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Master Xu picking Da Hong Pao.<\/p>\n
When we first met Master Xu, he tested us by making lots of different teas to see which ones we preferred. Luckily for us, his and our taste coincided and we have been working together for many years. Walking with him around the historic cliffs where he produces his sublime teas and where he supervised parts of the production of mother tree Da Hong Pao on 3 occasions is like being given a tour of Wembley stadium by David Beckham.<\/p>\n
Master Xu (1971- )
\nMaster Xu is a graduate of tea studies at Fujian\u2019s University Of Agriculture and Forestry In Fujian. He later worked for The Wuyi Institute of Tea where he specialized in researching and developing new varieties of Wuyi rock teas from historic trees as well as supervising the tea growing and processing in the Unesco protected World Heritage Wuyi Mountain area. He was responsible for taking care of the Da Hong Pao mother trees for over 15 years and he led the team that picked and processed the last ever production from the mother trees. Although he still works for The Wuyi Tea Institute, he also hand produces tea from four families land totaling just eight acres in the heart of the Unesco protected park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A roasted yancha (rock tea) oolong from the inner Zhengyan area of the Wuyi Mountains in Fujian made by Master Xu, the maker and one of the guardians of the Da Hong Pao mother trees.\u00a0This tea is processed from trees of the Rou Gui (Cassia) cultivar grown on a small pocket of land in Shui Lian Dong (Water Curtain Cave) where we usually get our Old Tree Shui Xian.<\/p>\n
Master Xu processes the leaves for this Rou Gui entirely by hand – from the picking and sorting, through to the kill-green stage and rolling. The roasting is done carefully at a low temperature (around 75 degrees Celsius) over hours, and often re-roasted over the course of many months until he is satisfied.<\/p>\n
We were very pleasantly surprised at the price of this Rou Gui as it holds up very well against teas we’ve tried from Master Xu at double the price. This is a smooth and delicious Rou Gui with a good fragrance and a sweetness coming from the slightly heavier roast than the Tian Xin Yan.<\/p>\n
ORIGIN<\/strong> SIZE OF FARM PLANTS AND PROCESSING BREWING
\nMaster Xu, Shui Lian Dong, Wuyishan, China<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>2 acres<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Camellia Sinensis Sinensis, Rou Gui cultivar. Medium charcoal roasting. Harvested early Summer 2025.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>90-95\u00b0C, 6g per 150ml. 5+ infusions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":44185,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[20,245,239,14,47],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-15667","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-new","product_cat-oolong-teas","product_cat-specialities","product_cat-teas","product_cat-wuyi","first","instock","purchasable","product-type-variable"],"booking_location":null,"booking_location_type":null,"booking_duration":null,"booking_duration_unit":null,"booking_buffer":null,"booking_cost":null,"booking_resources":null,"exclude_global_add_ons":[],"addons":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.postcardteas.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/15667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.postcardteas.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.postcardteas.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.postcardteas.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.postcardteas.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.postcardteas.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=15667"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.postcardteas.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=15667"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.postcardteas.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=15667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}