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Flavor: Jasmine flower aroma. Balanced, mildly sweet, delicate floral character. Clean, refreshing finish.
Garden: This source is the most innovative and progressive tea producer we know. A husband and wife team cooperate with neighboring farmers to produce an impressive array of organically cultivated tea in the historical tea growing region of Songbolin in Nantou County. From wild and heirloom tea strains to modern hybrid cultivars of tea, they have researched and developed eclectic processing methods to make some unique styles of tea. This is the first source from whom we've been inspired to offer flower tea blends. Their ideology of natural farming methods combined with their comprehensive knowledge of tea production inspires us to represent their extraordinary teas.
Harvest: Machine harvested, medium batch, summer 2023, Songboling, Taiwan.
Elevation: 400m
Brewing: 9g in 300ml 95°C water, steep for 3 minutes. Re-steep. Adjust to taste.
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This batch of tea was made from naturally grown Jin Xuan cultivar, also known as "milky oolong" and Tai Cha #12. Jin Xuan is most commonly produced as a "green Oolong" where the leaves are lightly oxidized and left unroasted. The floral and herbal characters of Jin Xuan made into a Green Tea offer a refreshing character as whole leaf tea/flower blend.
These leaves were infused with hand-picked Jasmine flowers in a post production process. The distinct yet compatible qualities of a flower essence combined with a fresh Green Tea character offer a very flavorful and satisfying brew. We've discovered that this tea works equally well as a cold brew or a hot brew. The beauty of this batch of tea is that you can sit down and brew it Gongfu style and marvel at the intricacies of an organically grown Green Tea combined with a flower essence to produce a heady, complex brew. Or you can just toss some of these leaves and flowers in your water bottle and let it sit for a couple hours at room temperature or in the fridge overnight, and enjoy it all day as a cold brew.
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Mr. and Mrs. Xie manage their cooperative of certified organic tea farms in a way that combines tradition with an eclectic knowledge of tea production. They have an integrated understanding of what works in terms of tea cultivation and processing as well as consumer market trends. After visiting them numerous times in their home and gradually learning of their overall production that was warranted by our relentless questions, we discovered this tea type which is unique in our knowledge of tea making.
This batch of tea is Jin Xuan Tai Cha #12 blended with Jasmine flowers in a post-production infusion process. We've tried several tea blends from this source, and despite the fact that we have been tea purists up to now, we've finally been convinced that tea blends are well worth sharing when they are made with the right ingredients and prepared with world-class skill and knowledge of tea making. It's the balance of organically cultivated tea with a distinct flower essence that is consistently satisfying, either hot or cold, that has compelled us to put this tea on our shelf!
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Brewing Guide: 6g tea in 300ml 90°C water. Steep for 2 minutes. Re-steep. Adjust to taste.
Cold Brew: Use 4g of tea per liter of water. Brew tea at room temperature for 2-3 hours, and enjoy. Or you can put your cold brew bottle in the fridge to brew overnight and be ready to drink the next day.
Gongfu Brew: Use 1g tea per 18mL 100°C water. First brew 50 seconds, second brew 40 seconds, third brew 50 seconds. Can be brewed 4 to 6 times.
