“Another sample (Thanks Sanne!) Steeped leaves smell to me like bai hao/Dongfang meiren/OB (A favourite along with with various dan cong, so scores will be skewed in its favour, haha). Liquor smell...” Read full tasting note
“Water: 8oz Leaves: large long semi-twisted brownish-black leaves Steep: 90s, 120s, 150s Aroma: earthy Color: reddish amber Clarity: Great! Taste: This tea along with the previous one arrived in...” Read full tasting note
“Delicious Nicole! I was super excited to see this one in the sampling you sent me. I do love my taiwanese blacks for that honey note that tends to run through them. This one isn’t quite the same...” Read full tasting note
“I have been doing a side by side tasting of this with Beautiful Taiwan Tea Company’s Farmer Lee’s Sun Moon Lake. My palate is not very nuanced, I know, but I don’t detect a significant difference...” Read full tasting note
Taiwanese Wild Mountain Tea is made from a tree strain belonging to Camellia sinensis f. formosana family. In 1645, the Dutch discovered Taiwanese wild mountain tea trees. Nowadays, 12 types of indigenous tea tree have been identified. However, only in the last 20 years, Taiwanese wild mountain tea trees had any commercial value, due to the local farmers were unacquainted with the tea strain.
After the big success of No. 18 Black Tea, created by hybridizing Taiwanese wild mountain tea trees with Burma Assam tea trees, farmers started to reconsider the commercial value of the wild mountain tea trees. Tea farmers then put more efforts on the improvement of production methods, and enhancing the natural flavor.
Taiwanese wild mountain tea trees require minimal interference. In fact, non-interference agricultural methods are the best way to manage wild mountain tea trees. The features of this strain are drought-endurance and cold-resistance. They are much stronger than most other tea strains. All tea leaves were hand-picked by experienced tea workers, who only picked the finest tips.
Taiwanese Wild Mountain Tea, when brewed, releases delicate rose, pomelo zest, and mint scent. The uniqueness of this tea is the wild refreshing palate with cinnamon and mint notes, and pleasant coolness and smooth sweetness after taste.
Our Taiwanese Wild Mountain Tea was harvested in summer, when the Jacobiasca formosana, a type of green leafhopper insect, is most active. Once the tea leaves were bitten by the insect, the tea plant would produce monoterpene diol and hotrienol which gives the tea a unique honey flavor. Taiwanese wild mountain tea trees are rare, and the insect bitten leaves are even rarer. The farmer only produces 60 kg of Taiwanese Wild Mountain Tea in the summer. Most of the tea was sold out even before it came to market!
Sanne Tea is the place where you can find high-quality and pesticide-free Taiwanese tea. The founder came from a Taiwanese family that loves and drinks tea for several generations. We want to share our enthusiasm and passion for Taiwanese tea and natural farming with the world. As our commitment, we source and sell 100% natural, zero pesticide teas. We are very excited about the teas that we have to offer, and are very much looking forward to meeting other tea lovers here. We worked hard to find the Taiwanese tea that is 100% grown in Taiwan and build the relationships with local farmers, not to mention that the tea has to be affordable. We, along with several tea farmers who we trust, would like to promote true Taiwanese tea to the global market. Thank you for visiting us and please go to our website:www.sannetea.com