ANXI TGY | oolong

ANXI TGY is a qing xiang ("light fragrance") tieguanyin from the outskirts of Anxi county, Fujian province, China. This tea is a classic representation of light oxidation tieguanyin—only without the taint of unsafe synthetic fertilizer most TGY is rife with (owing to a surge in popularity through the late 90's when farmers desperate to increase yield over-used farming chemicals and depleted the soils). Today, tea gardens in Anxi-proper are still recovering. Alan, our TGY maker, grows well outside this zone. Tieguanyin is the name of the cultivar—a small leaf sinensis plant that performs well at high elevation (it's popular in Taiwan, where the plants were transplanted from Fujian). Alan's garden lies at 1,000 meters, and his teas carry all the complexity of high elevation plants due to his agrochemical-free farming, nutrient-rich soils, and expert producing hand. ANXI TGY is processed in the modernist low-oxidation style (qing xiang—"light fragrance"). Where heavily oxidized tieguanyin