{"id":11179,"date":"2019-02-14T02:02:28","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T02:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=11179"},"modified":"2024-02-21T02:28:46","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T02:28:46","slug":"santikhiri-four-seasons-ruby-oolong","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/tea\/oolong-tea\/santikhiri-four-seasons-ruby-oolong\/","title":{"rendered":"Santikhiri Four Seasons Ruby Oolong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Santikhiri Four Seasons Ruby Oolong is a fully organic, highly oxidised oolong from Doi Mae Salong in northern Thailand. It is a high mountain oolong, grown at an altitude of around 1,200-1,600 metres. It has a warming, fruity character with mineral and honey notes. This lot is from the summer 2021 harvest.<\/p>\n<p>This Santikhiri Four Seasons Ruby Oolong comes from an organic plantation located around the village of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Santikhiri\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Santikhiri<\/a>. The village (formerly Mae Salong) is located in Mae Fa Luang District, around the highlands of Doi Mae Salong mountain, close to the border with Burma and Laos. While previously the area was a centre for the opium trade of the Golden Triangle, since the 1980&#8217;s local efforts have resulted in farmers switching to sustainable crops. Doi Mae Salong has now become the centre of a booming tea industry and is home to the best high mountain plantation-grown teas of Thailand.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11176\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11176\" style=\"width: 1640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Doi-Mae-Salong-and-Santikhiri.jpg\" alt=\"View over Doi Mae Salong and Santikhiri Village\" width=\"1640\" height=\"820\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Doi-Mae-Salong-and-Santikhiri.jpg 1640w, https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Doi-Mae-Salong-and-Santikhiri-338x169.jpg 338w, https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Doi-Mae-Salong-and-Santikhiri-566x283.jpg 566w, https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Doi-Mae-Salong-and-Santikhiri-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Doi-Mae-Salong-and-Santikhiri-820x410.jpg 820w, https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Doi-Mae-Salong-and-Santikhiri-624x312.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1640px) 100vw, 1640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11176\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View over Doi Mae Salong and Santikhiri Village<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It is made from a Taiwanese Si Ji Chun or \u2018Four Seasons\u2019 (\u56db\u5b63\u6625) cultivar that is especially favoured for lighter floral oolongs. It is particularly popular in Taiwan amongst farmers growing teas at lower altitude that are harvested year round to produce lightly oxidised floral oolongs. However, due to the growing conditions of Doi Mae Salong, these tea plants thrive in northern Thailand at higher altitude while still producing rather decent oolong teas year round. The grower of this tea put a further twist on it by increasing the oxidation level. The high degree of oxidation results in a complex tea with a fruity character that sits much closer to a black tea. However, unlike our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/tea\/black-tea\/santikhiri-ruby-ruan-zhi\/\">Santikhiri Ruby Ruan Zhi<\/a> black tea, this one is still firmly rooted in the oolong tea category. The best point of comparison for this tea would be our popular <a href=\"http:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/tea\/oolong-tea\/four-seasons-red-oolong\/\">Four Seasons Red Oolong<\/a> from Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>Santikhiri Four Seasons Ruby Oolong comes in very tightly rolled leaves that resemble black pearls. The addition of &#8216;Ruby&#8217; in the name clearly hints at the colour of both the leaves and the liquor of this highly oxidised oolong. As the leaves begin to open up when brewed, they produce a golden amber liquor with good clarity and brightness. It has a full-bodied aroma with a lightly roasted, honey and mineral fragrance that resembles stewed fruits. When compared to the aroma, the taste is lighter, with a warming wild honey and slightly mineral flavour. There are notes of herbs, sultanas and stewed fruits. The aftertaste is clean and comforting. This is a very easy tea to drink, a pleasurable choice for a relaxing afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, this is an excellent highly oxidised oolong that delivers complex honey and fruity flavours. You may also be interested in a lightly oxidised version of this tea, our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/tea\/oolong-tea\/santikhiri-four-seasons-oolong\/\">Santikhiri Four Seasons Oolong<\/a>, that has a refreshing verdant character and provides a great contrast.<\/p>\n<p>We suggest brewing at 90\u00b0C for 3-4 minutes according to your taste. It can be brewed around 3+ times depending on your taste preferences. As the leaves are very tightly rolled we suggested a slightly longer brewing time on the first infusion to allow the leaves to open up for subsequent shorter steeps.<\/p>\n<p>This Santikhiri Four Seasons Ruby Oolong tea was featured in our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/october2020\/#ruby\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">October 2020<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/february2019\/#fourseasonsruby\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">February 2019<\/a> Curious Tea <a href=\"http:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/tea-subscription\/\">Subscription Boxes<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santikhiri Four Seasons Ruby Oolong is a heavily oxidised oolong from the highlands of Doi Mae Salong in northern Thailand. It produces a golden amber liquor with a herbal, fruity aroma. The clean, light flavour has a warming honey character with fruity notes of sultanas. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[165],"product_tag":[358,114,169,188,186,229],"supplier_id":null,"supplier_sku":"","barcode":null,"atum_controlled":true,"out_stock_date":null,"out_stock_threshold":null,"inheritable":true,"inbound_stock":0,"stock_on_hold":0,"sold_today":1,"sales_last_days":1,"reserved_stock":0,"customer_returns":0,"warehouse_damage":0,"lost_in_post":0,"other_logs":0,"out_stock_days":0,"lost_sales":0,"has_location":false,"update_date":"2024-04-04T18:09:01","atum_locations":[],"atum_stock_status":"instock","restock_status":false,"low_stock_amount":"","sales_update_date":"2024-04-04T18:09:01","calc_backorders":null,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Santikhiri Four Seasons Ruby Oolong | Thai Oolong Tea | Curious Tea<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Santikhiri Four Seasons Ruby Oolong is a highly oxidised tea from Doi Mae Salong in Thailand. It has a honey profile with fruity notes.