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
- VERY FRUITY – lychee, marmalade, strawberry
- VERY SAVORY – yeasted bun, toast
- FLORAL – honey, rose
DATE OF PICKINGMay 2017
TongmuWuyi, Fujian
ELEVATION300 METERS
FEIZI XIAOTea Varietal
This intriguing varietal is sometimes literally translated as Concubine’s Smile (or laugh). However, this doesn’t quite capture the feeling in Chinese. The tea is named after a type of lychee fruit, which is called Feizi Xiao (妃子笑) - a fruit that was so loved by a famously beautiful royal consort that it always made her smile. The natural lychee aroma in this unscented black tea must be the inspiration for all fruit-flavored black teas!
Li Xiangxi also recommends
" The first sips yield a balanced and elegant tea. The tropical lychee fruit flavor is astounding. This black tea is as perfumed as a Tieguanyin, but deep, dark and grounded. The aftertaste is full of not only lychee, but also orchid, like a wet tropical garden... "
Steeping Instructions
Western
4 g.6oz.use 208° watersteep 15 secondsresteep many times
add 10 sec. each infusion
Gongfu
5 g.5 oz.use 208° 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
