This is the view from the mountain where this month's batch of tea grew. It's the highest spot in the small tea growing area of Shan Ping Ding in Zhushan Township in Nantou County.
This month's batch of tea is clearly not fully oxidized, as we can see just by looking at the dried leaves. But the effect of partial oxidation is also evident in the color of the brewed tea, the flavor profile, and most definitively in the appearance of the brewed leaves, which are a combination of greenish and reddish hues.
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