This interesting tea, a heavily oxidized and baked "traditional" wulong is made in the style of 50 years ago: red in the cup, a touch of honey sweetness, and a clear dry finish. It's very refined, a little taste of tea history. Available on a special order basis.

Satisfying while still retaining delicacy, this is a fine winter tea. It has a thick texture with a hint of dryness high on the palate, and a basically sweet finish. Of course, as with the other teas from very high elevations, it will brew around 10 infusions. This batch has a clear progression from first to last brew, but maintains its smoothness throughout.

This batch is long on refinement, with a bright flavor up front and mild dryness at the end. The high-elevation creamy texture is also apparent. In general this tea is dIfferent from the other currently available Lishan teas, which are more delicate and sweet.

An easy-drinking tea with good balance between the first floral notes and low-key, mildly dry finish.

With steady flavor through ten infusions, this early winter tea has grassy notes remarkably close to a green tea in the first two or three pots. The flavor then becomes more expansive with a sweet finish. Packaged in a vacuum-sealed bag inside a fancy paper canister.

Grown at high elevation (1700-2500 meters) on Taiwan's Lishan mountain range, a region famous for producing excellent fruit as well as tea. This batch has a fine, thick mouth feel and sweet, non-astringent finish. As with previous teas from this region, these qualities are very consistent through many infusions.

Fushou mountain is located between Lishan and Dayuling, and has a maximum elevation approaching 2500 meters. The tea farms here are government-owned, but in recent years the employees have been moved from a salary to commission system, where they profit directly from the sale of the tea. This is my best Wulong of the season, with all the elements of a classic "high mountain" tea with a special citrus quality in the flavor. Very limited availability.

Exceedingly smooth, multilayered flavor with an interesting finish that is ever-so-slightly dry, but ultimately has a lingering sweetness. This batch brews consistently through many infusions, much like some Lishan teas I recall from earlier seasons. Like most high-end gaoshan wulong teas, this is a comparatively "green" batch, long on subtlety and flavors inherent in the leaf.

Comparatively mild yet complex. There are sweet and floral notes in the flavor, and the finish is mildly dry.

My most robust wulong of the season.