tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649304843432468438.post2937034835850179984..comments2023-08-23T07:13:50.565-04:00Comments on Fang Gourmet Tea: Jin Shuan Oolong Tea / 金萱烏龍茶Fang Gourmet Teahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02305209433074804408noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649304843432468438.post-22080959159944423792009-07-09T18:12:55.744-04:002009-07-09T18:12:55.744-04:00Funny that this tea is coming up so often. Jin Xu...Funny that this tea is coming up so often. Jin Xuan wulong is scheduled for being the featured tea of the week on my wiki. <br /><br />I would add that government officials in Taiwan are most likely to call it "#12" and tea farmers are most likely to call it "#27". It can be confusing, especially if you don't speak fluent Mandarin or Taiwanese. (My Mandarin's not close to fluent, and I only know two words of Taiwanese.)Michael J. Coffeyhttp://www.teageek.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7649304843432468438.post-35922177895576935892009-07-09T16:05:04.288-04:002009-07-09T16:05:04.288-04:00Jing Xuan or Jing Shuan (金萱) is a rather new tea a...Jing Xuan or Jing Shuan (金萱) is a rather new tea as compared to Dong Ding or Bao Zhong (包種) which has been cultivated for over 100 years.<br /><br />Jing Xuan was a cross-bred selected in 1981 by the Tea Research and Extension Station (TRES) (臺灣茶葉改良場) run by the Taiwanese Government. The number 12 indicates that it was the twelfth trial successful in breeding.<br /><br />The breeding took a total of 43 years and was actually started during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan. It was called Taiwan tea 12 until Dr. Wu, the person in charge of TRES at the time, gave it the name of Jing Xuan to honor his grandma.<br /><br />Jing Xuan has another nickname ,two-seven (27仔), which is normally used in the tea industry because it's tag number was 2027.Fang Gourmet Teahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02305209433074804408noreply@blogger.com