Modern Iron Goddess Oolong (2026 Winter)

Iron Goddess Oolong | 清香铁观音 | Qing Xiang Tieguanyin (2026 Winter Crop]

This modern, "clear fragrance" style of Tieguanyin offers a distinctively floral personality, clean and classy.

Aromatic like a Taiwanese oolong, subtly sweet like a Japanese green. As with other lightly oxidized teas, this version offers slightly higher antioxidants but less caffeine.

We find notes of misty orchid, jungle flora, and a hint of cane sugar. As you resteep, a refreshing minerality arises in trade of some florals.

Yields a light golden-green liquor, and can be steeped shorter for a more delicate brew. A great find for new tea-lovers, and aficionados who love a refined, floral tea.

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Winter 2026 Batch

Pairs well with fresh mango, steamed veggies, coconut pudding, light seafood, dim sum, and @Nekosama_ba's Seasonal Chiffon Cakes

8g Tea | 12oz Water | 190-195°F | 4 Minutes

1 Tbsp yields about 3.5g of oolong leaves

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One of China's most famous teas - named after Guanyin, the Buddhist Bodhisattva of Compassion. This tea varietal is said to have been a gift to a poor farmer from the bodhisattva herself.

Despite his village's bleak circumstances, the farmer Wei Yin tended daily to a broken down shrine to Guanyin after fieldwork. One day, he was led by her in a dream to a nearby cave, where he found a single tea shoot that changed his community's fortune.

Now Anxi County's most renowned tea famed across China - Tieguanyin now finds its way from popular destination gifts to SF dim sum houses.