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Shui Hsien Tea




  Tea Type Oolong
  Tea Color Wuyi
  Tea Origin Mount Wuyi , Fujian Province , China
  Tea Names Shuixian, Shui Xian, Water Sprite, 水仙


Shui Hsien is an Oolong Tea from Mount Wuyi , it has a heavy honey fragrance. Cheaper varieties are grown elsewhere in Fujian and have a burnt taste and are very popular with Chinese restaurants. The infused color is very dark brown showing that the tea is a very dark Oolong .


VARIETIES


; Lao Cong Shui Hsien : A Shui Hsien made from old bushes that may be as old as 200 years. The taste and appearance will signify it as an even darker Oolong .

; Aged Shui Hsien : A Shui Hsien that may have been aged for a few decades and rebaked.


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