
Western
4 g.6oz.use 208° watersteep 15 secondsresteep many times
add 10 sec. each infusion
Gongfu
5 g.5 oz.use 195° watersteep 5 secondsadd 3 sec. per steepingenjoy many steepings
Iced/Cold
4 g.12oz.use room temp. waterrefrigerate overnight
(8 to 12 hours)add ice & enjoy
