About This Tea
High mountain Dong Fang Hong, "Eastern Beauty Red," is a newer style of tea that combines oolong and red tea processing methods. Our partners in Doi Mae Salong produced this distinctive spring micro-lot of tea using the Ruan Zhi cultivar for its intensity of taste and complexity of ripe fruit and tropical floral bouquet. These are the same Ruan Zhi cultivar gardens that produce our Ruby Oolong in the late spring and monsoon season. Using different plucking and processing methods we get this amazing batch of tea with ripe nectarine, cherry and multi-floral accents. To create Dong Fang Hong, the two leaves and a bud tea plucks are tumbled in a yaoqing bamboo drum and left to wither and oxidize overnight on trays until the leaves give off a special aroma. The tea is expertly roasted and gently dried to fix the deep amber liquor and fruity aspect. Each infusion possesses a vibrant taste and enlivening Qi (energy).
Origin
Doi Mae Salong, Thailand
Cultivar
Ruan Zhi
Harvest
March 28-April 4, 2023
Elevation
1,200 meters
Ingredients
Organic oolong tea
Ingredients
Organic oolong tea
Origin
Doi Mae Salong, Thailand
Cultivar
Ruan Zhi
Harvest
March 28-April 4, 2023
Elevation
1,200 meters
Preparation
- Imperial
- Metric
Traditional Tea Preparation
Add 5g to a Gaiwan or Gongfu teapot (per 150ml).
Use 195°F water.
Don’t rinse this tea.
Infuse 1st brew for 2-3 minutes and decant.
Infuse 2nd brew for 30 seconds.
Repeat several times, brewing until the flavor and aroma of the tea dissipates. As the tea leaves expand and unfurl, the brewing time may increase to coax out more aroma and flavor.
Origin
Doi Mae Salong
Northern Thailand
