How's the weather in your city today?
We had a rainy and cold day in Taipei and actually it's the typical weather we have in winter. To drink tea in such a cold day, the tea with the mild to heavy fermented will be very matched, therefore, black tea and Puerh could be the choices. What about Oolong? There are so many different kinds of Oolong, which one can be a better choice? We would like to suggest the heavy fermented and roasted Tieguanyin Tea for the day. But here we are not talking about the Tieguanyin Tea with the very light fermented which is very popular in Fujian, Guangdong and some areas of China, that is tasted like Baozhong Tea or High Mountain Oolong Tea won't be the one we say for the cold day here.
The Muzha Tieguanyin Tea we had today was harvested in November 2006 and since then it was roasted by the tea farmer every year with the traditional method (used electricy to roast instead of "charcoal" for a better control on temperature) before we ordered in. It's a kind of tea going to be the "Aged Tea" and should be roasted every year if we'd like to store it well.
This Muzha Tieguanyin Tea was made of the sort of tea tree of Tieguanyin, we call it the "Real or/and Right Tieguanyin Tea" as there are many Tieguanyin teas made of other types of tea trees.
The liguid of tea looked darker than the tea liquid of High Mountain Oolong Tea because it has been roasted for many times, so the color of tea liguid shouldn't be looked like green or honey. The taste of the tea certainly was stronger than light fermented Oolong tea, that was also the reason we chosed it for today.
How to keep the dried tea well? To vacuum it in an aluminum foil bag and avoid the air and wet is the best way, or seal the tea bag well in a good way and put it into a ziplock can also be a good choice at home.
The Tieguanyin Tea which has been deep-roasted by charcoal will be introduced next time, in the cold day like today.
More info: Muzha Tieguanyin Tea
What a pretty color of the liquid!
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