engender a lily aroma

the wonderful flavor is likely due to the rare varietal that lends this tea its name

thereby enhancing their flavor and producing a complex

The yellowish duanni (缎泥) ore is the lightest of typical Yixing ores

The warm colors of this gaiwan evoke a rustic impression of copper and soil

baozhong 1970 oolong_tieguanyin engender a lily aromaIn the seventies, when this tea was produced, there was only oolong and Baozhong tea in Taiwan. The most famous Baozhong (a. k. a. Pouchong) originated in Pinglin, and it is still produced there today. The dry leaves smell like potent medicinal herbs or even Herbes de Mallorca. The infusion is best described as a liqueur. The first steep wakes the leaves from their slumber, and the second is when the real fun begins. The mellow greenness is