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/tea\/oolong-tea\/santikhiri-four-seasons-ruby-oolong\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Santikhiri Four Seasons Ruby Oolong | Thai Oolong Tea | Curious Tea\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Santikhiri Four Seasons Ruby Oolong is a highly oxidised tea from Doi Mae Salong in Thailand. It has a honey profile with fruity notes.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/tea\/oolong-tea\/santikhiri-four-seasons-ruby-oolong\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Curious Tea\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CuriousTeaLtd\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-21T02:28:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Thailand-Santikhiri-Doi-Mae-Salong-Four-Seasons-Ruby-Oolong-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/tea\/oolong-tea\/santikhiri-four-seasons-ruby-oolong\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/tea\/oolong-tea\/santikhiri-four-seasons-ruby-oolong\/\",\"name\":\"Santikhiri Four Seasons Ruby Oolong | Thai Oolong Tea | Curious Tea\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/tea\/oolong-tea\/santikhiri-four-seasons-ruby-oolong\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/tea\/oolong-tea\/santikhiri-four-seasons-ruby-oolong\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Thailand-Santikhiri-Doi-Mae-Salong-Four-Seasons-Ruby-Oolong-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-02-14T02:02:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-21T02:28:46+00:00\",\"description\":\"Santikhiri Four Seasons Ruby Oolong is a highly oxidised tea from Doi Mae Salong in Thailand. It has a honey profile with fruity notes.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/tea\/oolong-tea\/santikhiri-four-seasons-ruby-oolong\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/tea\/oolong-tea\/santikhiri-four-seasons-ruby-oolong\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/tea\/oolong-tea\/santikhiri-four-seasons-ruby-oolong\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Thailand-Santikhiri-Doi-Mae-Salong-Four-Seasons-Ruby-Oolong-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Thailand-Santikhiri-Doi-Mae-Salong-Four-Seasons-Ruby-Oolong-1.jpg\",\"width\":1640,\"height\":1640,\"caption\":\"Thailand Santikhiri Doi Mae Salong Four Seasons Ruby Oolong\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/tea\/oolong-tea\/santikhiri-four-seasons-ruby-oolong\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tea shop\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/tea\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Santikhiri Four Seasons Ruby Oolong\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/\",\"name\":\"Curious Tea\",\"description\":\"Explore the world of tea\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Curious Tea Ltd\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\",\"caption\":\"Curious Tea Ltd\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CuriousTeaLtd\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/CuriousTeaLtd\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/curioustealtd\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/3534710\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/curioustealtd\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Santikhiri Four Seasons Ruby Oolong | Thai Oolong Tea | Curious Tea","description":"Santikhiri Four Seasons Ruby Oolong is a highly oxidised tea from Doi Mae Salong in Thailand. It has a honey profile with fruity notes.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/tea\/oolong-tea\/santikhiri-four-seasons-ruby-oolong\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Santikhiri Four Seasons Ruby Oolong | Thai Oolong Tea | Curious Tea","og_description":"Santikhiri Four Seasons Ruby Oolong is a highly oxidised tea from Doi Mae Salong in Thailand. It has a honey profile with fruity notes.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/tea\/oolong-tea\/santikhiri-four-seasons-ruby-oolong\/","og_site_name":"Curious Tea","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CuriousTeaLtd","article_modified_time":"2024-02-21T02:28:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1640,"height":1640,"url":"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Thailand-Santikhiri-Doi-Mae-Salong-Four-Seasons-Ruby-Oolong-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/tea\/oolong-tea\/santikhiri-four-seasons-ruby-oolong\/","url":"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/tea\/oolong-tea\/santikhiri-four-seasons-ruby-oolong\/","name":"Santikhiri Four Seasons Ruby Oolong | Thai Oolong Tea | Curious Tea","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/tea\/oolong-tea\/santikhiri-four-seasons-ruby-oolong\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/tea\/oolong-tea\/santikhiri-four-seasons-ruby-oolong\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Thailand-Santikhiri-Doi-Mae-Salong-Four-Seasons-Ruby-Oolong-1.jpg","datePublished":"2019-02-14T02:02:28+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-21T02:28:46+00:00","description":"Santikhiri Four Seasons Ruby Oolong is a highly oxidised tea from Doi Mae Salong in Thailand. It has a honey profile with fruity notes.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/tea\/oolong-tea\/santikhiri-four-seasons-ruby-oolong\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/tea\/oolong-tea\/santikhiri-four-seasons-ruby-oolong\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/tea\/oolong-tea\/santikhiri-four-seasons-ruby-oolong\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Thailand-Santikhiri-Doi-Mae-Salong-Four-Seasons-Ruby-Oolong-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Thailand-Santikhiri-Doi-Mae-Salong-Four-Seasons-Ruby-Oolong-1.jpg","width":1640,"height":1640,"caption":"Thailand Santikhiri Doi Mae Salong Four Seasons Ruby Oolong"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/tea\/oolong-tea\/santikhiri-four-seasons-ruby-oolong\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tea shop","item":"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/tea\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Santikhiri Four Seasons Ruby Oolong"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/","name":"Curious Tea","description":"Explore the world of tea","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/#organization","name":"Curious Tea Ltd","url":"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"","contentUrl":"","caption":"Curious Tea Ltd"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CuriousTeaLtd","https:\/\/x.com\/CuriousTeaLtd","https:\/\/instagram.com\/curioustealtd\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/3534710","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/curioustealtd\/"]}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/11179"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=11179"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=11179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}