Shan Lin Xi High Mountain Golden Snow Sprout 0.5 oz

• Harvest: Jan 2025 - after "Heavy Snow" (大雪Dàxuě) of the solar term
• Elevation: 1500+ Meters
• Varietal: Qing Xin oolong
• Oxidation: 5%
• Farming: Traditional Farming
• Production: Special hand-picked and hand-crafted by Yeh Family. Only drying leaf without roasting.
• After 5-6 steeps, simmering or gently boiling the leaves enhances the flavor—a tip from the farmer! Keep sipping away!
• In 2024, our first 2022.01 harvest batch sold out fast!
• This tea isn't produced every year—it depends on the weather.

“After the ‘heavy snow’ of the solar term Dàxuě大雪, the weather is cold, but there are always tea buds that are not afraid of the wind and frost, quietly standing upright on the treetops. Although there are very few, these are the most touching gifts left by God for the cold winter. In this low temperature season using the most primitive tea-making process through several alternating cycles of day and night, let the tea leave the energy given by the earth during the process of inhaling and exhaling.” - Mrs. Yeh

Tea Musings: “I wish to win one's heart and never part from each other until I have the white hair.”

茶語: 願得一人心 白首不相離

This tea is produced at the Yeh family farm at Da An, Shan Lin Xi 杉林溪 at an elevation of 1500 meters. The property has a modern 5-star facility for processing tea as well as an ancient house over 100 years old. Three generations of the Yeh family have lived in the house. The Yeh family takes pride in the care that they apply to the land and the tea plants on the farm.

They delight to share a cup of tea that has emotion, warm and full of human touch of food safe Shan Lin Xi Tea.

Steeping Guidelines:

• 6g | 8oz. @ 200˚F | 2-3 mins.
• May be re-steeped multiple times, go as many you think it is done!!
• Use a glass or porcelain teapot.
• Drain completely and serve.
• After 5-6 steeps, simmering or gently boiling the leaves enhances the flavor—a tip from the farmer! Keep sipping away!
   

First curated batch: Harvested in January 2022, curated in November 2023.