The Wild Ridge of Hualien: Oriental Beauty Oolong

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50 Gram Bags

2025 Spring

Seeded Arbor 蒔生山

Hua Lian Coastal Ridge 花蓮海岸山脈

Oriental Beauty Oolong 東方美人

Ball-rolled 球狀半揉捻

75% Cell wall destruction

Charcoal refinement level 3 of 7

I personally love these wild genetic oolongs, they are very rarely made by our artisan processor @theteaoryofeverything 

The tea clearly shows some curious effects from its heritage, and is also quite tamed, a beast made beautiful, into “oriental beauty” style oolong.  

I actually quite like brewing this tea more gongfu style with 7-8 grams and really pure water (zero water filter works broad scale) with Yixing wares.  

Many layers of complexities and flavors, tea to be savored and studied a bit.  Here’s hoping that in the years to come our artisan can get better and better at accessing and processing this extremely unique type of tea.