TEA CLUB Gold Medal Award Jin Xuan High Mountain Tea
Harvest: Hand-picked Region: ZhangshuhuTaiwan. Oxidation: Light Season: Spring 2017 Elevation: 1350m Roast: Light Roast
Flavor: Delicate floral/creamy aroma. Balanced, fresh buttered scone flavor. Clean, lingering vegetal aftertaste.
BREWING GUIDE: 8g 300mL 95ºC 3 minutes
GARDEN members are sitting around a card table draped in black cloth, painstakingly This batch of Jin Xuan High Mountain inspecting and selecting only the best Tea was procured from Zhangshuhu, quality of the leaves and discarding the perhaps the most renowned village for rest. producing Alishan High Mountain Tea. Our friend achieved Gold Medal Award The leaves were delicately roasted to in the Meishan Farmers' Association meet the competition quality standard, "New Strain" Competition for the o ering a mild, smooth, well-balanced, batches he entered. In this case, "new buttery-sweet brew. The light roasting strain" indicates Jin Xuan Tai Cha #12. can be observed in the color of the This month's Tea Club batch is the brewed tea above, which is more golden combined remains from these Gold than an unroasted High Mountain Tea. Medal entries. We have very much appreciated this standard set by the Meishan Farmers' TASTING NOTES Association Competitions, as it o ers a The batch of Jin Xuan Tea leaves shown flavor profile that is between a fresh, above were carefully selected, roasted green, floral unroasted High Mountain and de-stemmed to attain their optimal Tea and a rich, bold, complex quality and value. Due to a shortage of traditionally made tea, such as Dong manual labor in recent years, the Ding Oolong. majority of competition tea batches are de-stemmed using a computerized THE STORY OF THIS TEA machine specially designed for this This month's batch of tea being shared purpose. However, whenever we visit with the Eco-Cha Tea Club is from spring the source of this batch of tea during harvest in the village of Zhangshuhu, competition season, 2-4 family where some of the highest quality Alishan
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Harvest: Hand-picked Region: ZhangshuhuTaiwan. Oxidation: Light Season: Spring 2017 Elevation: 1350m Roast: Light Roast
Flavor: Delicate floral/creamy aroma. Balanced, fresh buttered scone flavor. Clean, lingering vegetal aftertaste.
BREWING GUIDE: 8g 300mL 95ºC 3 minutes
High Mountain Tea is produced. We have between an unroasted High Mountain Tea been visiting this remote village for over and the more traditional, medium roasted 15 years, and have watched it become the Oolongs. Taiwan's national tea judges set most esteemed source of High Mountain this standard to promote a di erent style Tea from this region. of tea making that has its own specialty quality. The art of roasting is added to the Our friend who won Gold Medal Awards value of expert farming and processing of in this year's Meishan Farmers' High Mountain Tea. In order to achieve Association "New Strain" Spring Tea optimal roasting results, the leaves need Competition has been sourcing his to be su ciently oxidized, but not too competition batches of tea from the most much — perhaps 5-10% more than a sought after tea makers in this village for standard unroasted "green" High many years. The "New Strain" Mountain Tea. competition for this area represents Jin Xuan, otherwise known as "Tai Cha #12" — The slightly more oxidized leaves are the most popular hybrid strain cultivated roasted with finesse to produce a in Taiwan. The Meishan Farmers' balanced, smooth and somewhat sweeter Association is home to the second largest profile than its unroasted High Mountain tea competition in Taiwan, following the Tea predecessor. The April batch of the Lugu Farmers' Association's Dong Ding Eco-Cha Tea Club was the Qing Xin Oolong Tea Competition — which is the Oolong category of the same largest Oolong Tea competition in the competition. Now we are able to share a world. batch of tea that is the same competition standard, but made with Jin Xuan Tea The quality standard for the Meishan leaves. The di erence between the two competition calls for a lightly roasted tea types grown in the same region and High Mountain Tea character. This is a processed the same way is subtle, yet relatively new flavor profile that stands noticeable in terms of the innate qualities
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Harvest: Hand-picked Region: ZhangshuhuTaiwan. Oxidation: Light Season: Spring 2017 Elevation: 1350m Roast: Light Roast
Flavor: Delicate floral/creamy aroma. Balanced, fresh buttered scone flavor. Clean, lingering vegetal aftertaste.
BREWING GUIDE: 8g 300mL 95ºC 3 minutes
of these two tea strains. Jin Xuan is known for its sweeter, milder, smoother and more palatable qualities than its Qing Xin "mother-strain". It was designed for optimal range of adaptability in both its cultivation and processing methods. It has become one of the most popular tea types on the international market originating from Taiwan.
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