Shui Xian Explained

Tea Name:	Shui Xian
Tea Color:	Wuyi
Tea Image:	File:Shui Xian.jpg
Tea Names:	Shuixian, Shui Xian, Water Sprite, Sacred Lily
Tea Quick:	Heavy Wuyi tea, the darkest of the dark oolongs from Wuyi.
Tea Temperature:	90–100 °C

Shui Xian (traditional/simplified Chinese: 水仙, pinyin: shuǐxiān) is a cultivar of Camellia sinensis as well as an oolong tea traditionally from the Wuyi Mountains in Fujian, China. The infused color is a deep amber which is characteristic for many other Wuyi oolong teas. This tea is also grown in Taiwan.

Varieties

• Lao Cong Shui Xian (Chinese: 老欉水仙茶): A Shui Xian 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 Xian (Chinese: 老欉水仙茶): A Shui Xian that may have been aged for a few decades and rebaked.
• Zhangping Shui Xian (Chinese: 漳平水仙茶): A Shui Xian bush that is grown in Zhangping, Longyan, Fujian province and is typically processed as a green oolong.

See also

• Wuyi tea