Fan Zhuang Wu Long5TFZ Harvest: April 2018
Origin: Taiwan / Miaoli
Height: 400 m.a.s.l
Tea plant varietal: Qin Xin Da Pang
A Fancy Oolong of classic crafting with a machine dating from the 1960s, produced in the manner of the times when the Barbarian's tea was sold to foreigners in Formosa for the export. The Fan Zhuang Wu Long is relatively intensely oxydised and carefully roasted, the leaves are only lightly attacked by insects. The dry leaf looks really different from the modern Fancy Oolong teas' of our days, at first sight less beautiful, however rather classic.
Category:
Fancy Oolong Fancy Oolong are the Taiwanese export Oolong teas, of which the simpler qualities are called Choice Oolong. The Chinese name for Fancy is Fanzhuang and can be translated as packed by barbarians/foreigners. Fancy Oolong is, thus, the foreigners' tea in Taiwan. These are quite strongly oxidised Oolongs which are not roasted and that are harvested throughout the year. Fancy and Choice Oolong are, depending on the quality, soft to strong, sweetish-tender and sometimes reminding of a light black tea.
