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Shui Hsien tea

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Type
  
Oolong

Temperature
  
90–100 °C

Shui Hsien tea

Other names
  
Shuixian, Shui Xian, Water Sprite, Sacred Lily

Origin
  
Mount Wuyi, Fujian Province, China

Quick description
  
Heavy tea, the darkest of the dark oolongs from Wuyi.

Shui Hsien tea (Chinese: 水仙茶; pinyin: shuǐ xiān chá; pronounced [ʂwèi ɕjɛ́n ʈʂʰǎ]), meaning narcissus or water sprite, is an oolong tea from the Wuyi Mountains in Fujian Province, China with a heavy honey fragrance. Cheaper varieties are grown elsewhere in the province and have a burnt taste and are very popular with Chinese restaurants. The infused color is very dark brown showing that the tea is a very dark Oolong. This tea is also grown in Taiwan.

Varieties

  • Lao Cong Shui Hsien (老欉水仙茶) : A Shui Hsien made from old bushes that may be as old as 200 years. The taste and appearance will signify it as an even darker Oolong.
  • Aged Shui Hsien (老欉水仙茶) : A Shui Hsien that may have been aged for a few decades and rebaked.
  • Zhangping Shui Hsien(漳平水仙茶):A Shui Hsien that grown in Zhangping, Fujian Province.

    • References

    Shui Hsien tea Wikipedia
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