{"id":13697,"date":"2019-06-07T15:28:38","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T15:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/?post_type=product&p=13697"},"modified":"2024-03-11T17:42:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T17:42:24","slug":"moc-chau-three-moons-oolong","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/tea\/oolong-tea\/moc-chau-three-moons-oolong\/","title":{"rendered":"Moc Chau Three Moons Oolong"},"content":{"rendered":"

Moc Chau Three Moons Oolong is a complex oolong that is grown in the north of Vietnam, in M\u1ed9c Ch\u00e2u district of S\u01a1n La Province. It undergoes multiple roasting, creating a characterful flavour that emulates an aged tea. Three Moons Oolong is grown at a high altitude of around 1,100m on a small tea estate that specialises in growing Taiwanese tea cultivars. April 2018 harvest.<\/p>\n

This Three Moons Oolong is hand processed from estate-grown tea trees. The cultivar used is called Thanh Tam locally. It is the same as the Qing Xin \u2018Green Heart\u2019 (\u9752\u5fc3) cultivar, originally brought over from Taiwan. Both Vietnam and Thailand have successful plantations utilising some well-known Taiwanese tea plant cultivars, often with the aim of imitating Taiwanese oolong tea. Most of these are exported to Taiwan or Japan. However some gardens produce some very fine teas that have a unique character of their own.<\/p>\n

The Qing Xin cultivar is particularly known for the floral aspects of teas that are made from it. The Three Moons name comes from the fact that this tea undergoes multiple roasting and resting over a three-month period. This aims to emulate the flavours of an aged tea. Certainly the skills of the tea master are apparent in the complexities of flavours derived from this processing. The floral aspects of the Qing Xin cultivar are retained, while the roasted elements elevate the tea to a whole new level. The fine balance achieved yields a tea that is flavoursome, multifaceted, comforting and slightly addictive!<\/p>\n

We also feature three other Qing Xin oolongs from the same producer in Moch Chau in our shop, which all differ in their processing. It is always a good idea to taste these side by side if possible to gain a better understanding of the way tea processing can completely change the flavour of the original leaf. Our Vietnamese oolong teas from the same producer, made from the same cultivar currently are:<\/p>\n