The Premier - Classic Sachets

Place: Sun Moon Lake, Nantou, Taiwan Cultivar: Ruby 18  Crop: 2023 Description The Premier tea is made with the Ruby 18  cultivar and it is processed with the traditional craft methods of an oolong. This is a tea with lightly twisted leaves, highly oxidized, half-moon rolling, and lightly baked. Its rich, malty, sweet, fruity, fragrant aroma, and beautiful red color make it one of the premier oolong teas of Taiwan.  Background Story In 1925 Burmese Assam varietal bushes were introduced and planted in the Sun Moon Lake (Ri Yue Tan) area. Due to Sun Moon Lake’s ideal terroir the Assamica tea trees grew very well. In 1999 after several years of searching for an ideal cultivar for a new tea the Taiwanese Tea Research Extension Station released Ruby 18 (Hongyu 18), which is a hybrid of the Taiwanese indigenous tea bushes and the Assamica tea bushes imported by the Japanese.   Brewing Instructions Ideal infusion: 1 tea sachet, 8oz of water, 195°F, 2-3 minutes. You may do multiple infusions t