Tieguanyin is a rolled oolong made with the Tieguanyin cultivar originally from Fujian, China. Of course, most Taiwanese are Fujian immigrants so it didn’t take long for them to bring some plants over and start growing their own Tieguanyin.

There are many “fakes” made with other oolong cultivars but this one is real procured by our friends in Taipei who commandeered the whole crop from a Muzha farmer. There’s not that much of it to go around and this tea is hard to come by even in Taiwan. I kept hearing the same thing from all of the farmers in our network when asking them to help me source an authentic Tieguanyin, “Good luck with that”, they said. Although we still haven’t been successful “Face to Farmer” with this particular tea, we offer this authentic Tieguanyin for your enjoyment.

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