杉林溪烏龍茶 - Shanlinxi Wulong
Shanlinxi is one of the three most famous tea regions in Taiwan along with Alishan and Lishan. Surrounded by mist, clouds and large trees, the wulong produced in Shanlinxi are often calming, rich in aromas and with great vitality, as if you were in a forest.
A gentle tea, light on the palate. Sweet and aromatic like a white flower. Round in the mouth and with a long aftertaste. Imperceptible astringency and, if prepared with a large quantity of leaves, slight bitterness that turns into sweetness with the aftertaste, which gives it complexity.
This is one of the gardens in Shanlinxi where we have had the privilege of coming face to face with the famous Jacobiasca Formosana, whose bite promotes sweet flavours in the tea.
Terroir
Harvest area: Shanlinxi, 1.111 masl
County: Nantou
Country: Taiwan
Season
April 2025, Spring
Preparation recommendations
- Teapot: Clay or porcelain.
- Serving: 6g tea per 100ml water.
- Temperature: 95°C - 100°C.
- Suggested brewing time:
- 50 seconds
- 35 seconds
- 45 seconds
- Increase 10 - 15 seconds for each subsequent brew
Please feel free to adjust according to your preferences and mindful of the quality of water you use.
Tasting notes ISO 3103:
Refreshing Wulong tea, with herbaceous, floral and cooked vegetable notes. White flowers like jasmine are obvious, cooked veggies like bamboo, nutty like chestnuts. Complex, with many layers of aromas, yet refreshing and uplifting.
Medium body, lasting sweet aftertaste.
Low bitterness, barely no astringency.
