Aged Tie Guan Yin

2026-05-24

Revisiting this aged Oolong in the Tent today, and while I rarely dring Oolong those days, this one especially has something special. It has remarkable Qi! I have not had any fresh TGY (or even oolong) that has this centering, medidative quality to it. That was more in puerh in my experience. Wondering if this is energy is a product of the aging process or mainly due to the material used? The processing seems superb, traditionally that is. What is sold today as Tie Guan Yin is often quite a mixed batch. a lot of it is more lightly roasted, while this one is still traditionally processed, meaning deeper roast and higher oxidation. And that reflects in the taste, as a strong part of the experience is in the nose (and retronasal), while mouthfeel is good and in a way creamy, the texture remains watery with not much depth. The tea has beautiful aroma, especially when you are used to drink puerh. But also it feels more shortlived than the Hou Yun and reverberating aftertaste of good puerh. There is more felt depth very often, but as I said this Oolong is a stellar example of a yin energy tea with deep calming body bodyfeel.