Gang Kou Cha Meer Oolong4TGK Harvest: March 2024
Origin: Taiwan / Pingdong / Manzhou / Gangkou
Height: 100-700 m.a.s.l
Tea plant varietal: diverse aus Teesamen gezogene Varietäten
This tea comes from a tea garden located directly by the ocean in the very South of Taiwan. A mandarin exiled to this place cultivated tea plants from seeds that he brought with him. Even today the tea plants there are cultivated from tea seeds and not like in many other areas of tea cultivation from cuttings. This is why we cannot speak of one single stabilised tea plant varietal. Through the closeness to the ocean the tea bushes always get salty wind, which makes the tea salty-spicy. Gang Kou Cha is somewhat stronger and fuller than other green Taiwanese Oolong.
Character:
Nice soft feeling in the mouth with a spicy, tingling sensation, and it enthralls with flowery lightness.
Category:
Kugelblatt-Oolong (Quan Qiu Xing) Ball-leafed or ball-shaped Oolong, Chinese Quan Qiu Xing (complete ball form), is a technique of forming teas, mainly used for green Oolong teas. This technique has been perfected in Taiwan during the 1990's. Classic Oolongs are still processed in the open, wiry leaf form, older ball-shaped Oolong teas have a much less perfect ball-shape and are rather lumpy. After the oxidation the leaves, often with their stems, are alternately fired in hot turning drums and formed in bags placed on rolling machines. Ball-shaped Oolong are light to the palate, soft and rich in balanced flowery and spicy aromas that can be highlighted beautifully through roasting.
