2022 Winter ( TTES.17 - Bai Liu ) Oriental Beauty Classic

We selected land in the Longtan area in Taoyuan (around 400m. in altitude) to grow our tea, and also gave the soil there a new life. Natural fertilizer and the moist, iron-rich red soil makes the tea bushes grow very robust, and the absence of chemicals allows the leaf-hopper to roam freely across the entire land. After three years, the bushes were finally of age to be plucked, and the oriental Beauty produced was of outstanding softness and delicateness. 

Starting in 2019, we started trying to make Oriental Beauty using the TTES.17 variety, and we make slight adjustments in processing the tea according to the climatic and other growth conditions. We’ve come to discover that this variety not only produces ripe fruit notes in the tea, but also distinct flavors of litchi and osmanthus. Moreover, the liquor is limpid and delicate, and the fragrance abundant.

This tea has the brisk and refreshing character of fruit as a basis and also carries notes of liquorice, and the liquor is of lustrous amber color. The initial taste is sweet and fragrant, and the aftertaste is a slow release of subtle osmanthus flavor that starts from the throat and spreads throughout the mouth. The most astonishing feat of this tea is that once you let it cool down, the flavor will undergo some subtle changes and the fragrance of osmanthus will become that of edelweiss. The result is an even smoother and silkier brew.

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Season－Winter/November 

Cultivar－TTES NO.17 (Bailu)

Origin－Taoyuan, Taiwan

Elevation－400m

Picking－1 bud 2 leaves

Processing－Fully Handmade, machine drying

Oxidation/ Fermentation level－70%

Roast level－20%

Sizes available－30g/50g/100g