2021 spring gaoshan. What is in your cart?

[LeoFox]

Some available options to date from vendors in Taiwan. I'm not including Jin xuan or the roasted stuff. I'm also not including the "grand cru" lishan spots like da yu lin and FSS.

I will update this as time goes on. This is to help people get a sense of availability and cost.

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Alishan:
Eco cha:
43$/150g: https://eco-cha.com/collections/taiwan- ... 9624417092

Teamasters:
Ruifeng 37.5$/150g: https://www.tea-masters.com/en/high-mou ... ight-25_gr

ChangShuHu 42$/150g: https://www.tea-masters.com/en/high-mou ... ght-150_gr

TTC:
80$/250g: https://www.taiwanteacrafts.com/product ... 16fd43adaa

Mountain stream tea:
29$/100g: https://mountainstreamteas.com/collecti ... 3736303772

Floating leaves:
43$/150g:
https://floatingleaves.com/collections/ ... 1487426596

Tillerman:

Tai he region/ 19$/56.7g
https://tillermantea.net/product/alisha ... ring-2021/

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Shan lin xi:

Eco cha:
44$/150g: https://eco-cha.com/collections/taiwan- ... =348490377

Teamasters:
Yang keng 52.5$/150g: https://www.tea-masters.com/en/high-mou ... ight-25_gr

TTC:
Long feng xia 116$/250g: https://www.taiwanteacrafts.com/product ... 16fd43adaa

Regular slx 92$/250g: https://www.taiwanteacrafts.com/product ... 16fd43adaa

Mountain Stream Tea:
Long feng xia 29.5$/100g: https://mountainstreamteas.com/collecti ... 3543496860

Floating leaves:
49$/150g:
https://floatingleaves.com/collections/ ... 0192009408

ETHAN KURLAND:
viewtopic.php?p=36903#p36903
Perfect: 19$/50g
"Shan lin xi": 25$/50g
Long feng xia: 37$/50g

Tillerman:
25$/56.7g:
https://tillermantea.net/product/shan-l ... ring-2021/

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Lishan

TTC:

88k lishan (2100m) 184$/250g: https://www.taiwanteacrafts.com/product ... 16fd43adaa

Organic lishan (1600m) 168$/250g: https://www.taiwanteacrafts.com/product ... 16fd43adaa

Lishan cui luan (1600m) 120$/250g: https://www.taiwanteacrafts.com/product ... 16fd43adaa

Li shan xin jia yang (2000m) 144$/250g: https://www.taiwanteacrafts.com/product ... 16fd43adaa


Eco cha:
He pin (2000 m) 70$/150g: https://eco-cha.com/collections/taiwan- ... 9385236631

Floating leaves
1800m 54$/150g: https://floatingleaves.com/collections/ ... 6531466276
(Note this may actually be he huan mountain tea not lishan tea based on web address - "floatingleaves.com/collections/tea/products/seasonal-hehuan-high-mountain?variant=11276531466276" but they are close enough so maybe it doesnt matter)

ETHAN KURLAND:
viewtopic.php?p=36903#p36903
32$/50g


Tillerman:
Cuifeng: 26$/56.7g
https://tillermantea.net/product/cuifen ... ring-2021/

"Lishan": 37$/56.7g
https://tillermantea.net/product/lishan ... ring-2021/


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[LeoFox]

I'm wondering if anyone has tried any of the 2021 spring offerings yet

[Victoria]

Nice list @LeoFox. I’m more focused on 1st flush Darjeeling and Shincha, but welcome spring offerings from Taiwan as well . In the past I’ve ordered spring oolong from from HY Chen, Floating Leaves (now operating out of Taiwan), and Tillerman.

[Victoria]

Floating leaves
54$/150g: https://floatingleaves.com/collections/ ... 6531466276
(Note this may actually be he huan mountain tea not lishan tea based on web address)

Web address? The listing says

Harvest Location : Lishan, Taiwan

[LeoFox]

Floating leaves
54$/150g: https://floatingleaves.com/collections/ ... 6531466276
(Note this may actually be he huan mountain tea not lishan tea based on web address)

Web address? The listing says

Harvest Location : Lishan, Taiwan

I expanded on my explanation

[thea_philosophia]

I'm wondering if anyone has tried any of the 2021 spring offerings yet

I got in a shipment from TTC the other day and have only tried the Longfengxia so far. It's as good or better than last years.

[jason19870313]

https://www.teasanity.com/awardedtea

Li shan tea

300 gram taiwan dollars 1990

[jason19870313]

Eson li shan tea

Good qulity

https://en.pinkoi.com/product/A6vNjyT2? ... rm=product

Usd 20+

[GaoShan]

A few weeks ago, I got some Alishan, Shan Lin Xi, Farmer's Choice Baozhong, and traditional high mountain oolong from Floating Leaves. (I would have gotten some Lishan, but it wasn't available.) I'm delighted that they've moved to Taiwan and the shipping to Canada is more reasonable.

I've only tried the Shan Lin Xi, which is gloriously aromatic as always but a little grassy. I'm playing with the steeping parameters, so I'm glad I got a bunch of it.

I'm also in the process of ordering some spring 2021 oolongs from Wang Family Tea. They have five types of oolong from the Shan Lin Xi area, including a Gui Fei and a green Shui Shan.

[LeoFox]

Updated list

[LeoFox]

Updated with @Ethan Kurland

[Bok]

A bit late to the party, just sampling spring Gaoshan now… partly because I care a lot less about this kind of tea than many years ago, but it’s still got a place in my tea stash, if only for being the kickstart of my tea passion in earnest : > )

Got three samples, one Lishan and two Dayuling. First impressions are that I do slightly prefer the Lishan and one of the Dayuling, the other being a bit too green for my taste. But I’ll need to brew it some more times in different to come to a final conclusion - and also ask about the price, which of course is also part of the equation.

All in all very good teas, seems like the ones who could harvest had a good one.

[LeoFox]

Reporting now on the da yu ling mentioned in the previous post that Bok found too green for his taste. A generous sample of this was included in my teapot shipment. Thank you @@Bok!

The rolled balls are pretty big and had a nice umami and dried fruit smell. Very enticing!

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Brewed 5g in 85 mL gaiwan.
No rinse. 40s/ 30s/ 40s etc. for about 10 infusions

The leaf expanded to the point the lid was popping up by 2nd infusion.

After first infusion

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After second infusion

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The infusion is very brothy and thick to the end of the session. This frames the more dynamic aspects of the tea: a baked fruit sweetness that peaks with the second and third infusion and then slowly tails off; a greener herbal character and a minerality that gets stronger in the later steepings; a strong fragrance that arrives in smaller and smaller waves: and a green vegetal character that gets more pronounced over time that may attribute to some astringency that slightly pokes the stomach.

To me it's very good. If I were choosing, it would boil down to a price-to-quality assessment. I'm sure this is more expensive than the lishan.

Thank you bok!

[Bok]

The way you describe it sounds delicious and like I should have actually chosen it, haha. Anyways, glad you liked it. Was a good harvest this spring. Few in volume, but high in flavours.

[LeoFox]

Brewing this same tea now in kobiwako clay. The difference is a very noticeable deletion of the fragrance along with thickening of mouthfeel and emphasis on more spicy notes that were not as discernable as before. The brothiness and sweetness are also more integrated and layered.