Ali Shan, high mountain taiwanese oolong

ALI SHAN OOLONG TAIWAN,
APRIL 2024

Taiwan. Oolong tea (wu long) 15% oxidation.
Harvested in April 2024, Taiwan. Premium Selection.

This very fresh Oolong tea is one of the most appreciated in its family, especially in the subcategory of 15% oxidized teas. Ali Shan organic This tea was selected during our trip to Taiwan in May 2018.

Ali Shan is considered one of the areas where some of the best oolongs in Taiwan are produced. It was therefore a destination of our trip also because it is characterized by breathtaking mountain landscapes with steep slopes like most mountains in Taiwan. This Ali Shan tea has a great value: that of his passion for the land, for its future, and that of future generations. 
This high mountain Taiwanese tea, grown in fields where no synthetic chemical pesticides and fertilizers have been used for more than 20 years, is different from all those we have tasted. It is a lively tea. A living tea, as our friends from Tea Sage Hut explained to us, and we feel this characteristic in its fresh and invigorating taste, both for our throat and our spirit. Its notes are floral, orchid-like, with a slight hint of mint, almost forest-like. Here we find the full vitality that these leaves convey.

• Cultivar: plants grown from seeds
• Altitude: 1800-2000m
• 15% oxidation
• Recommended infusion method: Gong Fu Cha
• 6-7 infusions

TAIWANESE OOLONG -ALI SHAN-

Ali Shan is a mountain on the island of Taiwan, among the most visited by tourists for its cypress forests, where we also find tea plantations at altitudes ranging from 1500 to 2000 meters. This type of oolong tea is part of the "Gao shan", high mountain teas. These are teas that grow between fog and sun, with very high thermal excursions between night and day, all ideal characteristics for the development of chemical components that will give the plant a very aromatic character. They are harvested twice a year: spring and winter. Its characteristic leaves, almost enclosed in small nuggets, a shape due to the processing received, unfold once infused, giving a taste of orchid, persistent up to the 5th infusion. An oolong tea that is definitely elegant and never tiresome. This oolong tea is part of a special range of teas that we have chosen to have with us for their other qualitative profile, for their freshness, product traceability, and direct contact with those who harvested it: the Premium Selection, pride of the online tea shop Terza Luna.

HOW TO PREPARE A GOOD ALI SHAN

We emphasize the importance of using low fixed residue water for the preparation of this tea.

Up to 7 infusions with the same leaves. Ali Shan is a mountain on the island of Taiwan, among the most visited by tourists for its cypress forests, where we also find tea plantations that reach altitudes of 1500-2000 meters. This type of oolong tea is part of the "Gao shan", high mountain teas. They grow between mist and sun, with very high thermal excursions between night and day, all ideal characteristics for the development of chemical components that will give the plant a very aromatic character. They are harvested twice a year: in spring and winter. Its characteristic leaves, almost enclosed in small nuggets, a shape due to the processing received, unfold once infused giving a taste of orchid, persistent up to the 5th infusion. An oolong tea that is definitely elegant and never tires.

This oolong tea is part of a special range of teas that we have chosen to have with us for their other qualitative profile, for their freshness, traceability of the product and direct contact with those who harvested it: the Premium selection, pride of the Terza Luna online tea shop.