Sanlun Organic "Soul of Spring" Oolong Tea - Winter 2022

Mr. Xie's organic material has provided people tremendous accessibility into the world of our unique processing. Under his method of plantation management, tea trees could produced a decent amount of yield without sacrificing the basic quality of cleaness. This is a great news to anyone who is looking for a delicious daily drinker without comprimising their stomach and sleeping cylcle.

The material of this tea again came from the "Certified Organic Si Ji Chun" Plantation. You will find a completely different world on this seemingly regular tea. Like its predecessors "Nectar Frost of Spring" and "Frost of Endless Spring," this tea delivers a robust rhythm of Si Ji Chun's pecular varietal taste in a beautiful way with a touch of the "winter rhythm," aka "Dong Pian" rhythm.                 

If you would like to learn the amazing differences of processing. This tea along with "Early Spring" and "Certified Organic Si Ji Chun" would be a great set of such. On this set you will compare the basic commercial processing on "Certified Organic Si Ji Chun" to the improved processing on "Early Spring," then eventually the pinnacle among three — "Soul of Spring." As drink in this order, you will notice the stomach feeling is gradually improved. This is what makes tea drinking so interesting and educational, and we invite you to this journey with this "Soul of Spring."

Harvest : Winter 2022 / 冬 貳零貳貳 (2023/1)

Varietal: Four Seasons Spring /  四季春

Elevation: 350 M / 參佰伍拾 公尺

Region: Mingjian Sanlun / 名間 三崙村

Fermentation Level: 30 % / 分之 卅

Roast Level: 1 / 壹 分

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I had the distinct pleasure of watching and helping this tea be processed. I had just gotten over covid and my senses were barely returned, for sure not fully, yet it was unmistakable how different this tea was handled. It was made side by side with the owners/farmers version. Our old dog simply does tea differently, and executed a flawless withering compared to the farmers. Maybe you might think that because of the price he wouldn’t put his energy and attention as seriously on it, but really, was a total joy to be a part of maintaining the quality standards at Taiwan Sourcing. I like to use a lot of leaf with this one 10g/120ml - around 180 to 195 ish brings out some super interesting sweet sugarcane & cotton candy beyond the core varietal bright tangy vegetation.

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