Li Shan 2024 No.566 2200m

High mountain green Wulong from the Li Shan (梨山, Pear Mountain) tea plantations, located between Taiwan's Shei-Pa and Taroko National Parks at an altitude of 1,800 metres. With its sweet, floral flavours and creamy texture, it can easily become your favourite tea, both calming and invigorating. Due to the ever-changing weather and different plucking times, the flavours vary greatly from year to year, making it exciting to taste the different Li Shan teas.

Li Shan is one of Taiwan's most famous tea-growing areas, stretching up to 2600 metres above sea level. As the name suggests, the mountain is famous for its pears, which are in high demand, as well as for its tea. The cooler, rain-rich mountain air is not only good for growing fruit, but also for the tea plant. The leaves remain smaller and softer in these conditions, and the tea made from them is richer and more flavoursome.

The steamed tea has a sweeter, biscuit-like aroma, with floral notes lingering in the background. The 90 degree 20s infusion's scent is moist, deep green, with a floral note and a hint of pine. At 25s, the pine really comes through with a little chestnut, like the depths of a forest, and the mouth tingles with resin, like Sichuan pepper. Starting out green, the 45s infusion unfolds more floral - "like my body has been pulled out - straightening up", "calming me down, like there's more air in my lungs", opening the chest. 1min, 1min 20s, 1min 25s piney - bilouchun, greenish flavours dominate the edge of the mouth.

Quantity: 5-6 grams per 150ml gaiwan.
Water temperature: 90-95ºC. From fresh spring water or filtered water.
Brewing time: 20-30…seconds
Infusions: 6-8