Ali Shan Cha Wulong "Mimo"

This tea comes from a small ecological garden located at an altitude of 1,000m in the Ali Shan - or Ali Mountains - in the center of the island of Taiwan

This wulong is part of the large family of Taiwan mountain teas known as Gao Shan Cha. In her village, home to a large indigenous Tsou community, producer Silvia Vayiyana works on its Ali Shan Wulong "Mimo" tea (which is similar to a PDO) so that it improves with age having undergone a medium roast. "Mimo" simply means "to drink" in Tsou language. In cup, it develops a very aromatic fresh vegetal bouquet, exotic fruits with a woody background.

To understand what a more or less thorough roasting brings to this type of wulong, it is interesting to taste it together with the lighter roasted Ali Shan Cha Wulong "Anaiza".

And if you'd like to discover Silvia's other crus, try the Ali Shan Cha Red "Yunghu" and the Ali Shan Cha White "Nano".