Secret Garden Alishan High Mountain 2025 Winter

  Broth has the bright and clear golden-yellow color of classically oxidized oolong tea. Surface has a slight oily sheen and when you jiggle the cup there is a bit of a gel like texture that clings to the sides, which indicates this tea is full of all the good stuff that we like! Aroma leans elegant rather than effusive : the notes of magnolia shift in and out mixing together with a stone fruit mid tone, reminiscent of peach. Sugarcane fills in the base. But these notes really only begin to paint the picture, the tea is constantly shifting and churning throughout many infusions which makes flavor notes hard to pin down. The overall vibe is poetic, the kind of beauty you might describe as moonlight reflecting in a pool of water. Dynamic, but soft. Gently refreshing but never heavy handed. Soft like a cloud in the mouth, the broth has a pleasant dewy sweetness. Travels with incredible ease to the throat where it brings on a delicate cooling sensation. Aroma lingers long in the mouth and