Ku Gua Bitter Melon Tie Guan Yin

Oolong from Anxi County, roasted and aged in Ku Gua or Bitter Melon.

Kugua 'Momordica Charantia', is a Chinese pumpkin in which various teas are aged. After that, the tea acquires original notes in taste and aroma, reminiscent of Taiwanese Lao Cha Wang.

Ku Gua, otherwise Chinese Pumpkin or 'Momordica Charantia' is a herbaceous vine whose fruits resemble cucumbers. All parts of the plant are used in medicine - roots, leaves, seeds, flowers and fruits. 

Momordica Charantia contains a lot of iron, beta-carotene, calcium and potassium. It is believed that it stimulates digestion and appetite and has other positive effects on the body

Aroma: slightly sweet and spicy. There are notes of nuts and dried fruits. In a heated gaiwan, the aroma of cocoa, nuts and cream prevails. 

Taste: chocolate, nutty with some coffee notes. You can feel the taste of the raw material itself, the slight bitterness of kugua smoothly turns into sweetness and lingers in the aftertaste.

Effect: deep, warm and relaxing.

Production: 2024

If you add a piece of kugua peel to the tea, it will give the drink an additional spicy bitterness.