A Li Shan 20125A12 Harvest: Spring 2012
Origin: Taiwan / Jiayi / Meishan / Taihe
Height: 1200 m.a.s.l
Tea plant varietal: Qing Xin Wu Long
A very beautiful High Mountain Tea (Gaoshancha) from Alishan from a run to seed tea garden from the harvest of 2012 and gently roasted. Through the storage, the tea shows nice notes of maturity. Stored in Taiwan until the beginnijng of 2023.
Character:
Beautiful notes of wood, its intensity reminds of bulky old furniture, elegant pieces of clothing from times past and at the same time it has wild tastes of earth, rocks and moss. Most peculiar connections become apparent.
Category:
High Mountain Tea Gao Shan Cha High Mountain Teas, Chinese Gao Shan Cha, are ball-shaped Oolongs from tea gardens above 1000m above sea level. Since the mid-19th century, Oolong teas were produced especially to be exported to western countries, and in the beginning of the 20th century, under the Japanese colonial rule, also black tea was being produced for export. During the 1980's tea farmers began to grow tea plants in high mountain areas. The production of High Mountain Tea was intended for Taiwanese tea connoisseurs, but nowadays, it is also seen as a status symbol. In the climate of the mountains, where mist and rain often dominate the weather, tea plants grow slower, which leads to a more intense taste of the tea. Additionally, it gets more difficult and more laborious to produce a good tea in this altitude and climate . The tea varietals used here are mostly Qingxin Oolong, and sometimes also Jinxuan. Other varietals proved not suitable for these circumstances. High Mountain Teas are very pleasing, soft and quaffable teas with surprisingly intense and diverse aromas, sometimes beautifully enhanced through roasting.
Storage:
This tea was produced in a relatively green manner, but sufficienty oxidised and then roasted. It was aged for years, which initiated a spontaneous fermentation. This tea can further be aged.
