Rare Orchid, Qi Lan 2025 🇨🇳

Rare Orchid // Qi Lan
Wuyi Rock Tea or Yancha
Chinese Dark Roasted Oolong
From Wuyi Mountains, Fujian Province, China.

25g Tin
or 
Zero Waste Refill (compostable bag) with discount code: REFILL

This tea is organically grown!

Large curled dark leaves of green and brown hues. The dry leaf aroma is a high tone of delicate orchid notes. The wet leaf is a delicious oily, slick and dark appearance with a fragrance of bright orchids and rounded aromas of cinnamon. A thick tea soup, clean and vibrant orangey yellow tones that has a mellow mouthfeel with a satisfyingly sweet and fragrant warmth, a smooth lasting flavour with pleasing touches of menthol. Perfect if searching for a milder Oolong from Wuyi.

Harvested in Spring by the Chen Family. The leaves have then undergone a medium style bake, twice charcoal fire roast between July and August, this light to medium roast serves to retain a more delicate body of flavours and aromas from this particular variety. All processed carefully and skilfully following traditional techniques.
 
Qi Lan, a variety that was introduced in the 1990s from Pinghe County in Southern Fujian Province to the Wuyi Mountain region as it was considered a great match for the area’s outstanding natural environment, benefitting from the excellent conditions for tea cultivation. Soon becoming a very popular Pinzhong in the Wuyi area and is widely planted in the Wuyi Mountains.

*Pinzhong ~ are majoritively imported cultivars to Wuyi from other regions or 1990s hybridisations.

Brew Guide Per Cup:
Tea 1 teaspoon (3-4g)
Water 85-90ºc // 300ml
Time 2-3 minutes
Reinfuse leaves x 3 to personal taste.

Brew Guide - Gong Fu Style:
Tea 3-5g
Water per 100ml
At 90ºc for the rinse & 1st infusion,
85ºc for the following 3 infusions,
80ºc when the leaves have fully opened up.
Time 20 seconds + recommended but adjust to personal taste.