It's back to back Lishan reviews this week! Check out yesterday's review of the Song Yi Tea Lishan Oolong. (I've also reviewed the Song Yi Tea Roast Lishan Oolong.) Today's tea is Tillerman Tea Lishan Goashan Oolong harvested in Winter 2017. I purposefully drank these teas back to back not to formally compare but I enjoyed the Song Yi Lishan so much that I wanted to drink another Lishan.
Like Song Yi Tea, Tillerman Tea also provides detailed sourcing information for its teas. Here's the provenance information for this winter gaoshan:
- Grown in Lishan (this is a given)
- Altitude of 2400 meters
- Qing Xin cultivar
- 15% oxidation and unroasted
TILLERMAN TEA LISHAN GOASHAN OOLONG
The big leaves of this tea were emeralad and forest green with visible stems. The leaves were sweet and floral smelling with scents of grain.
I followed the Western-style parameters provided by Tillerman Tea:
- 8 ounces
- 3-5 grams or 1 teaspoon (I used 4 grams)
- 212F
- 60s
THE TAKEAWAY
You might be able to tell that I lost track of time between the second and third infusion. Regardless, that long third steep produced a good cup of tea. This Tillerman Lishan is very good. Right now I am drinking a cold-steeped session of this tea. It is full and floral. You can't go wrong preparing this Lishan Goashan Oolong hot or cold. However, the chilled version has a longer aftertaste.
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