(The Immoral Mr Teas) wrote in message . com...
I watched Olivier Assayas' film "HHH - A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-Hsien"
yesterday. The film crew visit a cafe in a town where HHH had
previously shot "A City of Sadness", somewhere in the south of Taiwan.
They have a pot of oolong re-roasted or smoked in a charcoal oven. Not
sure that I really like the sound of this, but it sparked my interest.
There was no mention of the style of oolong used. The cafe owner
herself said that it was a "rare & old fashioned" method of
preparation. It was then made in a 2 cup Yixing pot, tray and all.
Anyone come across this method of oolong prep, either in Taiwan or
elsewhere?

About a week ago I tried a new method of nurturing a yixing pot which
involved a process similar to the one above. I've noticed that tea
placed into a hot teapot releases a strong burst of fragrance.
Thinking that this might be related to aromatic waxes or oils that
could nurture my teapot, I baked the pot with tea at around 220F for 3
hours sealed within aluminum foil. The pot appears to have acquired
some fragrance and the brew from the baked leaves was extraordinary!
It was by far the best brew I've had from that tea. Both flavour and
aroma were stronger and more clearly articulated.

The tea was FunAlliance's Snowflake dan cong, the teapot was a gongfu
sized zhuni clay pot.

Regards,

Cameron Lewis