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“This is another tea I drank through recently without much thought. Not until the last mug brewed with 4g:300mL did this tea really stand out as a well-roasted Anxi oolong. Strong, sweet and fleshy...” Read full tasting note
Rare varietal dark roast Wuyi transplant
Master Zhang has cultivated a tiny grove of Jin Suo Shi, brought from Wuyishan, and finishes it to bring out ginger, gardenia, citrus, sesame, and cedar notes with a cooling aftertaste.
Jin Suo Shi or “Golden Key” has been cultivated in Wuyishan on a small scale for almost one hundred years. In the last few decades Jin Suo Shi has been the subject of substantial research for its natural cold and drought resistance. Master Zhang cultivates a small grove of Jin Suo Shi, planted from seedlings picked up during his years of research on Wuyishan’s growing and finishing techniques. The terroir of Daping and Master Zhang’s expert finishing bring out fruity notes in this uncommon cultivar, along with a building intense sweetness. This spring’s harvest is finished with a dark roast.
Tasting Profile
spice – fresh ginger, galangal floral – gardenia fruit – citrus peel savory – malt, soy, sesame vegetal – cedar texture – camphor cooling, tinglingCompany description not available.
This is another tea I drank through recently without much thought. Not until the last mug brewed with 4g:300mL did this tea really stand out as a well-roasted Anxi oolong.
Strong, sweet and fleshy floral aroma. Heady. All kinds of exotic flowers, sweet and spicy. White lily, gardenia, ylang ylang, tuberose. Good dose of galangal, a hint of cinnamon. Toasted coconut and vanilla. The roast amplifies the sweet nose and does not stand apart. Mouthfeel is not notable and the taste is mostly carried by that heady scent. One with a preference for strong aromas would appreciate this tea the most. Pretty high energy, somewhat uncomforable for me like a lot of tieguanyin from Anxi.
Better western than gongfu, so it did make a nice work tea.
Flavors: Caramelized Sugar, Cedar, Cinnamon, Coconut, Floral, Flowers, Gardenias, Ginger, Lily, Pine, Roasty, Spicy, Sugar, Tropical, Vanilla
