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"Dong Fan Mei Zhen"
trans. "Oriental Beauty"
东方美人 – Dōng Fāng Měi Rén.
Oriental Beauty or Dong Fang Mei Ren is a unique Taiwanese tea variety that deserves to be called Beauty with a capital B.
During production, this tea achieves the highest oxidation level of any oolong (approximately 70-80%). At first glance, you might even think it's a red tea, but according to production techniques, Dongfang Meiren is classified as a dark oolong.
Eastern Beauty is prepared from a tea bush brought to Taiwan from Northern Fujian in the 19th century, and thus Dong Fang Mei Ren is a distant relative of the well-known Da Hong Pao.
The most interesting and impressive fact is that Oriental Beauty is an organically pure tea. Imagine, Dong Fang Mei Ren is harvested exclusively in the summer, and the most important component, one might even say the main producer, of this tea is cicadas. Cicadas are green flies that feed on the sap of tea leaves, causing the tea to begin to oxidize even before harvest. During this attack, the tea bush activates its self-defense: the leaves produce large quantities of polyphenols and tannins. These growing and brewing techniques give Oriental Beauty its unique fruity aroma.
Dongfang Meiren tea is produced using yellowed leaves and a large number of buds, and cicadas are proof of the tea's organic nature, as the vast majority of farmers now spray their tea bushes with pesticides to repel cicadas.
We encourage everyone to try this unique product, created by the fusion of nature, represented by cicadas, and the skill of tea farmers.
The aroma of the dry tea leaves is soft, spicy, and buttery, with a hint of plum wine and a hint of aged Bai Mu Dan white tea. After the first steep, the tea revealed a velvety aroma with hints of caramel, Turkish halva with nuts, and a faint note of Sagan Dailya.
The flavor of the brewed tea is bright, velvety, and austere, with hints of Sagan Dail, aged white tea, linen-bagged nuts, and buckwheat honey. By the third steeping, the infusion acquires a gentle tartness, revealing taiga moss and citrus fruits with a slightly sweet profile. Eastern Beauty tea can be steeped up to six times, producing a clear, amber-colored infusion with a velvety, refreshing finish. For brewing, you'll need water at 90-95°C, 5g of dried tea leaves, and a 150ml porcelain gaiwan or Yixing clay teapot.
Dongfang Meiren from Shaxian is an excellent oolong tea that promotes peace and tranquility, balance, and relaxation. Its exceptionally affordable price and unique flavor and aroma make it an excellent choice for daily drinking.
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Name in Chinese
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沙县福建东方美人 |
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Pinyin
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shāxiàn fújiàn dōngfāng měirén |
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English name
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Dongfang Meiren of Shaxian |
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Translation
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Oriental Beauty from Sha County |
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Tea variety
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Dongfang Meiren Tea |
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Country
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Taiwan |
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District
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Sanming Prefectural District |
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Provinces
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Liaoning (辽宁) |
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A variety of tea tree (bush)
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Da Bai Cha |
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Type of tea
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Oolong Tea |
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The tea is suitable.
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for a bathhouse, for evening tea (calming), for meditation (relaxing), for skin rejuvenation, for the tea ceremony (ceremonial), for women, post-workout (recovery) |
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