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2023 Big Red Robe

2023 Big Red Robe

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Wuyishan’s Most Famous Oolong
Perfectly-balanced Wuyi oolong, crafted to be an outstanding introduction to everything the region is famous for: deep minerality, cooling aftertaste, and notes of caramel, cedar, honey, and tangerine zest.
Spring 2023 ♦ Wuyishan, Fujian
Wuyishan’s Most Famous Oolong
Perfectly-balanced Wuyi oolong, crafted to be an outstanding introduction to everything the region is famous for: deep minerality, cooling aftertaste, and notes of caramel, cedar, honey, and tangerine zest.
Spring 2023 ♦ Wuyishan, Fujian
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Crafted by the Li Family

Hand-picked and traditionally hand-finished within the true Wuyishan Ecological Preserve on forested biodiverse, rocky, mountainous land for distinct Wuyi minerality.
 
The Li Family is an award-winning, highly respected force for sustainability, hand-firing craft, rare varietal preservation, and tea education in Wuyishan.
    • DATE OF PICKINGSpring 2023
    • Wuyishan Ecological PreserveWuyishan, Fujian
    • ELEVATION600 METERS
    • Qi DanTea Varietal

    Li Xiangxi's family grows this tea within the Wuyishan Ecological Preserve, hand picking every leaf and delicately roasting this tea in bamboo baskets over charcoal embers to bring out the natural minerality of the region. Li Xiangxi's eldest brother oversees the family's oolong teas, and believes strongly in standing against the modern trend to over-roast and cover the natural flavor of the tea. This makes the family's Big Red Robe unique among its peers. While Big Red Robe is named after five original bushes that still stand today in Wuyishan, modern Big Red Robe is made from Qidan varietal, which is known for its tremendous balance, and deep warmth. It is truly the archetypal tea of the region, and the place to start your exploration of Wuyi Oolongs as a grounding point of reference. The LI Family’s Big Red Robe consistently wins gold medals at Wuyi tea competitions.

  • true
    80
    toasted almond, caramel mousse
    true
    80
    sandalwood, cedar
    true
    80
    honey, wildflowers
    true
    80
    tangerine, citrus zest
    true
    cooling, juicy tingling

    Tasting Profile

    • savory - toasted almond, caramel mousse
    • spice - sandalwood, cedar
    • floral - honey, wildflowers
    • fruit - tangerine, citrus zest
    • texture - cooling, juicy tingling

the Li Family also recommends:

  • 'The emperor sent the symbolic red robes of nobility to the farmer who saved his wife, granting him land and status. In gratitude, the farmer named the tea Big Red Robe, and continued to climb the cliff each year to pick tea for the empress to remind her of their shared home in the Wuyi Mountains.'

  • 5
    6-8
    208
    20 seconds
    10
    7
    6
    208
    5 seconds
    3
    4
    12
    room temp
    8 hours

    Steeping Instructions

    Western

    5 g.6-8
    oz.
    use 208° watersteep 20 secondsresteep many times
    add 10 sec. each infusion

    Gongfu

    7 g.6 ozuse 208° watersteep 5 seconds
    add 3 sec. per steeping
    enjoy many steepings

    Iced/Cold

    4 g.12
    oz.
    use room temp. waterrefrigerate overnight
    8 hours
    add ice & enjoy

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