Shanlinxi High Mountain Black Tea, Lot 345

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Tea making in Taiwan is constantly evolving. One of the emerging trends in the last years is to see more and more high-mountain growers wishing to diversify their offerings by proposing other styles than oolongs. Quig Xin Oolong, the dominant cultivar in the high mountains has great potential for making excellent black tea, providing it is in the hands of an experienced black tea maker. This is where the problem lies when the wind of change is blowing. Not all high mountain producers have the ability to make good black tea. Not satisfied with what we were finding, we decided to take the matter into our own family hands by sourcing high mountain leaves from a friend of the family in Shanlinxi and bringing them down to our family’s workshop for processing into this Lot 345. Is it good? you will ask. Good enough to be awarded a prize at this year’s Tea Farmer’s Association Competition in Mingjian as the dominant tea in the blend proposed as our Lot 347 High Mountain Competition Black Tea. If you indulge in the pleasures of high-mountian oolongs, you must try this tea. You will experience the same expansive liveliness where tangy stone fruit notes (peach, cherry) will dominate with hints of fresh vanilla and wintergreen freshness. The body is suave with very supple and silky tannins but what surprises is the most pleasant long aftertaste that simply lures you to not stop drinking it! This is a great gongfu tea as well and shows great promise for ageing