Eco-Cha Tea Club

Batch 99 of the Eco-Cha Tea Club is a Traditional Lugu Oolong Tea made from a winter 2023 harvest of Qing Xin Oolong leaf material grown at 700m elevation in Yonglong Village of Lugu Township, Taiwan. The slightly mature winter flush was processed more traditionally in that it underwent ample solar withering in the initial stage and extensive tumbling at the end of the withering process in order to induce  a more thorough degree of oxidation. The leaves also underwent sufficient primary rolling after being tumble heated to cease the oxidation process. 

Batch 99 of the Eco-Cha Tea Club is a Traditional Lugu Oolong Tea from Yonglong Village in the Lugu Township, Taiwan. The Fenghuang/Yonglong community is along a ridge that runs adjacent to Dong Ding Mountain. This community is home to the densest population of artisan Oolong Tea makers on the island, and is considered to be the heart of traditional Oolong Tea culture in Taiwan. Shown above are father and son from a family of tea farmers. This month's batch of tea was harvested from this plot along with another small plot that were initially planted on their family land decades ago.

Kicking off our ninth year of the Eco-Cha Tea Club with batch 97 — an award winning Tie Guan Yin Oolong Tea from Muzha, Taiwan. Shown above is our friend who made this tea, and from whom we source our in-store Tie Guan Yin Oolong. On the wall behind him are the numerous awards he's received in recent years — including Champion Award at the top.