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“Gongfu! Treated myself to a session of this aged beauty yesterday afternoon – it felt just Halloween inspired enough, while still being just overall solid tea. This is so smooth and clean w/ notes...” Read full tasting note
Haunted Plum (梅占, Méi Zhàn, “Haunted Plum”) is a minority variety of wuyi oolong. Though less well known than the four famous bushes of the Wuyi mountains, it exhibits unique characteristics that have made it a teahouse favorite. In addition the the classic Wuyi rock essence profile and the charcoal roasted sweetness it has a sweet and complex fragrance reminiscent of plum and agar wood with a lightly creamy mouthfeel. The word Méi, ambiguously means plum while the word Zhàn means to possess or occupy; this is a very rudimentary character, however, thus making the translation rather vague and hard to come by. The original name of this tea comes from the phrase méi zhàn bǎi huā kuí 梅占百花魁 (“the plum occupies the position of the queen of flowers”). This breed is originally from Anxi and is used to make green, white, and black tea as well as oolong.
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Gongfu!
Treated myself to a session of this aged beauty yesterday afternoon – it felt just Halloween inspired enough, while still being just overall solid tea. This is so smooth and clean w/ notes of golden syrup, fragrant floral plum skins, roasted walnuts, sandalwood, and the general roasted charcoal notes typical of most yancha – with maybe a smidgen of dill in the early session with more heavily stretched steep times. The liquor is actually almost creamy, and the overall cup of a great balance of deeper umami and toasty notes with a floral sweetness and freshness. It does genuinely blow my mind sometimes that, not only do I have access to amazing teas like this that are actually older than I am – but that they’re also so incredibly flavourful and nuanced! Feeling very fortunate this afternoon as I sip this beautiful oolong…
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