Baoshan Wild "Decades of Queen" Oriental Beauty Oolong Tea - Spring 20

This year's mountain tea plan is a special one. We no longer seeks sources of ancient tea trees. This spring we finally got in touch with the local indeginous people at Baoshan area to seek stable and unique tea at the region. The tea mountain was developed by the local Bunun people decades ago as they were trying to support the local economy with its special tea varietal in the area.

Three teas were created during the two days of harvesting and we received three batches of tea material. The first and second batches was harvested from the tea trees that were being trimmed to make sure easier plucking for the labor, and the final batch was grown in a wild manner without any trimming. The first two batches, since they both have more quantity to work with, were processed into traditional oolong and Fanzhuang oolong respectively. The none-trimmed one was processed into an Oriental Beauty style oolong due to its scarcity and wilder nature.

At this point you will notice these three teas bears identical terroir. The only differences is the processing technique and how the tea trees were being managed. Interestingly, the Oriental Beauty style version is the lightest among all despite longer fermentation time. This may be the result of the material's wilder nature, making it much more difficult compared to the other two. However, all these trees will make a tea lover in awe for their depth and complexity to explore with.

The trip of this processing was recorded and made into a short video we think you will love to watch while drinking them. Our previous assistant Jonah did a fabulous job making it. We believe if you are a fan of Taiwanese tea, these three teas are the teas that could bring you all the way back to the inception of Taiwanese tea and will not be inferior to its ancestor trees.

Harvest: Spring 2022 / 春貳零貳貳

Varietal: Wild Arbor Tea Seed planted / 野生喬木種實生種植

Elevation: Approximate 1400 M / 約莫壹仟肆佰公尺

Region: Baoshan Area / 寶山區

Fermentation Level: 40% / 分之肆拾

Roast Level: 1 / 走乾

Still savouring......