Soft Branch Green

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Size: 2 oz. canister

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Size: 2 oz. canister

This highly unusual tea is plucked from Ai Lao Mountain in Pu-er. The family who tends to these plants operates a small organic farm and grow mostly Taiwanese cultivars. This tea is exclusively from the Ruanzhi (or Soft Branch) bushes, which are native to Taiwan and grown for making oolongs.

The leaves are hand-picked in the spring from 30-year-old plants growing in rich, mountain soil and processed as a Yunnan green tea. The result is guaranteed to intrigue even the most well-versed tea lover, while remaining accessible to newcomers.

The leaves are sweet with a magnolia blossom aroma, full body and silky mouth feel, notes of buttered asparagus with a lingering toasty finish. Good for many steeps, this tea has gathered a cult-following.



Process: organic

Harvest: 2024

Origin: Pu'er, Yunnan

Process: Organic

Origin: Pu'er, Yunnan, China

Harvest: 2024



• Taiwanese Ruanzhi cultivar

• 2000m elevation farm

• Light, sweet, floral and buttery

• Steeps many times





• 5g tea per 8oz. water

• Steep 15-20 seconds in 170°-180°F water

• Re-steep for 10 seconds, 3-4 times. Then lengthen the steeps to extract more flavor.

This tea is best steeped in a gaiwan

Pouring Roasted Dong Ding Oolong (Competition Grade) from dark brown gaiwan into clear double-walled glass cup, blurred pothos leaf background Pouring Roasted Dong Ding Oolong (Competition Grade) from dark brown gaiwan into clear double-walled glass cup, blurred pothos leaf background

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