Triple Earth Oolong - Cui Yu

Cui Yu, also known as No.13 oolong or Jade oolong, featurs a very mild yet persistent wild ginger flower fragrance. The texture is extremely light and refreshing, resembliing a wildflower prairie. The colour of the infusion presents a beautiful translucent gree-yellow tone, resembling premium jade, thus named as Cui Yu, which mean green jade.
 
Oxidation Level: Light (20-25%)
Roasting: Light (20-25%)
 
 
Hand roasted with longan charchoal using traditional methods, produced and packaged locally in Nan Tou City, Taiwan. Charcoal roasting is considered to be one of the most time consuming and complex method of roasting due to its many variables, therefore requiring skillful craftsmen to operate. It helps to alleviate unplesant and the raw smell of the tea leaves, reduce water content, lower any stimulating content and to generate a unique complex and in-depth flavour. 
 
Harvested from the Alishan high altitude plantation, tea leaves benefit from drastic temperature difference between day and night, a cloudy, misty, humid environment, and the nourishment of natural spring water and streams.

The plantation is situated around 1000-1600 m of altitude, where limitted sun exposures significantly lower the content of Catechin, the main substance within tea leavesresponsible for the bitterness and the  estringency. At the same time, this condition leads to higher content of Theanine, which contriibutes to sweetness. As a result of the unique geographic conditions, tea produced here have more substance,  generating thicker and enduring aroma and taste.