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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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The World's Largest Oolong Tea Competition

The World's Largest Oolong Tea Competition

December 13, 2017

Andy recently visited a good friend and long-time Oolong tea supplier in Lugu. It so happened, the Lugu Farmers' Association's Dong Ding Oolong Competition was kicking off at the same time. This competition is the largest Oolong tea competition in the world and tea farmers far and wide bring their best teas for judging. Check out Andy's behind-the-scenes peek into how a good loose leaf oolong tea is crowned a winner in the world's largest Oolong tea competition.

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Tea wrapped and ready for rolling

Year Two Of The Eco-Cha Tea Club

December 17, 2016

We invite you to join us as we continue on our endless journey to seek out and discover singular seasonal batches of tea that are one-of-a-kind specialties, and not available anywhere else. We will continue to tell the story of each batch of tea we select, sharing photos that offer windows into this rich world of Taiwanese teas and the culture in which is flourishes. We tell you all about the tea, where it comes from, how it's made, and share a sip-along-with-us tasting video with each unique batch. Come along for the adventure with the Eco-Cha Tea Club as we make another cycle around the sun, drawing us to remote mountainous regions around the beautiful island of Taiwan!

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Tieguanyin Oolong tea

Tieguanyin Oolong Tea Tasting Notes | Eco-Cha Tea Club

November 08, 2016

In many cases, traditional styles of tea making involve much more "curing" of the tea leaves that has the dual purpose of bringing out a strong, distinct character, and stabilizes the tea leaves to maintain its flavor — giving it a prolonged shelf life as well as a discernible profile. In this sense, Tieguanyin Oolong is a prime example of a traditional product of regional origin. Initially brought from mainland China, this tradition took root in Northern Taiwan in the 1800's, and it has survived to this day.

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Rarely-used traditional tea harvesting baskets still being used on a tea farm in Taiwan

Tieguanyin Oolong Tea | Eco-Cha Tea Club

November 05, 2016

This farm is the only place we've seen the baskets shown above still being used in Taiwan for harvesting tea by hand. They are now typically displayed as a memoir of generations past. This in itself is a symbol for the tradition that this farmer has made his vocation to preserve. At the young age of 20, he inherited his family farm in the historical tea producing area of Muzha in Taipei County, and has dedicated the last 30 years of his life to keeping the tradition alive by making the type of tea for which this place name has been renowned for well over 100 years - Tieguanyin Oolong.

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Tea makers from the Dong Ding Ooolong area of Taiwan

Inaugural Dong Ding Tea Making Workshop In Phoenix Village

September 24, 2016

The Yonglong Fenghuang Community recently conducted its inaugural local workshop emulating the Lugu Farmers' Association's model of a Traditional Dong Ding Oolong Tea making practicum. This community is the historical heart of Dong Ding Oolong Country. It is where this specialty tea originated and continues to represent the most traditional methods of Dong Ding Oolong tea making.

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Eco-Cha hosted a Global Youth Institute visit to tea country

GYI (Global Youth Institute) 2015 Taiwan Visits Tea Country

July 16, 2015

When GYI contacted us to ask if we were interested in being a part of this year's program in Taiwan, of which the theme is "Redefining", we promptly said yes. And so we filled their slot of agriculture amidst other subjects such as design, health, media, and more in their 2-week program.

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屏東縣港口茶 Pingtung Port Tea Fields

屏東縣港口茶 Pingtung Port Tea: A Historical Anomaly From The 19th Century

June 27, 2015

We finally got the chance to explore a site that has piqued our curiosity for many years. A tiny village at the southern tip of Taiwan that has cultivated tea since the 1880's!

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Eco-Cha filming a documentary about tea with Daai TV

大愛電視 / Big Love Television Films Eco-Cha

June 14, 2015

We spent several days over the last couple weeks filming in tea country (Lugu) and in Taichung City with the Buddhist-based Da Ai Television station. It will a while before the program is aired, but for now we can share some behind the scene shots. Here we are at Tony and Lisa Lin's tea table playing with tea design ideas.

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Tea from this winter's tea sourcing trip

An Extensive Winter Tea Shopping Spree

December 20, 2014

Well, it has been a long season of winter tea shopping, and we are delighted to announce that we have procured all of our selections and they are up on the site.

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Finished packing some organic oolong tea

Packaging Up The Inaugural Harvest: Organic Oolong Tea

December 09, 2014

The tea leaves have now been divvied up into all the shares that were claimed in our campaign and are on their way to Eco-Cha HQ to be paired up with other parts of the perk packages to be sent to our backers

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Brewing some organic oolong tea

Inaugural Harvest Tasting Notes

December 05, 2014

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.

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