Chinese Tie Guan Yin Oolong Tea 150g Gift Box 18pcs Premium Tea

If Tie Guan Yin Oolong isn't familiar, you'll surely know this iconic tea by its other names: Iron Goddess of Mercy or Iron Buddha. Wrapped in legend and renowned for its wonderfully creamy texture and complex flavour, this exquisite lightly oxidised type of tea is one of the most famous Chinese oolongs, produced in Anxi County, in the southern part of Fujian province.

Our 2021 Great Taste award-winning luxury loose-leaf version of this popular oolong tea is painstakingly produced using the bao rou, or 'wrap rolling' technique. Here, withered, bruised and oxidised tea leaves are wrapped in cloth and tightly rolled and kneaded to form tightly knitted pellets, each with a 'tail', which is actually a small piece of stem. The resulting eye-catching, uneven pellets of bright emerald green produce a golden yellow infusion and a light floral aroma with notes of freshly roasted nuts that perfectly captures the qualities of the Anxi spring harvest.