[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][woodmart_responsive_text_block font=”text” size=”small” align=”left” woodmart_css_id=”60751f13980d3″ content_width=”100″ inline=”no”]With a delicate, orchid aroma, light yellow liquor and an almost sugar-cane sweetness, it is very pleasing and refreshing even on the hottest summer afternoon.
[/woodmart_responsive_text_block][woodmart_responsive_text_block font=”text” size=”small” align=”left” woodmart_css_id=”607520e6d6ac3″ woodmart_empty_space=”” content_width=”100″ inline=”no”]Grown on Wen Shan (Wen Mountain) on the northern tip of Taiwan, this Formosa Oolong is only about 9% oxidised but, unusually for a ‘light oxidation’ oolong it is not formed as dense, rolled nuggets but as long, twisted, dark emerald strands. [/woodmart_responsive_text_block][woodmart_responsive_text_block font=”text” size=”small” align=”left” woodmart_css_id=”60751fa0ec13e” content_width=”100″ inline=”no”]It was traditionally, very skilfully, wrapped in little cube-shaped boxes, hence the name Pouchong, a phonetic translation of ‘Bao Zhong’ (包种 meaning ‘the wrapped variety’). It can be brewed at quite a low temperature too.
[/woodmart_responsive_text_block][woodmart_responsive_text_block font=”text” size=”small” align=”left” woodmart_css_id=”60751facd7fdc” content_width=”100″ inline=”no”]Our Taiwan tea master continues the art and tradition of his tea-making family, which brought its skills from Fujian on China’s mainland four generations ago. He likens sipping Pouchong to watching slow ripples on a pond or listening to the elegant plucking of the harp-like Qin. It is an experience to be savoured.[/woodmart_responsive_text_block][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_raw_html]JTVCaHRtbF9ibG9jayUyMGlkJTNEJTIyMjUxODklMjIlNUQ=[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column][/vc_row]