Monkey Picked Oolong

The name "Monkey Picked Oolong" represents the high quality and rarity of this oolong. It is hand-picked from the very top leaves of tea bushes grown in higher-elevation gardens. Lore has it that trained monkeys would climb to the top of the ancient tea bushes that would grow on the edges of steep cliffs, at the highest elevation, thus deemed the best tasting tea. Too high for the farmers to pick by hand, they would train the monkeys to climb and harvest the best tea for them. This term, "Monkey Picked" applies almost exclusively to Ti Kuan Yin oolong tea, Wuyi Mountain and Anxi province oolong tea varieties, where our Monkey Picked Oolong is grown. A cup deserving your full attention, when you are mindful, and in the moment. Enjoy TEALEAVES oolongs at first light, as a meditation to begin your day.