Oolong · Wuyi Mountains, China
Wuyi Rock Oolong
Moderate caffeine
A roasted oolong with mineral depth, dark fruit, and a resonant finish.
Recipe
- Temperature
- 96 °C · 205 °F
- Leaf
- 5.5 g
- Water
- 220 ml
- First steep
- 0:35
- Each next steep
- +0:15
- Steeps
- 8
Suggested starting point.
Time this brew with Pekoe
Brew guide
Hot water and short infusions highlight roast, fruit, and mineral layers.
Aroma notes
charred wood · plum skin · wet stone
Tasting notes
roast sweetness · mineral line · dry cocoa close
Harvest
April–May
Making
Planting 
Plucking 
Withering 
Rolling 
Oxidation 
Firing
Origin
Wuyi Mountains · China
Wuyi's gorges hold the damp, and the cliffs give back the evening's heat. The liquor takes on the stony depth drinkers call rock rhyme.
Lore
The Wuyi cliffs are the cradle of oolong and of yancha, rock tea, whose bushes root in mineral seams. The six Da Hong Pao mother trees have stood on their ledge since the Ming era.
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