2010s Oriental Beauty Oolong

When we uncovered a few bags of tea marked 'Oriental Beauty' while unpacking the 'Storage Wars' tea buy, we were quite excited. Well aged high quality OB is worth a LOT of money. What we found, however, was a decently aged, decently tasting tea that is, well, decent. Nothing special but a good example of a OB from 10 or so years ago. We don't have a lot of it but thought we would share it anyways!

**This tea is part of the collection of tea bought from a tea shop that had laid untouched since the mid 2010s. As is common with most aged teas, many of the details of the teas are missing and we have shared as much information as we can. We will be releasing these teas slowly as we catalog and explore them over the next months. 

Elevation: 400m (?)

Cultivar: Qinxin

Season: Early Summer 2010s

Method: Hand picked

Oxidization: 65%

Region: Most likely the Hsinchu area

Recommend Brewing Style:

Gong Fu Style: 3-5g per 100ml, ~95C water, 30, 45, 60 then add 5-10 seconds steeps in gaiwan. Lasts 5-6 steeps.

Western Style: 3g per 100ml, ~100c water for 1 minute. Lasts 2-3 steeps

Brewing Difficulty - Intermediate : Works well with all methods but best with Gong Fu (More Details Here)