Wu Yi Shan "Zi Hong Pao" Purple Da Home Pao Spring 2023

Tea type
Oolong Tea
Ingredients
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Flavors
Fresh, Freshly Cut Grass, Grass, Jasmine, Wheatgrass
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Loose Leaf
Caffeine
Medium
Certification
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Edit tea info Last updated by Bryan Hoffman
Average preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 1 min, 0 sec 60 oz / 1774 ml

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“Zi Hong Pao” is a purple varietal that’s a naturally mutated offshoot from the classic “Da Hong Pao” varietal. It’s also called “Jiu Long Pao” (lit. 9 Dragon Robe) or Wu Yi varietal #303. It’s “medium-leaf” class of tea, not purely Assamica or Sinensis. The leaves are thick and dense with a purple/red/green color when fresh.

Zi Hong Pao is a very rare tea with only about 10 mu of land in total producing this tea. The buds and leaf shoots are slow to grow and the harvest is the last of the spring harvests.

Perhaps the most special aspect of “Zi Hong Pao” is the lovely delicious, thick and pungent tea that it brews. I recommend drinking the rinse. With just a 10 second rinse you are greeted with a vibrant and viscous tea soup. The second through the fifth infusions are really full and exciting to drink. The 6th through 8th infusion is still quite strong and pungent but the needs to be pushed a little bit.

Truly a remarkable tea in pedigree, taste and experience.

Late-April Harvest

Area: Wu Yi Mountains, Xing Zhen, Cao Dun Village

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This is a very nice Oolong. Grassy and fresh with a piquant jasmine floral note. Nothing offensive and quite mellow.

Flavors: Fresh, Freshly Cut Grass, Grass, Jasmine, Wheatgrass

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 1 min, 0 sec 5 tsp 60 OZ / 1774 ML

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