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"It has both black and oolong flavors with a great natural sweetness resembling dried fruit and Cinnamon spiciness."
On the darker side of the Oolong spectrum is our Asian Beauty, a smooth, sweet, and fragrant Oolong - and Taiwan's most famous "bug-bitten" tea. This tea is only produced in the Summer when the leaves naturally acquire notes of honey and cinnamon from the little leaf hoppers.
This tea is heavily oxidized but unroasted, so it lacks a bit in body. It's nice and smooth with good top notes. If you'd like more body you might consider our Mixiang Red Oolong. Alternately, aging Asian beauty for several years can grant more body if that's what you are looking for.
More info on Taiwan's leaf-hopper bitten teas can be found HERE
Other names for this tea marketed in the West: Oriental Beauty Oolong, Dong Fang Mei (東方美人）, Baihao, Champagne Oolong and Beggar's Tea.
Cultivar: 正種小葉種 Zheng Zhong Xiao Ye Zhong
Location: Xinzhu County, Taiwan
Elevation: This is a low elevation tea
Harvest: Summer 2024
Brewing:
Works well "grandpa style" or two teaspoons to 8 oz., 185° deg. water for 4 - 5 minutes. Repeat.
3gr to 150cc, 85-90°C. 1-3min steeps. We recommend two or three steeps to first be mixed together in another cup (chahai), then drink as a single steep.
