Lightly oxidized oolong is a "select" lot made in the AnXi Region. This is a wonderful value, low-oxidized, green-style Oolong. It has a fine leaf appearance of deep greens with just a hint of brown coloration. Once steeped, its leaves release a wonderful floral aroma. Taste is rich and sweet with a lingering aftertaste. The cup infusion is light, green-yellow and clear. The tea's nuanced flavors are created in a multi-step, hours-long, process of semi-oxidizing the leaves. This tea is rich; it will satisfy and will provide multiple steeps to enjoy.
One of our highest grade Tieguanyin, it is single origin and handmade. Chinese lore tells us the women plucking these prized leaves would tuck the finest into their blouses to preserve them, thus the name. Well-crafted leaves will open slowly and show their characteristic large size. This tea is a rolled-leaf style and through multiple steeps will release a deep, multi-layered buttery taste with hints of orchid flowers. Cups to lovely, bright yellow-green liquor. Lot is a spring pick leaf.
Each year, we choose a lot of Tieguanyin from our source tea maker that we believe is the finest of that season's selections. We hope it will intoxicate the drinker with its sublime aroma and nuanced floral taste. A rich tea, it caresses the tongue with nectar. Fully opened, the rolled leaves are broad and long with serrated edges. The first steep is about aroma. The second steep, the leaves begin to give up their treasured tastes and will for a number of steeps. The taste lingers long after drinking. This is a high-grade oolong, much prized in China and we are proud to offer it to you.
Ever inventive, skilled grafting of a high-grade Tieguanyin varietal with the traditional early-spring Huang Jin Gui oolong created this delicious treat, Golden Jade. The leaf is medium size, beautifully shaped and preserved. It is low-oxidized, offering a light and fresh-green appearance. The taste reflects the deft hand of the tea maker - it is full-bodied, naturally floral and lush, delivering a wonderful, buttery taste that will linger. This oolong is a real treat and the lot we found is very well-made.
Wonderful green-style oolong is named for the fine "hairs" on the backside of the leaves. It is a highly aromatic and floral tea grown only in the AnXi Region. Ours is a spring lot, traditionally processed and lightly oxidized. The leaves are rolled and a mix of light and dark greens. The leaves unfurl to a truly delicious cup with delicate "peach-like" notes. It is an oolong that can be served hot or iced/chilled.
Aromatic, large light-green leaves tinged with hues of red, have been lightly pressed into 10-gram cakes and offer yet another way to enjoy an oolong. Our Immortals Oolong is honey-sweet and light, it will linger in the mouth with a light flavor. As the cake unfolds and its large leaves and stems unfurl, the mass of leaf will yield multiple steeps. The cup liquor is clean, light-yellow, almost a shade of green. Tea has a light fruit note, lingers on the tongue. Each cake is wrapped in white paper, perfect for travel.
"Iron Goddess" is our traditional-style Chinese oolong. It is light-to-medium oxidized showing some brown coloration on the leaves. This medium-oxidized oolong was the preferred style in China's domestic tea market before the advent of low-oxidized, greener side oolong. This higher oxidized leaf process yields a full-bodied, sweet oolong with some nuttiness. The leaf is uniformly large, then rolled with stems intact. As the leaves unfurl slowly, the first steep is known for its aroma; subsequent steeps will provide increased taste.
One of the first oolongs harvested in early spring, this small-leaf varietal is known for its light-green appearance and light fresh, sweet taste. The leaf is comparatively small and light in coloration; hence it is often called Jade Oolong. This lot was made by a family of tea makers in the AnXi Region of Fujian Province. This oolong is "Se Zhong" style which is a blend of high-grade leaves offering a golden-green liquor color, with a lightly floral aroma and a delicate mouth taste. This tea goes very well with food.
Perhaps our sweetest tasting oolong! This lot was grown at the highest elevations of the Phoenix Mountains in the Feng Huang area of Guangdong Province. Once harvested, the leaves are withered then artistically shaped by a tea master we know well. The leaves are wood charcoal fired in wicker baskets to create a distinctive, red-green leaf with a fruity and roasted aroma. This small, terraced tea farm harvests from oolong trees that are, in cases, hundreds of years old. Its sweetness is enhanced by a light scent of Yu Lan flower; cup taste is nuanced with a long and pleasant aftertaste.
