Black Tea
Li Xiangxi – Wuyishan
Sourced By the 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.
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truespice60pine sap, nutmeg, gingertruesavory70cocoa, barleytruefloral40marigold, honey, vanillatruevegetal30watercresstruefruit30grape, tangerine
Tasting Profile
- spice - pine sap, nutmeg, ginger
- savory - cocoa, barley
- floral - marigold, honey, vanilla
- vegetal - watercress
- fruit - grape, tangerine
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- DATE OF
PICKINGSpring 2017
- Wuyishan Ecological Preserve Fujian
- ELEVATION600 meters
- Xingcun XiaozhongTea
Varietal
Li Xiangxi works with her two brothers in the Wuyi Ecological Preserve to harvest this propagated-from-seed Xiaozhong varietal leaf and process it using traditional heap oxidization techniques and curling to bring out the tea’s natural complexity. Grown on a hillside in a ravine that collects a pocket of natural mist all morning, the tea buds slowly, yielding an incredibly sweet brew. The tea picks up mineral texture from the rocky volcanic soil and the natural spring water running through the Li Family’s plot. Deeper complexity comes from the natural genetic variation of allowing their Xiaozhong tea to grow from seed instead of cuttings, creating a rich multi-layered taste experience.
- DATE OF
PICKINGSpring 2017
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56-820530 seconds15-30562056 seconds3512room temp8 hours
Steeping Instructions
Western
5 g.6-8
oz.use 205° watersteep 30 secondsresteep many times
add 15-30 sec. each infusionGongfu
5 g.6 ozuse 205° watersteep 6 seconds
add 3 sec. per steepingenjoy many steepingsIced/Cold
5 g.12
oz. use room temp.° water refrigerate overnight
8 hours hours add ice & enjoy