Ba Xian / Eight Immortals (2022 Spring)

Wuyi Star

Type: Oolong Tea
Origin: Royal Tea Garden, Wuyishan, Fujian Province, China
Cultivar: Ba Xian
Elevation: ~300m
Steeping instructions: Gongfu style at 100˚C/212˚F with 5g : 110ml ratio. Unnecessary to rinse. Gaiwan is slightly preferred to Zisha teapot for the tea's fragrance. Flash steep or very short steeping time for the first 3 infusions, and then extend as wanted.

Description: A fresh rock tea processed in late April and early May, it has a low level of roasting. Its leaves are gentle and fresh. Intense fruity, grassy. The taste is brisk and fresh. It is a new cultivar selected between 1965-1986, mainly grown in Fujian and Guangdong province and recognized as National Excellent tea cultivar in 1994.

Shipped in June 2022

Member posts

Julia Miller

2y ago

Stellar yancha session. Amazing mouth feel and flavors.

Ba Xian / Eight Immortals (2022 Spring) from Wuyi Star x MyTeaPal Club (June 2022)

Robust peach, plum, rock mineral, roast, nutty, orchid flavors with a lovely long lasting peach honey sweet aftertaste. A crescendo mouth sensation that leaves a juicy mouth feel.… more

peach
orchid
honey
mineral
rock
lemon
yellow sweet corn

Katrina J. Herren

4y ago

Enjoyed some of last month's tea club rock tea, Ba Xian. 🪨 🫖🍵❤

Ba Xian / Eight Immortals (2022 Spring) from Wuyi Star x MyTeaPal Club (June 2022)

stone fruit
apricot
orchid
floral
honey
mineral
almond
cinnamon
smoked

Katrina

4y ago

A wonderful morning tea session on a balcony on 17th floor in Cairo, watching falcon's flight. German shepherd Coco joined us for the tea sitting also. The tea lasted for a long time, invoked a lot of feelings of joy, co… more

Ba Xian / Eight Immortals (2022 Spring) from Wuyi Star x MyTeaPal Club (June 2022)

almond
cedar
honey
nectar
hyacinth

Matthew

4y ago

Missed the session yesterday but wanted to taste through this tea today :)

Ba Xian / Eight Immortals (2022 Spring) from Wuyi Star x MyTeaPal Club (June 2022)

Eyes - Dry Leaf: dark brown twisted/curled leaves with lighter hints of greens, reds, and browns Nose - Dry Leaf: superbly nutty, with a salted peanut butter aroma and a fruity (c… more

cream
cashew
peanut
orchid
cherry blossom
stone

Rachel

4y ago

The tea has more left to give but alas, I am too tired to take it up. Not too shabby I’d say.

Ba Xian / Eight Immortals (2022 Spring) from Wuyi Star x MyTeaPal Club (June 2022)

floral
tart
rock

JennAwhitecloud

4y ago

Ba Xian / Eight Immortals (2022 Spring) from Wuyi Star x MyTeaPal Club (June 2022)

This one was a bit tough. I liked the middle infusions but the first 5 were very raw green bean

osmanthus
green bean
sweet when cooled
vine
mineral
slight mango
orchid smell

Lisa Cohen

4y ago

This tea was very tasty and is very generous… it keeps on giving and I have even more steps I can get out of this. I think I’ll be trying the Rougui again over the weekend with the last of the leaves without expectatio… more

Ba Xian / Eight Immortals (2022 Spring) from Wuyi Star x MyTeaPal Club (June 2022)

roasted
cream
pastry

Katherine

4y ago

Ba Xian / Eight Immortals (2022 Spring) from Wuyi Star x MyTeaPal Club (June 2022)

This was a very good tea! It's a deep golden color with a lot of debris. With the flash steeps, it starts off very smokey, shifts to creamy sweet bread, and then lands on melon. It… more

smoked
sweet bread
cream
melon

Christian

4y ago

Ba Xian / Eight Immortals (2022 Spring) from Wuyi Star x MyTeaPal Club (June 2022)

fruity
vegetal
sweet
smoked
roasted
mineral
cream
melon

Thao

4y ago

Ba Xian / Eight Immortals (2022 Spring) from Wuyi Star x MyTeaPal Club (June 2022)

orchid
mineral