Tie Guan Yin Oolong Tea

Description Tasting Notes Origin Brewing Flavor: Fruitwood smoke, pipe tobacco aroma. Roasted, tangy fruit profile. Notes of rhubarb and dried apricots. Lasting dry finish with hints of mineral and stone fruit. Garden: This mixed batch of tea comes from Muzha and Pinglin, in Taipei.  The Tie Guan Yin tea leaves were harvested from this farmer's organically grown plots of tea in Muzha. Both of these place names have been producing tea since the 1800's. This farmer manages his own small plots of Tie Guan Yin, also known as "Iron Goddess", tea plants and processes the leaves in his home factory. This batch is 1/2 hand-picked Tie Guan Yin tea leaves and 1/2 machine clipped Jin Xuan Oolong that he processed in the traditional Tie Guan Yin fashion. It is now common practice to make Tie Guan Yin Oolong with Jin Xuan tea leaves. The majority of entries in the Muzha Farmers' Association Tie Guan Yin Oolong Tea Competition are made with leaves harvested from Jin Xuan tea plants and processed