Pouchong

Pouchong is a delightful light green - style oolong so called due to the minimal amount of oxidisation that is allowed to take place to produce this stunning tea.This pouchong is hand picked from a single estate.

Pouchong(Cantonese), is also known as Bao Zhong (Mandarin), and literally means the "wrapped kind". Traditionally the tea was sold wrapped in 150g packages of Pinling paper and closed with a seal bearing the producers name. Pouchong comes from the Wen Shan region of North Taiwan, just south of the capital, Taipei. The area of Pinling within Wen Shan is famous for tea growing with over 90% of the population working in the tea industry!

Pouchong is the least oxidised of all the oolongs- only 8%-12%, this results in a lighter, greener oolong. The process takes place over 24 hours starting with a bud and 2-3 leaf pluck, a short 10-15 minutes sun wither, and an indoor wither of approximately 12-16 hours  where a light oxidisation takes place which develops the special creamy, floral flavour.The tea is then panned (heated), to stop further oxidisation and then gently rolled into the large twisted leaf shape developing the flavour further. The tea is finally dried.

I suggest drinking this oolong later in the day when your taste buds are most awake to capture all the delicious tastes and also make multiple steeps to release all the different evolving flavours on each brewing. Delicious, sophisticated and truly stunning.