Anxi Tie Guan ‘A’ – Iron Buddha | Lilac and Jasmine Fragrance

ORIGIN & HARVEST TIME

Anxi, Fujian, China, 2025 Fresh arrival from the 2024 Autumn Tea

CHARACTER

Very fragrant and sweet tea with slightly oxidised leaves. The brew is smooth and creamy with natural sweetness and evolves deeper honeyed, mineral-rich flavors. Sweetness is dominant.

Tie Guan Yin is the most famous, premium-grade, turquoise-green Chinese oolong tea. According to legends, a leader named Wang discovered the original bushes in the Xiping district, Fujian, near the Guanyin rock.
He brought the bushes home to cultivate them. Once, when he visited the emperor, he presented him with the tea, which the emperor enjoyed with great delight. The tea was named Guanyin-tea after its first discovery site.

BENEFITS

Floral aroma, Premium quality, Historical, Not sensitive, Takes boiling water too, Refreshing, Sweet, Creamy, Inspiring

STRENGTH-CAFF: 5/10

DOSAGE & BREWING GUIDELINE

A) Traditional: Dosage: 5/100ml water. According to the Kungfu ceremony, after a “warm bath,” it can be steeped multiple times at 95°C for 30 seconds.

B) Western: Dosage: 5g/200ml water. It can be steeped multiple times with 95°C water, with a longer 1-minute infusion.

BACKGROUND

Guanyin, derived from the Sanskrit Avalokitesvara, is the third and most popular deity in the Chinese Buddhist pantheon. Revered in China as the goddess of kindness and virtue, she holds a role akin to Virgin Mary in Christian traditions. Worship extends to Korea, Japan, and Tibet. Often depicted as a female figure, Guanyin is believed to rescue people from troubles, promote fertility, aid in childbirth, and protect women.Originally portrayed as a male warrior, the female depiction gained prevalence from the 14th century onward. Variations include four-armed, eight-armed, eleven-faced, and thousand-armed forms.

Common attributes include a vase with willow branches (symbolizing rescue), a book, a reader, a pilgrim’s staff, a trident rake, and a tiger skin skirt (symbolizing fearlessness). Thousand-armed depictions show eyes in each hand, representing her ability to perceive suffering across countless worlds and offer assistance.