Tieguanyin Traditional
Minnan oolong: Tieguanyin Traditional
Tieguanyin Traditional, of the Minnan line
Young Master Wang pointing at Nanyan, the legendary seat of the
As we climb the hill to one patch of their ancestral farm at the peak, Young Master Wang points at Nanyan, the legendary seat of the first Tieguanyin tea bush.
Wang's family Tieguanyin farm
Shrine of Tieguanyin mother tree at Nanyan, Xiping, Anxi. Five shabby old bushes have been fenced with this new cement structure. The biggest Chinese characters read: Mother trees of Tieguanyin. The topmost slab with two characters read: Tea Saint
A standard pluck configuration for Tieguanyin
A standard pluck — the two larger leaves will be retained in the product, whereas the leaf shoot and youngest leaf will be got rid of in the later stage of processing. Notice the size of the leaves.
Tea picking girl
The vast majority of the people in the villages around here are involved in Tieguanyin. When work needs to be done, they make phone calls and helping hands appear the next early morning. We had breakfast together and rode the bikes to the mountain top to start picking.
Wang's peak farm
Unlike most other Tieguanyin farms, Wang's peak farm, where Tea Hong's Tieguanyin Traditional is produced, is not pruned. You can compare the free growing style of the bushes and the tidy rows in the far away background. The leaves are harvested only once a year. The Wangs believe that this way the good substances in the leaves will be most balanced and abundant.

Tieguanyin Traditional

USD 23.30

Original Tieguanyin Cultivar

To old time aficionados, tieguanyin is not just about floral aroma. They seek yun-wei, which can be roughly translated as “lingering taste of various tones and accents”. For the right yun-wei, we went to the origin of tieguanyin for a fourth generation farm high in altitude. Tea Hong’s Tieguanyin Traditional is produced from a particular patch where only matured shrubs of the thorough-breed cultivar grow and are harvested only once year. This is to ensure maximum amount of taste and salutary substances are stored in the young leaves for subsequent mastery processing for the wonderful lingering taste of various tones and accents. Like a fine old style tieguanyin should be.

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Net weight: 100 g (3.5 oz) in Kraft-alu pack

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Taste profile

Crisp, fresh bouquet with buttery undertone. Refreshing overtone that reminds one of the after-rain air in high mountain forrest. Light accents of oatmeal cookies and the root of Mongolian milkvetch. Smooth, yet brisk body of silky tactility. Floral with undertone of Job’s tears and hints of herbs. Bright, earthy accents. Long, lively and malty aftertaste with light, creamy sweetness.

Infusion tip

A fine tieguanyin such as Tea Hong’s Tieguanyin Traditional is not meant only for gongfu style infusion, although many prefer it that way. Brewing it in the large teapot in conventional approaches also give you remarkable results. Always blanch it very quickly before infusion for maximum enjoyment.

Recommended temperature 95°C or above.

Please note that the dry leaves are quite tightly rolled and therefore heavier than the average loose leaves. Familiarise yourself with the tea basing on weight to water volume ratio.

How to tell a genuine Tieguanyin Traditional

 

For more details, please read How to Read a Tieguanyin Tea Leaf at Tea Log, our blog. While you are there, see also some nice pictures in Traditional Tieguanyin Tea Farm.

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Weight 210 g
Dimensions 18 × 9 × 5 cm
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