Though both shrouded by an ancient mythical legend, the two types Tieguanyin oolong tea each offer a slightly different finish. Traditional Tieguanyin is a bit nutty, while Jade Tieguanyin is softer and more flowery. Grown in Anxi Fujian, China, harvested using a tedious process and rolled by hand, this tea is robust and full of body. The harvesting period and frequency can vary depending on the type of Tieguanyin being cultivated, but it is typically during early spring.

• Place of origin: Anxi Fujian, China
• Harvest time: May 2017
• Tieguanyin Myth: A poor farmer named Wei who everyday on this way to the fields walks past a small run down temple to Guanyin. He stops and sweeps out debris from the temple and leaves burning incense each day. One night Guanyin appears in a dream to him and tells him there is a cave behind the temple that holds a treasure and that he is to take the treasure from the cave, plant it and share it with the other farmers in his village. The next morning, the farmer found a tea sprig in the cave, which he took to the fields where he planted and cared for it. When it grew into a bush, he discovered it made a very flavorful tea. He cut off sprigs and gave them to his fellow farmers to plant as well. Everyone in the village began growing tea and named it after Guanyin. The tea provided enough money for the farmers in the village that they restored the temple to Guanyin as a tribute to her sharing the tea with them.
• lightly rolled and twisted to damage the leaf so that it can speed up the oxidation process. Traditional Tiequanyins are processed twice a year. Once in the Spring and again in the fall and its oxidized about
• 70%. Jade Tieguanyin is the less oxidized out of the two which makes it appear more like a green tea instead of an oolong. Its plucked only in the spring. The Jade Tieguanyin is flowery in flavor while the traditional is nutty in flavor.
• Steeping time: 1tsp per 8 oz of water at 180-195F for 45 seconds to 1 min. These leaves can be re infused up to 3-4 times