Thursday, July 25, 2013

2013 World Tea Expo - Jade Oolong (districts)

We asked Master Huang to bring us 4 Jade Oolong samples from Taiwan's famous Mountains for our advanced cupping session.  We were blessed with the opportunity to cup Lishan, Alishan, ShanLinSi, DahYuLin. 

For this session we've invited our fellow TOST member - Mr. Ken Rudee to share with our friends about his great memories and experience of studying Taiwan Oolongs with the TOST programs.

The Taiwan Tea Maps prepared by TTMA were so helpful for this session.  Our friends were so engaged and busy in finding where the famous tea districts are on the map.  These teas are basically the same cultivar, Chinsing Oolong, but from different farmers, so the withering, oxidation, and rolling jobs might be slightly different.  Master Huang taught us that different soil in these districts might affect tea's aroma and flavor.  This is a good study to learn about tea districts. Keep in mind that there is absolutely no intention to judge which tea district is better compared to others.  But as a tea purveyor, you might want to study this as your first step.  There is a lot more to learn, that is for sure.

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