Eco-Cha Tea Club
Qi Yun #23 Black Tea Tasting Notes | Eco-Cha Tea Club
Batch 98 of the Eco-Cha Tea Club is a Black Tea made from a new cultivar by the name of Qi Yun #23. It's Chinese name is derived from the place name of its origin in Qi Men, An Hui Province, China. The second word "yun" refers to its distinctive aftertaste. And it is in the finish that this brew stands apart. It has a pronounced orange citrus note that is akin to bergamot. So the leaves of the Qi Yun strain brew a naturally bergamot-like character of tea!
Qi Yun #23 Black Tea | Eco-Cha Tea Club
Batch 98 of the Eco-Cha Tea Club is a Qi Yun #23 Black Tea. It is a new strain of tea on the scene that was introduced by Taiwan's Tea Research and Extension Station (TRES) about five years ago. The cultivation of this new strain dates back to 1938, when a Japanese professor brought tea seeds from Qi Men in An Hui Province, China to cultivate in Taiwan. This research was continued by the TRES, which finally produced this new cultivar in the last decade.
Award-Winning Tie Guan Yin Oolong Tea Tasting Notes | Eco-Cha Tea Club
Batch 97 of the Eco-Cha Tea Club is an award-winning Tie Guan Yin Oolong Tea from Taiwan. It received 3rd Place Category Prize (top 18%) in the spring 2023 Muzha Farmers' Association tea competition. We were fortunate enough to procure the remainder of this batch of tea, and we purposely allowed it to rest and mellow until now to share it with the tea club.
Award-Winning Tie Guan Yin Oolong Tea | Eco-Cha Tea Club
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.
High Mountain Concubine Oolong Tea Tasting Notes| Eco-Cha Tea Club
Batch 96 of the Eco-Cha Tea Club is a High Mountain Concubine Oolong Tea from the Shan Lin Xi Tea growing region, harvested in fall 2022. This batch of tea was procured by our mentor Lisa Lin, who sources our High Mountain Concubine Oolong Tea and roasts it to her liking before offering it to us. Lisa has been a tea maker, a professional tea judge, a teacher of tea art, and has been buying and selling very small amounts of select teas in Lugu since before we met her in 1993.
High Mountain Concubine Oolong Tea | Eco-Cha Tea Club
Batch 96 of the Eco-Cha Tea Club is a High Mountain Concubine Oolong Tea from the Shan Lin Xi High Mountain Tea growing region shown above. Our mentor Lisa Lin procured this batch of bug bitten tea from her friend in Lugu, Taiwan following last fall 2022 harvest. She roasted it three times over several months time. We tasted it a few months ago in Lisa's home and immediately asked if we could procure enough to share with our tea club, and she happily obliged. It's an exemplary batch of Concubine Oolong Tea!
Li Shan High Mountain Oolong Tea Tasting Notes | Eco-Cha Tea Club
Batch 95 of the Eco-Cha Tea Club is a Lishan High Mountain Oolong Tea, harvested in early August. This second flush of Qing Xin Oolong strain grown at 2000m elevation represents the "gao leng", (which loosely translates as "alpine") style of tea from the northern borders of Taiwan's High Mountain Tea growing regions.
Li Shan High Mountain Oolong Tea | Eco-Cha Tea Club
Batch 96 of the Eco-Cha Tea Club is a Li Shan High Mountain Oolong Tea from fall 2023 harvest. The Eco-Cha Tea Club is mostly about finding an unusually distinct batch of tea that is not generally available on the market, while maintaining variability in the monthly editions — with the goal of continually offering a different character of tea from month to month. Furthermore, we want to offer Taiwan's renowned specialty teas that are the best of their kind — in the world.
Ying Xiang Small Leaf Black Tea Tasting Notes | Eco-Cha Tea Club
Ying Xiang Small Leaf Black Tea was selected to share with the Eco-Cha Tea Club mainly because we feel it is an exemplary Small Leaf Black Tea from Taiwan. You can learn about the background of this tea in our sourcing blogpost. Ying Xiang is the name in Mandarin that was given to this cultivar which means "Alluring Fragrance". The leaves from this tea tree offer a distinctly aromatic brew that sets it apart from the other popular Taiwanese tea cultivars.
Ying Xiang Small Leaf Black Tea | Eco-Cha Tea Club
Batch 94 of the Eco-Cha Tea Club is an Ying Xiang Small Leaf Black Tea from Lugu, Taiwan. Ying Xiang means "alluring fragrance", and it is the name given to this tea cultivar that was produced by Taiwan's Tea Research and Extension Station (TRES). It is also known as Tai Cha #20 — being the 20th cultivar to be promoted by the TRES. This cultivar is a cross between the most commonly grown tea strain on Taiwan — Qing Xin Oolong, and the second most commonly grown cultivar — Jin Xuan Tai Cha #12, also known as "milk oolong'.
Roasted Wuyi Oolong Tea Tasting Notes | Eco-Cha Tea Club
Batch 93 of the Eco-Cha Tea Club is a Roasted Wuyi Oolong Tea. Learn the detailed background of this tea in the sourcing blog. This month's edition is perhaps our favorite rendition of Wuyi Oolong that we have shared to date.
Roasted Wuyi Oolong Tea | Eco-Cha Tea Club
Batch 93 of the Eco-Cha Tea Club is a Roasted Wuyi Oolong Tea from Songboling in Nantou County, Taiwan. This plot of tea was planted about 10 years ago and has been naturally cultivated — without the use of pesticides or chemical fertilizers.