Winter Alpine Oolong from Dayuling Plantation 88K (大禹嶺冬茶)

Dayuling (Da Yu Ling) Winter Oolong tea is a top-grade oolong tea from the plantation at 88 km in Dayuling area in Nantou county. It is growing at the altitude more than 2600 meters on the highest tea plantation in the world.

This is a winter oolong and is very special for its taste and limited kind of oolong. Due to the leaves growing more slowly and in typically colder, drier weather winter tea is typically more balanced, subtle, and has a longer finish. Winter harvest yields considerably less tea because plants are in the (relatively) dormant phase of their annual growing cycle. Lower yields and the fact that winter harvest is just before Chinese New Year (when tea is often given as gifts) make winter tea more in-demand and potentially higher priced.

Leaves: delicately hand-rolled into small, green-yellow coloured balls

Taste

Liquor is greenish and clear; aroma is wonderful with sweet honey notes. Very soft and sweet honey taste and aftertaste.

Brewing

You can use any kind of tea pot, but clay tea pot suits much better.

Warm up the tea pot with the boiling water, put 2-3 grams of tea, and pour small amount of the boiling water into the tea and pour out, then pour 225-250 ml of boiling water and cover tea pot for three minutes before serving.

Boiling temperature – 85-95°C (185-203°F). You can use this amount of tea 3 to 4 times.

The tea leaves come unrolled for full flavor.

Additional information

This is one of the traditional ways of brewing. Depending on individual gustatory preferences you can vary brewing time from 35s to 5 minutes.

You can also use Chinese traditional way of brewing - spilling, using Gaiwan and brew for 3-5 second each time.

Please note, that it is natural tea with high content of active elements, including caffeine, and minerals and some unusual feelings could appear. In that case we recommend decrease quantity of dry leaves and brewing time.