"Aspiring Protegé" Dong Ding Oolong

This is the one of the most authentic Dong Ding Oolongs available.  Aspiring Protégé is the nephew of the 81 year old Ascended Master, whose tea tastes similar but has a stronger, richer flavor brought out by charcoal roasting.  The tea is grown near Dong Ding Lake on the Dong Ding Plateau.  The Aspiring Protégé charcoal roasts each batch of tea leaves twice at 120C for 8 hours in his home on the Dong Ding plateau, checking the temperature and profile of his teas every 15 minutes for 8+ hours a day.  This roasting results in a tea with initial light caramel flavor, dry meadow herbs, and increasing essence of dried fruit with each subsequent brew.