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Inaugural Harvest Tasting Notes
Well, here we are at long last, drinking the brewed tea leaves that grew, were harvested, and processed since we visited the farm with the organic certification inspectors three months ago.
Inaugural Organic Harvest: Oolong Tea Roasting Process - Part One
And the first batch of leaves are in the oven! Thus begins the long slow roasting process that will be carefully attended to
Aged Dong Ding Oolong Tea - An Impromptu Introduction
Freshly harvested High Mountain Organic Oolong and decades-old Aged Dong Ding Oolong Tea
Pei Ketron Visits Us In Dong Ding Oolong Country
We recently spent the day with Pei Ketron ( @pketron ) - a freelance photographer from the U.S.A. who has family in Taipei.
The view above is from the vista point that our local friend and tea artisan took us up to overlooking Qilin Lake (麒麟潭) and Phoenix Village (鳳凰村)
An Inspirational Tea Farmer
Mr. LIn is on a new mission to cultivate Organic Dong Ding Oolong Tea on an isolated mountain plot of land he inherited from his father.
Dragon Boat Concubine
June 2nd was the fifth day of the fifth month in the lunar calendar - Dragon Boat Festival - a national holiday here in Taiwan. I rode up to tea country and visited my friend and Dong Ding Oolong artisan who invited me to come and eat “zhongzi”.
This story was originally posted on the T Ching tea blog site.
Spring Harvest Report 2014 #9 - Spring Rain's Late Arrival
Central Taiwan has finally gotten some rain this past week, interspersed with some bright sunny mornings in tea country. On Saturday afternoon a storm came through when we first arrived, but had cleared by nightfall.
Spring Harvest Report 2014 #8 - Waiting For Jade Oolong
Our source of Tsui Yu Jade Oolong (台茶13號) had an interesting story to tell when we asked him about spring harvest.
Spring Harvest 2014 Report #7 - Spring Shopping Begins!
Yesterday we visited our friend in Songbolin, Nantou County - Taiwan to taste some freshly made spring teas and collect some samples.