Gong Fu Tea|chA - Episode 17 - Anxi Oolongs (安溪烏龍茶

Gong Fu Tea|chA - Episode 17 - Anxi Oolongs (安溪烏龍茶 | Ānxī wūlóng chá)

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5 жыл бұрын

In this episode, So Han explores some of the oolongs from Anxi county in Fujian province in South Eastern China. These teas showcase a wide variety of oxidation and though traditionally charcoal roasted at a higher-oxidation, a newer low-oxidation form of processing has been dominating in popularity in the region. So Han showcases both of these styles with Tie Guan Yin and also demos Golden Turtle (one of the Color Types) and a bonus tea (Zhang Ping Shui Xian) from a town adjacent to Anxi County. Stories of sourcing and legendary origin! Hope y'all enjoy!
Teas featured in this episode include:
-Charcoal Roasted Tie Guan Yin (炭焙鐵觀音, Tàn Bèi Tiě Guān Yīn, "Charcoal Roasted Iron Guan Yin"), which can be purchased here: westchinatea.com/30g-charcoal...
-Jade Tie Guan Yin (清香鐵觀音, Qīng Xiāng Tiě Guān Yīn, "Clear Fragrance Iron Guan Yin"), which can be purchased here: westchinatea.com/jade-tie-gua...
-Golden Turtle (黃金龜, Huáng Jīn Guī, "Golden Turtle"), which can be purchased here: westchinatea.com/golden-turtl...
-Zhang Ping Shui Xian (漳平水仙, Zhāng Píng Shuǐ Xiān, "Water Immortal from Zhang Ping"), which can be purchased here: westchinatea.com/zhang-ping-s...
Gong Fu Tea|chA is a viewer-supported show. Please consider supporting the show on Patreon: / teahouseghost
Music by: B. Glenn Copeland (www.SongCycles.com)
Production Credits:
Directed by: Erik Duemig
Director of Photography: Jacob Berardi
Edited by: Henry Arrambide
Assistant Edited by: Jacob Berardi
Sound by: Erik Duemig

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@chrisladouceur4093 5 жыл бұрын

I look forward to these, quite educational

@robertlust6234 3 жыл бұрын

Citizen kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q9qpZd2VnNfNqnU.html

@argonwheatbelly637 5 жыл бұрын

Your Bob Ross reference was precious. That's happiness and compassion. That's tea. Love these videos!

@robertlust6234 3 жыл бұрын

Citizen black kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q9qpZd2VnNfNqnWm.htmlcience guy

@agskater1914 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing story to go with the Tie Guan Yin, makes me want to buy some honestly

@eitanstrauss-cohn 5 жыл бұрын

Delightful! I especially loved the story of your search for the best tieguanyin - had me laughing about the man from the factory! Brewed along with some Dong Ding and a red bean cake. I tried the hui wei bei with some Li Shan the other day, it was interesting. The saved cup tasted similar to if I had just cold brewed it. I look forward to that Taiwanese Oolong episode!

@ReedJanicki 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks again So Han! Your vids are the best!

@argonwheatbelly637 5 жыл бұрын

The guy you met is into tea for promotion, production, and the state. You are into tea for art, taste, and soul. Both tea; yet, both different.

@teaandmusic 5 жыл бұрын

Alright! Love getting a notification of a new video! Very interesting story and very informative. Enjoyed it all. Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge. And love that clay teapot! :)

@Jakeknapp 5 жыл бұрын

"I didn't come here for no turtle tea!" Great video, as always. Good Anxi Tie Guanyin tea does seem to be getting harder to find these days, though I tend to prefer the traditional style. Love me some Muzha TGY too. Cheers!

@qhodave 5 жыл бұрын

If I have to choose one tea only it's probably tie guan yin. As always, awesome episode. Greatly appreciated!

@foodrecipe246 2 жыл бұрын

معلومة جميلة وتجربة ممتعة مع الشاي الصيني شكرا لكم 🫶🏼

@mikee4689 5 жыл бұрын

This was a lot of fun, thanks So Han!

@petra.andersen 5 жыл бұрын

Lovely video So Han, as always. I am watching in parts (time not on my side) - first part with hand rolled unroasted Tie Guan Yin and second part with traditional charcoal roasted Tie Guan Yin

@GxAce 5 жыл бұрын

Can I subscribe twice? Fantastic channel! Even though our channels are completely different I would love to collaborate somehow! Definitely going to swing by the tea house if I'm ever in Austin!

