Ye Lai Xiang

A Oolong Tea from

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79 / 100

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Tea type
Oolong Tea
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Ingredients
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Flavors
Apple, Berry, Bitter, Butter, Fir, Floral, Flowers, Fruity, Honey, Honeysuckle, Mineral, Narcissus, Nectar, Perfume, Sap, Sweet, Yeasty
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Caffeine
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Typical Preparation
Use 4 oz / 110 ml of water
Set water temperature to 205 °F / 96 °C
Use 6 g of tea
Steep for 0 min, 15 sec
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“When I visited the Länggasstee tea house in Bern, I wanted to also grab one of their teas to bring home, and this is the one I chose. It’s a really nice Dan Cong that is neither too fruity nor too...” Read full tasting note

Description

Harvest: April 2014/2016
Origin: China / Guangdong / Chaozhou / Fenghuang / Wudong
Altitude: 750 m above sea level
Tea plant variety: Ya Shi Xiang, Da Wu Ye, Shui Xian

Description:A wonderful fenghuang dancong of the rather lighter kind, lightly roasted over lychee charcoal. Yelaixiang is a flower, latin telosma cordata or literally fragrance that comes in the night. Picking material from high altitude on Mount Wudong, blended from two sub-varieties of Shuixian from Spring 2016 harvest and Shuixian Spring 2014.

Character: In the fragrance a beautiful blossom and fine cinnamon, freshly melted snow and alpine herbs. Spicy in the infusion, creamy soft, buttery with fresh citrus notes, plus a slightly tart freshness, enchanting.

Category:
Phoenix Single Bush (Feng Huang Dan Cong)
Storage:This tea has been heavily oxidized and roasted and is therefore easily preserved and even storable.

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