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2021 Tieguanyin Big Red Robe

2021 Tieguanyin Big Red Robe

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Traditional Anxi Tieguanyin
Finished Wuyi-Style
Most modern Tieguanyin is rolled, but the Liu Family wanted to try out classic Wuyi finishing, complete with dark roast to bring out a different side to their oolong. Rich notes of maple syrup, cedar, vanilla, and candied orange.
May 2021 ♦ Longjuan, Yunnan
Traditional Anxi Tieguanyin
Finished Wuyi-Style
Most modern Tieguanyin is rolled, but the Liu Family wanted to try out classic Wuyi finishing, complete with dark roast to bring out a different side to their oolong. Rich notes of maple syrup, cedar, vanilla, and candied orange.
May 2021 ♦ Longjuan, Yunnan
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Crafted by the Liu Family

Perfectly-situated in a pristine mountain plateau far from central Anxi, the Liu Family cultivates beautiful old-growth Tieguanyin bushes fed by spring water and shaded by mist and clouds.
 
Since the region is so remote, it is free from Anxi’s market influence, allowing the Liu Family to focus on innovative unexpected styles, taking inspiration from all across China and applying new craft to the beloved Tieguanyin varietal.
    • DATE OF PICKINGMay 2021
    • LongjuanAnxi, Fujian
    • ELEVATION700 m
    • TieguanyinTea Varietal

    This experimental tea uses Tieguanyin leaves, normally tightly curled, and finishes them with Wuyi-style strip-oolong processing. The tea is twisted and given a heavier roast to evoke Big Red Robe style. The fascinating thing about this tea is that, despite a processing style that points to Wuyi, the flavor is still one hundred percent Tieguanyin. The pull between floral-herbaceous Tieguanyin, and mineral-heavy cozy roast makes for a more dynamic tasting experience.

  • true
    85
    maple syrup, toasted rice
    true
    70
    clove, cedar
    true
    40
    vanilla
    true
    30
    candied orange peel
    true
    lingering, deep, rich

    Tasting Profile

    • savory - maple syrup, toasted rice
    • spice - clove, cedar
    • floral - vanilla
    • fruit - candied orange peel
    • texture - lingering, deep, rich


The Liu Family also recommends:

  1. 2010 Aged Tieguanyin
    2010 Aged Tieguanyin

    This aged release from the Liu Family in Longjuan captures the depth, complexity and nuance of their family's unique mountaintop terroir, brought to new levels of depth with over a decade of careful aging. The Liu Family re-roasts their Tieguanyin annually for a full five years to control for moisture and ensure slow even change. This tea is packed with deep sweet, cooling notes and a mossy evergreen quality all its own

  2. 2021 Longjuan Spring Tieguanyin
    2021 Longjuan Spring Tieguanyin

    The Liu Family has been quietly cultivating incredible 'off the beaten path' Tieguanyin for generations on their mountaintop family plot. Their old-growth tea plants benefit from deep roots, rocky soil and daily clouds and mist shading the plants from excess sun. The result is a complex Tieguanyin full of classic creamy notes, along with a unique spiced quality that expresses the Longjuan climate.

  3. 2021 Tieguanyin Jin Jun Mei
    2021 Tieguanyin Jin Jun Mei
    While Tieguanyin Xiaozhong uses smaller leaves for a traditional black tea, the Liu Family'a Tieguanyin Jin Jun Mei uses large Tieguanyin buds, orange with down, for a unique and particularly uncommon offering. This is a chance to taste the rich, sweet and savory flavor of bud material in the naturally floral Tieguanyin varietal. This tea is a clear demonstration that farmers like the Liu Family are not tied by tradition to only make what is currently accepted with the varietals they grow.
  • 'There are just so many people turning out jin after jin of modern green or traditional rolled Tieguanyin... Instead, the Liu family has been exploring more uncommon styles, like the Tieguanyin black teas Mr. Liu has been making since just before his children (now with children of their own!) were born'

  • 5
    6-8
    205
    30 seconds
    15-30
    5
    5
    205
    10 seconds
    5-6
    5
    12
    212
    8 hours

    Steeping Instructions

    Western

    5 g.6-8
    oz.
    use 205° watersteep 30 secondsresteep many times
    add 15-30 sec. each infusion

    Gongfu

    5 g.5 ozuse 205° watersteep 10 seconds
    add 5-6 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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