About this tea

High mountain Dong Fang Hong, "Eastern Beauty Red," is a newer style of tea that combines oolong and red tea processing methods. Our partners in Doi Mae Salong produced this distinctive spring micro-lot of tea using the Ruan Zhi oolong tea bush cultivar which is known for its intensity and expression of ripe fruits and tropical flowers. The same Ruan Zhi gardens produce our Ruby Oolong in the late spring and monsoon season. Using different plucking and processing methods we get this amazing batch of tea with ripe nectarine, cherry and multi-floral accents. To create Dong Fang Hong, the two leaves and a bud tea plucks are tumbled in a yaoqing bamboo drum and left to wither and oxidize overnight on trays until the leaves give off a special aroma. The tea is briefly bundle-fermented and expertly roasted to fix the bright red liquor and fruity aspect. Each infusion possesses a vibrant taste and enlivening energy.