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Shan Lin Xi High Mountain Oolong Summer Harvest

Shan Lin Xi High Mountain Oolong Summer Harvest

July 20, 2021

We brewed our spring batch of Shan Lin Xi High Mountain Oolong Tea alongside the freshly picked summer batch to observe the differences between these two consecutive harvests from the same source. These two batches exhibited the classic seasonal traits of spring and summer high mountain tea.

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Icy cold glass of iced tea made from Taiwan loose leaf tea

Flavor Your Iced Tea

July 15, 2021

While pure iced teas made from quality Taiwan loose leaf tea are amazingly satisfying and refreshing on their own, sometimes it's also nice to mix it up with some natural flavorings. Here are some suggestions on how to flavor iced teas for an added kick.

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Refreshingly cold iced tea

Four Easy Loose Leaf Iced Tea Recipes to Beat the Summer Heat

July 09, 2021

Iced tea made from quality loose leaf tea leaves is not only extremely refreshing, but it's literally a 1-2-3 step process to prepare! Read on as we share with you four easy to make loose leaf iced tea recipes to beat the summer heat!

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Alishan High Mountain Oolong Summer Harvest (2021)

Alishan High Mountain Oolong Summer Harvest (2021)

July 01, 2021 2 Comments

Spring is classically the best quality stock of any given year. So it is no surprise at all that it is more flavorful than the summer crop. This is as it should be, given that it costs almost twice as much. So in the end, the value of summer tea wins vs. its cost. It is a prime quality High Mountain Tea from a source we have come to rely on almost solely for our Alishan High Mountain Oolong. And the price is hard to beat. So if you are looking for an everyday drinker that is really quite good quality, this batch is for you!

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Plum Rains Resolve Taiwan Drought

Plum Rains Resolve Taiwan Drought

June 24, 2021 4 Comments

At long last, the month of June has been replete with rainy weather here in Taiwan. Taiwan's rainy season, poetically referred to as "Plum Rains", has saved us from the drought that had reached crisis conditions!

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Gateway to the Alishan High Mountain Tea growing region in Taiwan

Alishan High Mountain Jin Xuan Oolong Tea Sourcing (Summer 2021)

June 11, 2021

This year's second crop of Alishan High Mountain Jin Xuan Oolong began to be harvested last week, before rains that lasted several days. Then resumed earlier this week. We first visited our primary source of Alishan High Mountain Tea to taste their first two days of summer harvest. 

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Wenshan Baozhong Tea tasting

Wenshan Baozhong Spring Tea Sourcing Trip

June 03, 2021

Above is our choice pick of spring tea from our source of Wenshan Baozhong Tea. It was a surprisingly smooth process of choosing which day's harvest we wanted. At first, when we walked in and saw his tea table maxed out with 10 bowls of  pre-brewed tea, and were invited to taste them and choose which one we want, it was rather intimidating!

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Taiwan Li Shan high mountain tea field

Taiwan Tea Harvest Overview: Spring 2021

May 28, 2021 2 Comments

Here's a quick round-up of how our spring 2021 sourcing turned out. You can check the product pages of any of our teas for details and browse our blog as well! All hail Taiwan Tea!

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Li Shan High Mountain Oolong tea and leaves

Li Shan High Mountain Oolong Spring Tea Sourcing Trip

May 22, 2021 2 Comments

We are so happy to have been able to show up at the spring harvest time of our Li Shan High Mountain Oolong to really get a sense of what was happening, and also to have first dibs on the day's harvest that we saw being processed. So grateful!

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Spring 2021 Harvest | Shan Lin Xi High Mountain Oolong Tea

Spring 2021 Harvest | Shan Lin Xi High Mountain Oolong Tea

May 14, 2021 2 Comments

We went up to film on the first day of spring harvest by our source of Shan Lin Xi High Mountain Oolong Tea. The early morning was sunny, but the fog rolled in early, and we were socked in by noon, diminishing our aspirations for getting lots of scenic drone footage! But this is representative of the daily weather — particularly in this micro-climate of a ravine that faces northeast. 

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Traditional Dong Ding Oolong Tea making

Spring 2021 Traditional Dong Ding Oolong Making

May 06, 2021 2 Comments

Our friend chose to only use one pot, or tumble heater, for the fixing stage. This would make it a slower and more relaxed tea making session, while allowing the leaves that were picked later in the day to oxidize more — resulting in a more uniformly cured batch of tea.

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Alishan High Mountain Oolong harvesting

Alishan High Mountain Oolong Spring Tea

April 27, 2021

The photo above shows new leaf growth at the optimal growth stage for harvest, particularly given this year's drought conditions. Normally, the leaves would be a bit larger. But the most essential factor is that there is sufficient new leaf growth that is still in its vibrant growth stage. This is most obviously indicated by pert V-shape contour of the newest growth. The leaves lower down on the newly sprouted branches will eventually flatten out, and settle into their more "permanent" vegetation stage. It's the new,  vibrant leaves that are mature enough to have substance, but tender enough to be optimal raw material for premium Alishan High Mountain Oolong Tea.

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