The Converter

Taiwanese Assamica Red Oolong

**The 2021 winter production was amazing! The weather was perfect, the leaves full and healthy, and the temperature was just cold enough to create a very special tea. While similar to the already wonderful teas made at this farm in the past, it is more oolong than black tea, and it is the first time we have ever tasted a Taiwanese Assamica Floral note!**

We named this tea for its potential power of 'converting' those who know and love the classic 'Lipton' black tea flavor to higher-quality stuff. Or at least we hope it can! Made with an Assamica cultivar imported into Taiwan by the Japanese 100 years ago, the tea is instantly recognizable as similar to the vast majority of black tea bags. BUT, it is made into a high-quality tea. As a tea that is ball rolled, it has the familiar strong malty kick of tea bags but without the bitterness or astringency. Instantly familiar, and instantly recognizable as of being higher quality, this tea has no pretensions of being anything other than a great, solid, assamica tea.

If you do choose to try to 'convert' a heavy teabag drinker to some higher quality loose leaf, agrochemical-free stuff using this tea please let us know how it goes. If there is a special occasion or event and you want to try it out, let us know and we most likely can give you some tea at cost. Good luck :) 

**One of the only teas on the site to which it is fine, and even encouraged, to add milk and sugar:)**

Other teas from this garden: Wild Cultivar Oolong (Eastern Camellia Formosensis)

Elevation: 300m

Status: Certified Organic

Cultivar: Assamica

Oxidization: 90%

Season: December 2021

Method: Hand picked, processed on site, very small batch

Region: Luye, Taidong

Recommend Brewing Style:

Gong Fu Style: 3-5g per 100ml, ~100C water, 30, 45, 60 then add 5-10 seconds steeps in gaiwan. Lasts 4-5 steeps.

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