Baguashan Four Seasons Oolong Tea, Lot 601

We seem to always start and end the year with an exuberant expressive bouquet of liquid flowers like none other than our good friend Mr. Yi can make. We always turn to him for the best Si Ji Chun tea one can buy. His family, like ours, has been sowing the red earth of our community and rolling little green pearls of delight for generations now. Mr. Yi is one of the rare grower/producer in our community that is never content in making a commodity grade tea – which is the unfortunate reputation this type of tea has in Taiwan. He produces his Four Seasons with the same care and dedication as he would with a high-priced high-mountain oolong. It shows in each cup you will sip! Mr. Yi already knows what we like and he makes it a challenge to better his previous offering. We tend to always wait for his late winter productions since the leaves come from his best garden. This Lot 601 is just as expected: the lively character of this semi-wild strand simply tastes like happiness in a liquid form! This is a surprisingly expressive tea, very aromatic, with distinct fresh spring notes that evokes lilies of the valley and jasmine. It is very refreshing and fun to drink. Some people say it is very much like Chinese Anxi Tie Guan Yin. Most of the four season oolong tea is grown right here in our own Township of Mingjian in Nantou County, Taiwan. This area, at an elevation of up to 400 m above sea level, has the largest concentration of tea growers on this island and produces the largest quantity of tea in Taiwan.