Shui Hsien tea

Shui Hsien tea

Infobox_Tea
Tea_name = Shui Hsien
Tea_type = Oolong
Tea_color = Wuyi
Tea_

Tea_origin = Mount Wuyi, Fujian Province, China | Tea_names = Shuixian, Shui Xian, Water Sprite, 水仙 | Tea_quick = Heavy tea, the darkest of the dark oolongs from Wuyi.

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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