A competition-grade, single-origin Tieguanyin oolong made in AnXi by a tea maker well-known for the superb quality of his teas. Classed as a clear and fragrant Tieguanyin, the leaves were fired briefly at low-temperature to ensure a fresh, green-color leaf with a very evident floral aroma. As the rolled leaves steep, they unfurl slowly and release lush, honey-colored liquor and an orchid-like flavor that will delight the palate and linger for some time. Lightly oxidized, uniformly large, the leaves are light-to-dark green. This oolong is rich and is good for many infusions as the leaves release complex flavors.
Classed as a single-trunk oolong, the tea leaves grow on a tree that has been cultivated for, in cases, hundreds of years, to reach this shape and unusual quality. This is a famous tea grown in the Feng Huang area in the Phoenix Mountains of Guangdong Province. Made of long, thin leaves crafted by artisans, then high-fired to a deep brown-red leaf color in wicker baskets over wood charcoal, the taste is toasty, full of aroma and fruity notes. This tea is a real treat as it will unleash a wealth of nectar-like tastes and provide multiple steeps.
Exotic, aromatic, visual, flavorful & delicious as the leaves slowly open - the world of oolongs! Our sampler collection offers essentially the range of Chinese oolong styles. From lo-oxidized and floral to medium oxidized and "nutty" to high-fired and roasty. All delicious and a great introduction to oolongs.
Ben Shan oolong - Select low-oxidized, aromatic leaf opens to a sweet floral taste and a delicious finish. 2 oz.
Iron Goddess Tieguanyin (Tieguanyin) - Traditional style, medium oxidized, creates a full- bodied, sweet taste. 2 oz.
Phoenix Bird Oolong (Dan Cong) High-mountain oolong, wood-charcoal fired, elegant brown-red leaf, toasty and fruity taste. 2 oz.
This medium oxidized, muted green-red leaf offers a sweet and tangy aroma. A Dan Cong style oolong, it is grown at an elevation of over 4000 feet in the Phoenix Mountains in Guangdong Province. This steep terrain is shrouded in clouds and mists and hot sun in the season, yielding some of China's most prized teas. Long, thin leaves are withered, then wood charcoal-fired to produce a sweet yet verging on astringent taste. A rich aromatic leaf it will steep to a nectar-like taste and offer multiple infusions.
Our private collection Phoenix Bird Oolongs, from the tea-famous Feng Huang area of Guangdong, are found in small lots, generally one to two kilograms per year and are not teas found in the market. These Dan Cong style oolongs are picked from trees in the mountains that are, in cases, 100 to 500 years old. The leaves are carefully processed by artisans (school teacher, tea farmers), who learned their trade from ancestors. Long, thin leaves, hand-worked multiple times, show hues of dark brown-green and red reflecting the bruising of the leaf to release vital juices that create the tastes for which these teas are world famous. Repeatedly fired over charcoal to capture and arrest these tastes, these oolongs can be toasty, sweet and tangy, fruity and honey-like and will certainly infuse numerous times, all the while releasing new tastes to the palate. No two lots are ever the same. These select lots are available in limited quantity.
Plum Blossom Fragrance is a favorite lot, very aromatic, naturally floral and very sweet. This tea is grown at the higher elevations of the mountains and its flavor and body reflect the elements of mist, clouds and warm sun that nurture its growth. Leaves are withered, then worked and shaped (note the reddish coloration on the leaves once they are steeped). Then they are fired over charcoal imparting toasty notes and almond-like flavors. Well-crafted, rich in taste, this oolong is sure to please and will once again prove why these varietals are so prized!
A very lightly oxidized oolong, Snow Pear is from the An Xi Region of Fujian Province. Hand-rolled leaves are a light shade of green and offer a subtle, fragrant aroma as the name well suggests. The taste is nuanced and leaves a distinct yet light, sweet-fruit-like aftertaste. This is an oolong that you will not often find outside China. It is another local style crafted to local taste preferences.
