25 yr old aged tie guan yin

magicleaf · 2007-04-22T14:43:02+00:00

l visited the anxi mountains a few days a go and observed the entireprocess of how the tie guan yin teas are made, really interestingstuff. There are so many small familes processing this tea and thenthey rush it off to the market. I noticed that there are guys all overthe fields spraying chemicals on the bushes to kill the bugs, whichwas quite an eye opener and as you drive a long there are tea leavesbeing withered on top of concrete buildings and people sitting aroundtables sorting the leaves and guys on motorbikes flying around thecorners with teas on big bags. What a businessThe best part was I was given at the one factory some aged tie guanying , it looked dark, the leaves really krinkled and hardly a smellto it. Apparantely it is kept in porcelin pots and has to be firedevry year in a wok to keep the moisture out and maintain its quality.After tatsing it I was totally blown a way . This tea is really reallynice. Crisp honey fired notes and a woody taste which is subtle andfriendly and this tea just made brew after brew after brew and stillhad a dominant character. I asked for half a pound but they only gavea small sample in a tiny zip lok bag which is now safely in a sealedtin in my soitcase. did not know that aged oolong existed.. and thankyou Yigo , for those who dont know ,Yigo contacted me through thisforum and he lives in china ,and I called him when I arrived in chinaas promised and invited him to join me on this adventure and of coursehe dived at the opertunity and we had a very fruitful experiencetogether.Maurice

Apr 22, 2007 21 Replies

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magicleaf 19 years ago

If you have any contacts for some suppliers in taiwan or japan I would really like to get hold of them as I would like to source some nice quality teas in bulk. I have found several suppliers in China, I like the oolong teas from taiwan, and the chinese version of genmaicha and sencha are planets apart. Any merchants or comments here would be nice, thanks' Maurice

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L Littlehale 19 years ago

I recently noticed a box of tea at Wal*Mart...Uncle...something. It states that pesticides were not used.

| >There are NO organic standards in China that are credible. The best | >thing they have come up with so far is little stickers that read | >"organic" in Chinese and sometimes in English. It's meaningless. | | I have some tea which is labelled "MADE FROM PLANTS WITHOUT ANTISEPTIC." | | >There WILL NEVER be organic in China. As long as things are the way | >they are here, you will always find people that can BUY their products | >into the "organic" category. Maybe it's time to start looking into | >Japanese teas more than Chinese teas. | | I regret to say that FCC interference certifications in the US are no | better. | --scott | -- | "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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