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help identify wu-yi oolong

had this at whole foods market, it was called "organic" "wuyi oolong" i think its from rishi tea because ipot doesnt have wuyi oolongs

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and the flavor was new to me:

a _deep_ smooth/silky/satin feeling, pretty long lasting, the astringency (not much) had notes of chocolate, there was some minor roasted flavor, couldnt find any green feel in this tea.

the leaf was about 1 cm cuts, mostly dark green mixed with brown

the only wuyi i had was a very roasted boring 1 flavor = roasted charcoal, so i am very intrigued by this new taste! do you know what this "wuyi" would equate to in other stores?

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SN
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SN

I thought the site says it is called Qilan?

There are thousands of varieties of Wuyi species ...

Looking at the price, this one will probably come from Wuyi Mt borderland rather than Wuyi Mt itself.

No doubt it can still call itself Wuyi, and it probably is organic, but to imply it grows from cliff is misleading.

Julian

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juliantai

I have had the oppertunity to visit Wuyi mountain, like any other region in china or in the world the tea is an agricultural plant and there fore year in year out will have different character depending on wht type of season it has been through. To complicate things more there are many tea farmers in the mountain and a lot of different factories that process the leaf in many different ways and some taste good and other taste terrible. The art is finding a tea expert that samples the teas and selects the best leaf for the desired purpose. Like Julian says there are literally thousands out there. Maurice

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magicleaf

im not always sure that the names are right, i saw Qilan but i didnt find it anywhere else, thats why i asked here too,

then i babelcarped it

qilan = rare orchid --> goog that -->

maybe 1 other store that has it!

is this not 'famous' or popular?

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SN

Looks like you LOVE this tea!

Qilan is a famous tea plant, but not as famous as the Famous 4 and the Rougui, Shuixian ...

Wuyi Mountain is famous for a lot of things (lapsang souchong, Dragon- Phoenix Tea Cake), it is just people don't talk about them here that often.

Julian

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juliantai

haha... i dont LOVE it, ... i like it alot :)

i just didnt expect to be cornered by 1 store (especially one that i'd call 'general' tea store as opposed to a 'specialty' tea store like houde or yunnansourcing etc)

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SN

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