Oolongs from different harvests
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runefactory
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Hey everyone! What's everyone's thoughts on tea that are harvested from the same area, but from different seasons? I have a tea that someone gifted me from Taiwan (high mountain) and the packaging says it's made using spring and winter harvested leaves. Does it make it better/worse/etc?
People say spring tends to be thinner but more aromatic - winter is thicker.
That's how people seem to market the differences.
Weird that in a single pack, both spring and winter are mixed. Seems more common for pu erh but never heard this for oolong
That's how people seem to market the differences.
Weird that in a single pack, both spring and winter are mixed. Seems more common for pu erh but never heard this for oolong
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Ethan Kurland
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I have not come across oolong of more than 1 season being mixed.
The ? is, does this mix make the drinker happy? (Lucky enough to get a gift, luckier if it is enjoyable....)
Could stop us assuming it does not make sense to blend the seasons.
Lots of generalizations don't hold up 100% of the time. E.g. I don't recommend buying tea in fancy tins when in Taiwan; yet, a couple of times good tea was in such tins given to my sister. (Or, perhaps she & I were disposed to think well of the tea given to her by her students---"Don't look a gift horse in the mouth" situation.)