No photos of the farms yet allowed. No photos of the processing as the producer is applying for a patent. I won't put a photo of the producer up either until that happens. Why all this mystery surrounding this tea?
The producer named it Small Red Robe as a homage to Big Red Robe, its big brother at Wuyi Mountain, China. Here in Taiwan, it's hard to say how many hundreds of years the Wuyi oolong type plants have been growing on the island. The leaves have always been plucked to be made into some generic oolong. Now, a new method was invented to elicit the best aspects of that varietal. I can get a good 20 infusions out of each batch of leaves, the taste is full of the energy of wood fire and dark caramel. The producer confided that he's already been aging these leaves for three or four years, but the leaves were born old. After his secret processing method, the Small Red Robe emerges with this unique flavor and character fully formed and tasting antiquated. Aging it just preserves and deepens what is already there. In any case, we get to be the only ones carrying this tea in the U.S. as rave reviews merited striking a deal for exclusivity with its producer. Yet another tea for us to rejoice over!
So much good tea, so little time.....
Taken from http://teapersonality.blogspot.com/
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