Taiwan’s Top 5 Tea Varieties! Ep. 18

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Check out Taiwan’s top five tea varieties! Taiwan is a tea capital celebrated by visitors from around the world. Join Veronique on a journey through the process of tea harvesting and production. The tea fields of Sanxia are known for a special kind of Green Spiral (Biluochun) Tea that’s picked right as two leaves emerge from one sprout. The leaves are then rested for eight hours, sorted, and roasted at 280oC for five minutes before being pressed and dried. This unoxidized green tea has a light green color and a refreshing taste. Leafhopper Honey Black Tea is named for the insects which gives the leaves their distinctive honey flavor. Jinxuan is a variety of Taiwanese oolong that is known for a light, creamy and floral taste. Tieguanyin is a rare variety of black tea that’s roasted in lieu of a traditional fermentation process. Wenshan Baozhong Tea is different in terms of its needle-like shape and floral aftertaste.

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