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Traditional Lugu Oolong Tea Tasting Notes | Eco-Cha Tea Club

Traditional Lugu Oolong Tea Tasting Notes | Eco-Cha Tea Club

June 13, 2019 1 Comment

The medium oxidized leaves have undergone extensive, repeated roastings that have resulted in a very balanced, integrated character. The initial steepings offer a freshly cut wood aroma with a toasted nutty flavor. This proceeds to open up into a sweeter, more complex profile that is strikingly reminiscent of roasted winter vegetables, including parsnip, caramelized onion and butternut squash.

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Traditional Lugu Oolong Tea | Eco-Cha Tea Club

Traditional Lugu Oolong Tea | Eco-Cha Tea Club

June 11, 2019 3 Comments

Mr. Zhang's father cultivated tea on their homesteaded land in Xiaobantian, on the southside of Lugu Township, where he grew up in the midst of traditional tea making. At 20 something, he decided to embody his local tradition by clearing land to cultivate his own plot of tea. For the last 20 years, he has managed his own humble, privately owned plot of tea. Throughout this period, he also acquired seasonal work in tea factories in Lugu, Shanlinxi, Alishan, Fanzaitian, and Lishan. In a word, he learned the ropes of tea making in a comprehensive way, like most tea farmers of his generation. Lugu hosts the highest concentration of tea makers in Taiwan, and is a hub of specialty tea making culture.

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Charcoal Roasted High Altitude Oolong Tea Tasting Notes | Eco-Cha Tea Club

Charcoal Roasted High Altitude Oolong Tea Tasting Notes | Eco-Cha Tea Club

May 14, 2019 1 Comment

Tea grown at high altitude is known for its substantial composition and smooth texture, particularly when the leaves have been sufficiently oxidized. This batch of tea offers that creamy texture and subtle complexity of flavor as a base, with a pronounced charcoal roasted component at the forefront. The charcoal roast is prominent in the first few brews, and the underlying complexity of the tea flavor comes through more and more with each brew.

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Jin Xuan GABA Black Tea Tasting Notes | Eco-Cha Tea Club

Jin Xuan GABA Black Tea Tasting Notes | Eco-Cha Tea Club

April 12, 2019 3 Comments

Mr. Xie has been producing significant quantities of GABA Oolong Tea for several years, but this is the first batch of GABA tea that he processed as a Black Tea. After sharing his hand-picked, naturally farmed GABA Oolong that had been aged for a full year last July, we are excited to share this batch that was harvested last June, and aged 9 months. While these time periods do not qualify as "aging" tea, they do allow the composition of the leaves to mellow and offer a richer, more full-bodied character.

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Light Roast Concubine Oolong Tea | Eco-Cha Tea Club

Light Roast Concubine Oolong Tea | Eco-Cha Tea Club

March 08, 2019 1 Comment

Andy visited the farm a second time because the older brother had told him that he had transitioned his own plots of tea to completely natural farming, i.e. not using any chemical pesticides or fertilizers. The image above clearly shows the contrast of a transitional plot of tea in the foreground, compared to the commercially farmed plots of tea on the neighboring farm below in the background.

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Long Feng Xia High Mountain Oolong Tea Tasting Notes | Eco-Cha Tea Club

Long Feng Xia High Mountain Oolong Tea Tasting Notes | Eco-Cha Tea Club

January 12, 2019

Batch #38  of the Eco-Cha Tea Club is kicking off 2019 with a cutting edge rendition of Taiwanese High Mountain Oolong Tea. We're inspired to share this batch of tea because of its differentiating value from the conventional market grade High Mountain Tea that has become well known in Taiwan and beyond. 

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Red Oolong Tea | Eco-Cha Tea Club

Red Oolong Tea | Eco-Cha Tea Club

December 04, 2018 1 Comment

This is what inspired us to share this batch of tea that was produced in Nantou County. We consider this batch of tea to be properly named Red Oolong, simply because the leaves are obviously only partially oxidized. The flavor of the tea has aspects of a Black Tea character while maintaining the fragrant, aromatic complexity of an Oolong.

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Fo Shou Oolong Tea Tasting Notes | Eco-Cha Tea Club

Fo Shou Oolong Tea Tasting Notes | Eco-Cha Tea Club

November 12, 2018

Fo Shou, or Buddha Hand, is a traditionally made Oolong Tea with deep roots — literally. This name refers to a large-leaf strain of tea, putting in the same category as Wild Tea, Assam, and Red Jade #18. Large-leaf strains are a category that is distinctly separate from the majority of small-leaf tea strains cultivated for Chinese Oolong, Green and Black Tea production.

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Fo Shou Oolong Tea | Eco-Cha Tea Club

Fo Shou Oolong Tea | Eco-Cha Tea Club

November 09, 2018

This month, we are celebrating the third anniversary of the Eco-Cha Tea Club by sharing a batch of Fo Shou Oolong Tea for the very first time. The Chinese Fo Shou (佛手) means Buddha Hand. The name refers to the tea plant, or cultivar, which classifies as a large leaf type. This puts it in the category of Assam, and wild strains of tea, along with the Taiwanese hybrid cultivar — Red Jade #18. Despite the fact that virtually all large leaf type strains of tea are cultivated for Black Tea production in Taiwan, Fo Shou has found its unique niche in the making of (partially oxidized) Oolong Tea. Similar to its predecessor in mainland China, this batch of Fo Shou was made in the fashion of traditionally made Tie Guan Yin from Mu Zha, Taiwan.

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Eco-Farmed Jin Xuan GABA Tea Tasting Notes | Eco-Cha Tea Club

July 06, 2018

This month's batch of tea being shared with the Eco-Cha Tea Club continues to intrigue us. It has qualities of a delicate Black Tea, with the complexity and depth that defines Oolong Tea. It's mild in character, but very substantial and well balanced in its flavor profile. Smooth on the palate, with tangy, fruity notes, and a lasting heady finish. It's got that composition that keeps you refilling your cup to get more!

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Light Roast Phoenix Village Oolong Tea | Eco-Cha Tea Club

Light Roast Phoenix Village Oolong Tea | Eco-Cha Tea Club

June 14, 2018

We recently visited Mr. Liu when we hosted a visitor from Italy who was keen on experiencing the local tea culture. Our guest was truly elated to be served tea by a true artisan of the trade. Mr. Liu served us three different teas that were all locally harvested this past spring. They varied only in their degree oxidation and roasting. And the one that was sufficiently oxidized, but only lightly roasted, immediately impressed us.

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Gold Medal Award Dong Ding Jin Xuan Oolong Tea Tasting Notes | Eco-Cha Tea Club

Gold Medal Award Dong Ding Jin Xuan Oolong Tea Tasting Notes | Eco-Cha Tea Club

April 03, 2018

With the first brew poured off, the leaves offer a distinctly roasted character with nutty, fruitwood fireside notes. After the second brew the aroma of the brewed leaves turns a bit fruity, with a warming spice sweetness reminiscent of pumpkin pie. The tea has a roasted flavor upfront, followed by a sweetness like grilled fresh corn. Then it moves into a more balanced, rich, complex character and smooth texture. The second visual assessment of competition teas is the purity of color and transparency of the brewed tea. It should be clear and luminescent.

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