Wu Liang Mountain "Gao Shan Oolong" Spring 2021

Tea type
Oolong Tea
Ingredients
Not available
Flavors
Creamy, Floral, Roasted, Smooth, Vegetal, Butter, Cookie, Lavender, Orchid, Seaweed, Vanilla, Mineral, Stonefruit
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Loose Leaf
Caffeine
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Certification
Organic
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Average preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 30 sec 5 g 18 oz / 528 ml

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  • “Ah just my kind of oolong. It needs a lot of leaves and very hot water to express itself. 6g/110ml teapot. 35"/30"/45"/1’00/1’30/2’00/3’00 Awesome smell, awesome taste : flowery with a hint of...” Read full tasting note
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  • “6g / 90ml Celadon gaiwan. Wash/20s/ +20s per steeping. Very floral with some buttery flavour. I would say it was a and is a bit light. I´ve found that i do prefer theese lightly oxidized oolongs...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Pretty yummy green oolong, very light and super floral, pretty similar to a green tieguanyin though missing good TGY’s great butteryness (instead it’s got a bit of a fuzzyish texture). It’s a LOT...” Read full tasting note
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  • “Spring 2016 harvest. Dry and wet leaves have nice, vegetal fragrance with a hint of roast. Nice, golden liquor. Wasn’t able to enjoy from the start as I would have liked as I got pushed into some...” Read full tasting note

From Yunnan Sourcing

The high mountains of the Wu Liang range in Simao are home to some of the greatest teas in Yunnan. Perfect weather, high altitude and a pristine natural environment give this medium-light oxidized oolong a high level of fragrance as well as a stout thick and healthy leaf that can be brewed many times (much more than any Anxi oolong). This particular “High Mountain” oolong was hand-processed by a Taiwanese master who came to Yunnan more than decade ago in search of the best place to grow his high mountain oolongs.

Certified Organic by COFCC China!

Spring 2021 Harvest

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Ah just my kind of oolong. It needs a lot of leaves and very hot water to express itself.
6g/110ml teapot. 35"/30"/45"/1’00/1’30/2’00/3’00
Awesome smell, awesome taste : flowery with a hint of lemon or acid fruit at the end. The taste lingers in the throat after drinking.
Definitely one of my favourite, a great Gao Shan Cha.

Preparation
Boiling 0 min, 30 sec
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I got this tea again after a long time and was searching for steeping instructions. Was happy to find your tasting note because your steep times are on point!

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6g / 90ml Celadon gaiwan.

Wash/20s/ +20s per steeping.

Very floral with some buttery flavour. I would say it was a and is a bit light. I´ve found that i do prefer theese lightly oxidized oolongs western style. I´m surprised of the high quality of this oolong. it reminds me alot of the fine alishan:s from taiwan. Very beutiful intact leaves when they unfurl. Gain “alot” in volume.
If you want a good high mountain oolong this is a nice budget choice!

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 15 sec

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Pretty yummy green oolong, very light and super floral, pretty similar to a green tieguanyin though missing good TGY’s great butteryness (instead it’s got a bit of a fuzzyish texture). It’s a LOT closer to the modern green end of the oolong spectrum than I was expecting from the pictures, I do enjoy the super green floral ones, but they’re not my favorite. It’s also impressively tightly rolled, the tiny little balls each unroll into whole intact bud systems with several large leaves and stems.

Preparation
205 °F / 96 °C 0 min, 30 sec

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358 tasting notes

Spring 2016 harvest.

Dry and wet leaves have nice, vegetal fragrance with a hint of roast. Nice, golden liquor. Wasn’t able to enjoy from the start as I would have liked as I got pushed into some tasks immediately as I finished steeping. Liquor is nice, thick and smooth. Lightly floral.

Creamy aroma in the second steep. Flavor hasn’t changed too much, and by the third steep the flavor is already super faint. It gets a hint of bitterness if I leave it to sit and cool awhile before drinking. I do one last steep that I let go a bit long, actually, a bit longer than I had intended. It’s an interesting blend of cream with some bitterness.

I’ll be giving this one another try when I can!

Flavors: Creamy, Floral, Roasted, Smooth, Vegetal

Preparation
Boiling 0 min, 15 sec 5 g 3 OZ / 100 ML

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Every now and then I like to return to old favorites to see how my palette has changed. This was my very first YS purchase and my first foray into the world of high quality oolongs.

This Taiwanese style high mountain tea from Anxi remains a great jade oolong. It has a creamy orchid flavor and thick vegetal body with hints of vanilla. It’s probably the most vegetal oolong I’ve had in recent memory. It doesn’t take too kindly to long steeps and develops a strong seaweed like taste if oversteeped. The flavor of this tea seems to deteriorate much more quickly than others after the seal is broken and the tea is exposed to air. Compared to a real Taiwanese oolong, it’s more buttery and less sweet.

Overall a solid oolong that gives you great bang for your buck.

Flavors: Orchid, Seaweed, Vanilla, Vegetal

Preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 0 min, 30 sec 5 g 4 OZ / 120 ML

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Rinsed leaves smell fantastic. Deep creamy Vanilla orchid aroma, and a hint of ‘cookies and cream’ of all things.
Taste is vegetal-orchid.
Nice dark large leaves take a while to expand.

Flavors: Orchid, Vegetal

Preparation
190 °F / 87 °C 0 min, 15 sec 3 g 60 OZ / 1774 ML

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