Wuyi Black Tea vs Oolong Varietal Taste-Off
Wuyi Black Tea vs Oolong Varietal Taste-Off
Tasting Kits
Oolong Tea
Li Xiangxi – Wuyishan
This bundle includes six 25g bags of Wuyi tea for 150g total (30 sessions).
This special limited-offering tasting kit is a chance to do a unique taste-off showdown of three of Wuyishan’s most sought after varietals, crafted by the Li family as both oolong and black tea for six unique offerings.
The purpose of this kit is to show off the intense influence of craft on finished tea, even when that tea is the same varietal grown by the same family in the same place. Mei Zhan, Bai Rui Xiang and Rou Gui are all famous Wuyi teas traditionally finished as oolongs. Indeed, all three have brought the Li Family best in show awards year after year.
Recently, the Li Family has begun to apply their masterful traditional black tea craft to famous "oolong" varietals at the family workshop in Tongmu, yielding exciting new ways to taste and feel the terroir of the region. This kit will let you compare oolong and black tea finishes on the same varietals while these unique limited harvest offerings are available.
This bundle includes four 25g bags of Wuyi tea for 100g total (20 sessions).
This special limited-offering tasting kit is a chance to do a unique taste-off showdown of two of Wuyishan’s most sought after varietals, crafted by the Li family as both oolong and black tea for six unique offerings.
The purpose of this kit is to show off the intense influence of craft on finished tea, even when that tea is the same varietal grown by the same family in the same place. Bai Rui Xiang and Rou Gui are famous Wuyi teas traditionally finished as oolongs. Indeed, both have brought the Li Family best in show awards year after year.
Recently, the Li Family has begun to apply their masterful traditional black tea craft to famous "oolong" varietals at the family workshop in Tongmu, yielding exciting new ways to taste and feel the terroir of the region. This kit will let you compare oolong and black tea finishes on the same varietals while these unique limited harvest offerings are available.
This bundle includes four 25g bags of Wuyi tea for 100g total (20 sessions).
This special limited-offering tasting kit is a chance to do a unique taste-off showdown of two of Wuyishan’s most sought after varietals, crafted by the Li family as both oolong and black tea for four unique offerings.
The purpose of this kit is to show off the intense influence of craft on finished tea, even when that tea is the same varietal grown by the same family in the same place. Mei Zhan and Bai Rui Xiang are both famous Wuyi teas traditionally finished as oolongs. Indeed, all three have brought the Li Family best in show awards year after year.
Recently, the Li Family has begun to apply their masterful traditional black tea craft to famous "oolong" varietals at the family workshop in Tongmu, yielding exciting new ways to taste and feel the terroir of the region. This kit will let you compare oolong and black tea finishes on the same varietals while these unique limited harvest offerings are available.
Taste + compare across cultivars:
"Praised by emperors
and immortalized in poetry across the ages,
the Wuyishan Ecological Preserve
is the cultural epicenter of tea.
My family has been tending to wild bushes and farming old tea trees
within the preserve for generations.
Living in a place of such natural beauty, we have come to seek balance
in our agriculture and balance in our tea. We preserve the natural forest cover,
we use beyond-organic methods, and we finish our teas by hand in small batches
- all to honor the gift of the place we call home.
I invite you to take the time to taste in our tea the deep complexity, rich texture, and intense aromatics
that define the true heritage of the Wuyishan Ecological Preserve."
- Li Xiangxi 李享熹
Our Home: Tongmu, Wuyishan
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the most famous tea region in the world
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wildly propagated tea bushes
grow out of volcanic rock
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biodiversity strictly preserved
by National Park designation
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established old-tree tea rootstock
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rocky soil and sweet mountain springs
for intensely textural teas
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wild foraged and hand picked tea
accessible only by family and local Tongmu natives