While Mom and I are mourning the closing of Scottsdale's Souvia tea shop, we did accidentally discover a new joy last week while out shopping for my new iPhone.We were enjoying a delicious lunch at Biltmore Fashion Park's True Food Kitchen and were delighted to find a new-to-us oolong on their tea menu: Wood Dragon Oolong by In the Pursuit of Tea.
This is one of the most popular teas in Taiwan, enjoyed in many restaurants and homes. It is a twig tea with a strong roasted flavor. This is a result of an extra firing after the tea is made. The farmer who grows this tea comes from a family of tea-growing artisans. They hand-process the tea differently depending on the weather and the final result they are looking to attain.
We ordered it and, wow. It's not much to look at since it's very twiggy and you'd expect the flavor to be unimpressive but it was deep and rich. It was also good for several brewings. (We were amused to find the manager thought it was "very expensive" since it's only $11 per quarter pound.) It's currently out of stock at In Pursuit of Tea but we'll be ordering some as soon as it's back.
(And I used my new iPhone Teavana app to time it while it was brewing at our table.)
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