@DNS-FRANK09 10 ай бұрын

I learned a lot from this video ❤ thanks 😊

@gregcyrus3602 5 жыл бұрын

Tnx4vid, rly love'em! for a long time I couldn't become friends with the Tie Guan Yin taste... but today I adore it (mostly Formosa from small lots). Some charcoal roastings I find a bit heavy (but my taste for tea is constantly evolving).

@casadecha4295 5 жыл бұрын

We have a fairly good tie guan yin although it took us over two years to find one we liked. The more popular the more standardised they seem to become. Great video So Han ✌🏻

@sexysupportgroup345 4 жыл бұрын

tgy was my first tea i fell in love with :)

@MrAqr2598 2 жыл бұрын

Drinking some _Qīng Xiāng Ānxī Tiě Guān Yīn_ (清香安渓鐵觀音/铁观音)while watching this. _Guān Yīn_ , we are very grateful of you providing this tea to our world.

@alchemichael 5 жыл бұрын

My friend Luke just gave me some Oolong from Guan Yin tea house. Great stuff aroma like Popcorn butter. He had only nice things to say about the tea, the shop and the cool peeps.

@grant5603 3 жыл бұрын

Loved the story of the factory visit 😂😂

@glynallport7133 5 жыл бұрын

Oh yes, it’s that time again. Howdy y’all.

@TeaHouseGhost 5 жыл бұрын

It is indeed! Thanks for stopping by!

@robertlust6234 3 жыл бұрын

@@TeaHouseGhost give this flyer out to the rest of the tea house please it's a psycho manifest I'm going to get you kzfaq.info/sun/PLnQPLGakv2e20WfyWKzlHEOZgQSRUYUnL the list

@robertlust6234 3 жыл бұрын

@Tea House Ghost茶館鬼 give this flyer out to the rest of the tea house please it's a psycho manifest I'm going to get you kzfaq.info/sun/PLnQPLGakv2e20WfyWKzlHEOZgQSRUYUnL the list

@kellyf.653 2 жыл бұрын

So good. Ty.

@noname-vp6vf 7 ай бұрын

I think another great way to describe the se zhong are the Maroon 5. Everyone knows the singer (TGY) but not the other band members.

@SkinCoachTanel Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this! You mention filtering and re-mineralization for the water you use - may I ask what equipment do you use for this filtering and re-mineralization?

@TeaHouseGhost Жыл бұрын

I'm not actually sure if the brand name, and am currently traveling out of state. Maybe try reaching out to info@westchinatea.com

@JW-zs5nw 5 жыл бұрын

Have you noticed that tea tastes much better if you don't use a Gong Dao Bei (justice cup)? Just go straight into the cup! Experiment for yourself!

@TeaHouseGhost 5 жыл бұрын

I haven't noticed that. Have you?? The Chao Zhou style of Gong Fu Cha often does not employ a gongdao bei but instead pours directly into 3 cups!

@WanderingVeteran 5 жыл бұрын

Good video. ^_^

@donotseemecricket 2 жыл бұрын

what you're talking about in terms of 鐵觀音 becoming so popular other varietals are being used to make it, reminds me of 大紅袍, really true dahongpao is super hard to find, if you can find it at all, but other varietals are being grown and blended and sold as dhp because of the name, even tho its probably 水仙 or 肉桂。。。and you immediately make that very same point as i started typing this 哈哈哈😂

@caseyjonesbklyn5796 2 жыл бұрын

Just found this channel. Love what you are teaching. Do you have a store as well?

@TeaHouseGhost 2 жыл бұрын

Sure do! West China Tea - www.westchinatea.com

@caseyjonesbklyn5796 2 жыл бұрын

@@TeaHouseGhost thank you! Just ordered a couple of Oolongs. Excited to dive deeper into this and learn more. Could you recommend a tea for a coffee/morning substitute? Thinking a better version of Earl gray or Irish breakfast or the twinings offerings? I’m sure you have them in your videos but I’m still making my way through.

@caseyjonesbklyn5796 2 жыл бұрын

@@TeaHouseGhost just ordered a couple of red teas too! Really appreciate what you do here

@TeaHouseGhost 2 жыл бұрын

@@caseyjonesbklyn5796 so all of those that you listed would be considered Red Tea in China! Some good ones I would suggest from our shop: Crimson Spring and Black Phoenix are super nice but kinda spendy. River Red and Rum Raisin are the more affordable versions of those first two. Yi Ya Yi Ye Guizhou Red is really good. And honestly all of the red tea we have made from Pu'er plants are really good - Nannuo Sun Dried Red, Ultraviolet, Gamma Ray, Gu Shu Hong Might also suggest, outside the red tea category, some dark Shu Pu'er. Right now I think we have a Bing called Gold Tooth that's pretty good. Soon we'll have this year's new Rain Butter.

