The first the tea. This is an oolong from Fujian Province of China. According to the merchant, its a green Tie Kuan Yin or unbaked version of the famous tea.
The teas has a light yellow tint to it and the smell of the tea under the "gai bei" or lidded cup I used to make the tea in is incredible. It has the most lively orchid fragrance to it. As for the taste, it is quite lite compared to the baked version of the tea. It's like a very light oolong tea with the fragrance of orchids. The fragrance lingers quite long at the back of your throat after you drink it. It is slightly acidic though. This tea is generally to enjoy its fragrance than its taste.
This is one of the tea set I have in my collection. When i first saw it it was quite bland. Its was not one of my favourite set. When I looked at in details, some how the simplicity of it captured me. The craftmanship of this set is good. The cups have a fanning put rims which makes it easier to drink from and the pitcher or "cha hai" had a curved tip that made pouring tea into the cups less messier. The set had a slight off green tint to it which makes it special. I've used this set to make the aboven mention tea as it complementary to the tea spring and fresh flavours.Its not easy to get the complete set of this tea set. I've only mange to get the pitcher only recently. As I'm stil serching for the gai bei of this series. I had one with the same motive but it was in pure white. Hopefully will be able to get hold of it.
