Snow Pear

Tea: Snow Pear

Source: Wuyi Mountain-Wu San Di

Characteristics: Typical of an Oolong tea, it gives off a light and sweet aroma. This brew is similar to rock sugar and snow pear and rich in inner quality. Beyond the sweet aftertaste, you can sense the light pear aroma when inhaling and smelling.

Tasting notes:

1. Snow pear is also called bergamot because the young leaves are large and thick. It belongs to the introduced Wuyi rock tea (originally from Anxi, Fujian Province). It is different from the traditional Wuyi rock tea. Due to the characteristics of this variety, it has the natural and subtle fragrance of pears. This tea is baked using light firing method, that is, slow stewing over gentle heat, similar to the method of stewing snow pears with rock sugar to highlight the aroma of this snow pear. And this snow pear embodies the Chinese idiom, "strong but not thick, light but not thin.” 

2.  In the first three infusions, after the standard taste of the Oolong tea is fully displayed, a light snow pear aroma begins to emerge. Some people think this snow pear aroma is obvious while others don't. It might be caused by different brewing methods. However, the taste of snow pear can be found in the tea brew itself. From the fourth to the eighth infusion, a light gardenia aroma, honey aroma, and the mixed aroma of a sweet aftertaste and snow pear will appear in the tea brew. After the 8th to 9th infusions, the water taste emerges, but that light and delicate fragrance of pear still remains.

Reference for the number of infusions: 10 - 12 infusions

Appreciation tips: For some friends with low oral sensitivity, you can choose to pour a cup of tea during the fourth infusion, place it aside and wait for it to cool before tasting again. The aroma of snow pear will be more obvious.

price: 8.3g*6bags/28$