Dong Fang Mei Ren
Shanlin Xi, Zhushan, Taiwan
Gold at The Leafies 2022 by the UK Tea Academy.
An award-winning unroasted oolong with outstanding complexity from Wang Family Tea in Taiwan. Their picturesque tea garden is located in the high mountain Shanlin Xi tea growing area in Zhushan, surrounded by a highly biodiverse wild bamboo forest. The result is an oolong with exceptional terroir, which will yield notes of fruit and honey when brewed properly. Just beautiful.
Ingredients: Oolong tea
£79.95
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infusion
We highly recommend brewing this tea using the Gong Fu style in an unglazed teapot.
leaf/water
Brew 5g per 100ml at 100°C. No rinse.
brewing times
1st Round Brewing Time: 45 Seconds
2nd Round Brewing Time: 40 Seconds
3rd Round Brewing Time: 45 Seconds
+10 seconds per additional infusions
quick method
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4g
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250ml
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3-4 mins
Alternatively, steep 4g in 250ml of 95°C water for 3-4 mins.
The Wang Family Tea garden is nestled in the high mountain Shanlin Xi tea growing area and is surrounded by wild bamboo forest.
flavour
A small-batch oolong made using traditional processing methods, with what the producers of this tea call a “100% fruit flavour”.
Properly brewed using the Gong Fu style, this oolong will yield complex flavours of lemon, green apple, muscatel grape, dried fig, yellow plum, guiyan and passion fruit.
The Wang Family Tea garden is nestled in the high mountain Shanlin Xi tea growing area and is surrounded by wild bamboo forest.
origin
The Wang Family Tea garden is nestled in the high mountain Shanlin Xi tea growing area and is surrounded by wild bamboo forest. The land was previously unused and home only to wild vegetation, which means the soil has never been exposed to chemical treatments of any kind, leading to an exceptional terroir.
The Wang Family Tea garden is nestled in the high mountain Shanlin Xi tea growing area and is surrounded by wild bamboo forest.
Wang Family Tea wins in the Gold category for their tea, Dong fang Mei ren, at The Leafies 2022.
delivery & returns
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