{"id":46634,"date":"2022-02-17T18:48:29","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T18:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=46634"},"modified":"2024-03-29T16:26:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T16:26:10","slug":"yushan-competition-qing-xin-oolong","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/tea\/oolong-tea\/yushan-competition-qing-xin-oolong\/","title":{"rendered":"Yushan Competition Qing Xin Oolong (Three Plum Blossoms 2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Brand new arrival. Photos and descriptions coming shortly.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A fine oolong from Jade Mountain, located in Xinyi Township. Made from Qing Xin cultivar leaves grown at an altitude of 1,200 metres, it achieved a \u2018three plum\u2019 award. The smooth floral flavour has buttery notes with a lasting soothing finish. <\/p>\n<p><!--p>Alishan Competition Fine Grade Qing Xin Oolong (\u963f\u91cc\u5c71\u9752\u5fc3\u70cf\u9f8d) is a top grade oolong from the famous Alishan tea growing area of Taiwan. Made from the Qing Xin (\u9752\u5fc3), or Green Heart cultivar, it has a smooth profile that is both floral and creamy. As stipulated in competition rules, this oolong undergoes very light baking that brings out complexities of the tea without overshadowing the floral aspect of the Qing Xin cultivar. This particular tea is from the spring 2021 crops and was entered into competition held by the Meishan Farmers' Association in May 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>This is just one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curioustea.com\/tea\/tagged\/competition-grade-tea\/\">Taiwanese Competition Grade Oolong<\/a> teas that we currently have available in our shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>We were able to acquire a small amount of this 2021 Alishan Competition \u2018Fine Grade\u2019 Qing Xin Oolong with the help of a tea master in Taiwan. Every year in Taiwan, local competitions are held to determine the best teas of that season. This particular tea took part in the Meishan Farmers\u2019 Association competition in 2021 and achieved a Fine Grade. This means that while by no means being a top prize-winning tea, it was judged to be an excellent representation of a classic Alishan Oolong, worthy of taking a place in the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Taiwan tea competitions work somewhat differently to many others. When a farmer submits a tea for competition, 22 jin of tea is submitted for judging, one jin being equal to just over 600 grams. From that 1 jin is used specifically for judging and 1 jin is used for sampling. Upon presenting the awards, the remaining 20 jin, or 12 kilograms of tea, of all awarded teas are sealed with competition seals signifying the competition and the grade achieved. This labelling makes sure that there is no possible counterfeiting or reselling of inferior tea as \u2018competition\u2019 tea. The 12 kilograms of each graded tea is then auctioned off. The best grades of tea do resell for astronomical prices. In many cases the best graded teas are bought by very wealthy individuals or large corporates seeking free publicity from paying exorbitant sums of money for the top teas of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>This Competition Grade Qing Xin Oolong from Alishan has tightly rolled leaves that produce a yellow green liquor that is clear and very bright. The liquor has a light floral aroma with creamy and slightly baked notes that are representative of the light baking (roasting) that this tea undergoes. The smooth balanced profile is creamy, buttery and floral. The clean floral notes have a baked edge to them, making them most similar to sweet scent of alpine meadow flowers. The complexity of this tea definitely exhibits layers of flavours, with sweet floral notes at the start, followed by middle notes that are creamier and more baked and finishing on freshly tart notes and a lingering floral aftertaste. 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