Kanjiao Natural Farming Cui Yu "Night Jade" Oolong Tea - Spring 2019

If some might still remember, we used to carry a heavily roasted GABA oolong made from Cui Yu varietal in the winter of 2017. That tea was soon sold out and a lot of people miss it. Although this "Night Jade" is not that tea anymore, it is certainly a better tea no matter in the taste or GABA effect.

As we tirelessly emphasizing, once a oolong tea is properly made traditionally, it will have better "GABA" effect than GABA tea. This Cui Yu varietal is no exception even though it is the most easily forgotten varietal in the tea world. It is not as cool as Qin Xing Oolong, nor is it well-known as its sister Jin Xuan, making this unique varietal in Taiwan an orphan in the tea world. 

We processed this lovely "Night Jade" planted in Minjian County's Kanjiao Village along with our tea farmer Mr. Chen. He is a hardworking farmer who has been cultivating some of the best tea trees with natural farming practice. We were super grateful that he was willing to process the tea with us until 2:00 AM that day, and spent several weeks roasting this hard-earned oolong tea. The result turned out to be something more remarkable than "Ink Jade," and thus the name "Night Jade."

Not only this "Night Jade" has a strong GABA effect without the GABA taste (if that is what you are looking for), it also carries a special nectar character from our elegant fermentation technique. In short, this tea has both taste and effect like the oolong teas we have been creating so far, and it will be the great successor to that "Ink Jade" GABA tea to you.

Harvest:   2019 Spring / 貳零壹玖 春

Varietal:  Cui Yu / 翠玉

Elevation:  350 M / 參佰伍拾 公尺

Region: Kanjiao Village / 崁腳村

Fermentation Level:  35% / 分之 參拾伍

Roast Level:  3 / 參 分 

 Waiting water for boiling......

 Waiting water for boiling......

 This is currently an old dog's favorite Cui Yu oolong. With proper roasting and collaboration with Mr. Chen, this Cui Yu is very comforting not just drinking but also how it feels. This is a very thick oolong to an old dog's drinking experience, but very soothing as well. An old dog compared "Night Jade" with several other Cui Yus in the market, and conclude this is so far one of the most comfortable experience ever had. This tea again proves that the key to a great tea is not determined by how high the elevation is, but how the plantation is being managed and how the material was processed. If you are afraid of drinking tea at night, our "Night Jade" will change your thought.