@iBuzzinga 2 жыл бұрын

My Lord, that color at 19:20 !

@josephsherby 5 жыл бұрын

I wish it were easier for me to find the legitimate versions of these teas. I’d love to try both the oxidized tie guan yin and the golden turtle, but it’s so difficult to find them.

@TeaHouseGhost 5 жыл бұрын

You can email So Han at teamaster(at)westchinateacompany(dot)com to buy some of this tea directly from him!

@MrAqr2598 2 жыл бұрын

2:58~ 6:47~ I believe the characters are 龍頭鳳尾鐵觀音(鉄観音 in Japanese writing). Please correct me if I’m wrong. 29:13~ _Guān Yīn_ will definitely be disappointed with this news. BTW in the Japanese market, Golden Turtle _Huáng Jīn Guī_ (黃金龜), as Golden Osmanthus _Huáng Jīn Guì_ (黃金桂), is also well known, though not as well as _Tiě Guān Yīn_ (鐵觀音/铁观音). The other _sē zhǒng_ (色種) are usually blended with low quality _Wǔyí Shuǐ Xiāns_ (武夷水仙) to make cheap, bottled oolong tea (mainly to adjust the taste), which makes the 30:02~ double shame into a triple/quadruple shame.

@OysterPir8 4 жыл бұрын

Would you consider doing some videos about Chinese tea geography - maps, photos, etc?

@TeaHouseGhost 4 жыл бұрын

I think that would be an awesome episode! Maybe in season 3!

@Ygdrasil18 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, like your videos. Which kettle do you use? Searching for a good one.

@TeaHouseGhost 4 жыл бұрын

Most of the ones we have at the Teahouse are either Bonavita or Elementi kettles. Both avail on Amazon.

@Ygdrasil18 4 жыл бұрын

Tea House Ghost茶館鬼 thank you for your quick response. Yeah I had an eye on a bonavita but they‘re quite expensive here in europe. I heard of people habing issues with the base plate after a year or so. Do you have recognized any issues? Btw I love all of your videos and watch them a lot during my solo sessions. Keep up the great work!

@TeaHouseGhost 4 жыл бұрын

@@Ygdrasil18 I have not experienced baseplate issues with them myself!

@tanghingtung5897 3 жыл бұрын

Please do a video about how the tea broth is greatly enhanced by using “jian” ware (jianzhan)...

@TeaHouseGhost 3 жыл бұрын

I haven't actually gotten a chance to use any jianzhan wares yet, myself (this is Erik speaking). I think So Han has one jianzhan piece. Excited to explore this

@ReedJanicki 5 жыл бұрын

Hey So Han, could you update your description with that last bonus tea. I didn't quite catch the name and of course CC is way off, funny but less than helpful. Thanks!

@ReedJanicki 5 жыл бұрын

Okay, found it under Water Immortal Oolongs if anyone else is looking for that style.

@TeaHouseGhost 5 жыл бұрын

Updated! Sry about that!! Thanks for bringing to my attention!

@qhodave 5 жыл бұрын

Do you not rinse/wake up TGY? Plus: do TGY generally get more sour with more infusions?

@TeaHouseGhost 5 жыл бұрын

Usually So Han rinses every tea. Not sure why he didn't rinse this one. I don't always rinse tea - and low-oxidation TGY is one I often won't rinse. I don't find TGY gets sour with further steepings! Wonder what's up!

@chrisladouceur4093 5 жыл бұрын

qhodave You should give TGY a rinse. Only teas I don’t rinse are most greens. Wulong and pu’er should always be rinsed. White and black should be rinsed if in doubt or if they’re bud heavy, many people just rinse all black and white anyway. Nearly all greens shouldn’t be rinsed if they’re high quality, it will ruin too much of the aromatics most greens are known for. As for sourness, I’ve never noticed that with the ones I’ve tried.

@TeaHouseGhost 5 жыл бұрын

@@chrisladouceur4093 the main ones I don't rinse are phoenix Oolongs and wuyi Oolongs because I just love those first few steepings!! And green teas yes.

@chrisladouceur4093 5 жыл бұрын

@@TeaHouseGhost I usually give those a flash rinse, but maybe I'll give them a try without next time

@cpa314 2 жыл бұрын

I've heard the low oxidation tieguanyin was more of a response to Chinese consumers craving the Taiwanese style low oxidation oolong flavor profile, so the dark charcoal roasted traditional became less and less popular in China. Ate there many traditional low oxidation Oolongs in China(that aren't influenced by the Taiwan Jade oolong processing) other than that zhangping shuixian you mentioned?

