First Flush · Oolong
Spring Moonshine Oolong
A delicate spring oolong — leaves part-oxidised for a silken middle path between green and black.
Estate
Giddapahar · 4,500 ft
Grade
Semi-oxidised
Caddy
50g caddy
The caddy
In the Cup
Aroma
White flowers, honeydew, a soft buttery note.
Cup
Pale and smooth, lightly creamy on the tongue.
Finish
Sweet, rounded and clean.
Brightness
Body
Aroma
From a Single Hillside
The story of this tea.
Between green tea's freshness and black tea's depth there is a narrow path, and this tea walks it. Spring leaf from Giddapahar's select clonal bushes is withered and rolled in the orthodox way, but its oxidation is halted partway — caught while the cup is still pale, the texture still silken.
It is a maker's tea: the timing of that interruption is judged by eye and by nose, batch by batch, at the height of the spring season. Steeped patiently, the same leaves will give three or four infusions, each one a slightly different account of the same hillside.
White flowers and honeydew, a texture close to cream — a tea to drink slowly, and then again.
Estate — Giddapahar, Darjeeling · Elevation — ~4,500 ft · Season — First Flush · Oolong · Cultivar — Select clonal · Grade — Semi-oxidised · Caddy — 50g caddy
Certified · Registered · Traceable
How to Brew
A simple ritual.
90°C
Water
4g
Leaf / 150ml
3–4 min
Steep
3–4
Infusions
- 1Warm the pot
- 2Measure 4g per 150ml
- 3Water at 90°C, steep 3–4 min
- 4Decant fully, steep again a minute longer, up to 3–4 infusions
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