Spring Ailao

This organically grown oolong from Ailao Mountain offers a complex buttery fragrance with a hint of umami and satisfying sweetness. It brews into a clean liquor with good endurance, persisting across . It leans buttery, umami and sweet.

Water around 95–100 °C (203–212 °F). In a mug, steep 3–5 min. For gongfu, use 5–7 g per 100 ml, 10–20 s steeps (10–20+ rounds). You'll get to see how the flavor changes across multiple rounds. Rinse the leaves once with boiling water before your first real steep. It cleans off storage dust and gets the flavor going.

Grown in Yunnan, China from the Qing Xin Oolong cultivar. This batch is from the Spring 2023 harvest.