@TeaHouseGhost 2 жыл бұрын

Yes there are! The Snow Teas (winter harvested) teas of the Phoenix Mountains are usually roasted and oxidized less than the more robust spring harvested leaves. But you are correct in saying that the low oxidation Anxi Oolongs were popularized in mainland China in large part because of their popularity in Taiwan.

@imurking3820 4 жыл бұрын

I have heard that clay tea pots are not so good for chineese or japanese green tea ? Would you have a different opinion ?

@TeaHouseGhost 4 жыл бұрын

I have heard this opinion as well, and mostly it comes down to heat retention. Teapots retain heat very well, and many think that because green teas often want cooler water that this is counter intuitive, but I think there are definitely ways to make green tea really well in a pot and if you find a pot that feels like a green tea pot, I say go for it!

@pantasticlaire3966 5 жыл бұрын

In an area without tea houses where would be the best place to purchase teas such as these? I use yunnan sourcing but I want to branch out and know where to go for high quality tea.

@TeaHouseGhost 5 жыл бұрын

So Han can ship these teas! You can email him at teamaster(at)westchinateacompany(dot)com

@pantasticlaire3966 5 жыл бұрын

Tea House Ghost茶館鬼 thank you so much!

@gregcyrus3602 5 жыл бұрын

is a new video about to come soon? (you could make Taiwan Tea & Regions e.g.). You are my favorite when it comes to tea. *hug*

@TeaHouseGhost 5 жыл бұрын

A new video is on the way! We've had to delay a new release for a while because So Han was in China for two months

@OysterPir8 4 жыл бұрын

The Movie Star.. and the rest, are here on Gilligan's Isle.....

@MrAqr2598 2 жыл бұрын

26:48~ I've searched for Golden Turtle _Huáng Jīn Guī_ 黃金龜, but I couldn't find it. However, I did find Golden Osmanthus _Huáng Jīn Guì_ 黃金桂. Could you please tell me how they're different?

@TeaHouseGhost 2 жыл бұрын

My understanding is that they are not different - folks in the region just started referring to this tea as Golden Osmanthus recently. Not sure of why the switch, but have heard this is the case. We still call it Golden Turtle for now.

@MrAqr2598 2 жыл бұрын

@@TeaHouseGhost Oh, so someone mispronounced it, and they began to write it judging from the wrong pronunciation?

@TeaHouseGhost 2 жыл бұрын

@@MrAqr2598 no I don't think so - I think it may have been an active marketing decision by merchants in Anxi but I'm not positive.

@kylesalmon31 4 жыл бұрын

So I ordered a clay teapot. Should I only brew one type of tea in it? If I do,idk if I would keep it for just oolong,or for puer.

@TeaHouseGhost 4 жыл бұрын

You only need to dedicate it to one type of tea if it's unglazed. If it's glazed - go nuts, since it won't yang. If you go with oolong, I may suggest getting a little more specific, like I might not do the roasted Tie Guan Yin in the same pot as the Jade (lighter oxidation) Oolongs, since they're such different flavors.

@kylesalmon31 4 жыл бұрын

Tea House Ghost茶館鬼 ohhh ok,thanks for the advice/response! I’m assuming the glazed one will look shiny,idk if the one I got is glazed or not,I’ll know soon.

@TeaHouseGhost 4 жыл бұрын

@@kylesalmon31 yeah shiny/glossy is the signal - you got it!

@kylesalmon31 4 жыл бұрын

Do you keep a water cooler or something there so that you have filtered water?

@TeaHouseGhost 4 жыл бұрын

We have multiple of those electric kettles filled with filtered/re-mineralized water under the table. 😉

@kylesalmon31 4 жыл бұрын

Tea House Ghost茶館鬼 it’s so funny watching that in the videos haha. You just keep pulling kettles and other things out from “nowhere” lol

@TeaHouseGhost 4 жыл бұрын

@@kylesalmon31 movie magic 🎥🧙‍♂️

@kylesalmon31 4 жыл бұрын

Tea House Ghost茶館鬼 yes exactly! You should pull out all utensils like that haha! Like “where is all this stuff coming from?!”😂

@imurking3820 4 жыл бұрын

Which kettle are you using ?

@sexysupportgroup345 4 жыл бұрын

Bonavita Gooseneck Variable Temperature Kettle :)

@TeaHouseGhost 4 жыл бұрын

It's either a bonavita or elementi kettle. Something easily available on Amazon. This one doesn't have a temperature gauge on it - just shuts off at boiling. The important part is the tetsubin or gooseneck spout, which gives an accurate pour.