Lost Relic Tieguanyin | Oolong Tea

A TeaSource Exclusive! Available online only. This is the latest installment of our ongoing Tieguanyin Project with Daniel Hong and he really delivered good on this one. A cup of strong, yet subtle virtues. The roast is hearty, but the body is so smooth it almost defies gravity. A clean, mineral character glimmers with a fruity tang that softens into a sweet cocoa finish.  Harvested and produced September 17, 2024, it completed its third and final roast on November 27, 2024. It’s a one bud, three leaf pick of the Tieguanyin cultivar growing at 2,200 feet in Ying Shan Village, Dehua County, Fujian Province. What is Tieguanyin? The exact translation for Tieguanyin is “Iron Goddess of Mercy” and the loose pronunciation is “tee-uh-gwon-yin.” By definition, these teas are made from the Tieguanyin cultivar. Anxi County is its home. It gets its name from Guanyin, the Buddhist bodhisattva of compassion, an important figure in both Chinese Buddhism and folk religion. The farmer and scho