Vintage Hakka Citrus Tea

Orange are in season during the Christmas. Hakka Pomelo tea & Hakka Orange tea are fruit teas made by the Hakka villages during the autumn and winter months, when there is spare time from farming. In the past, it was a means of extra income for the Hakka after the autumn harvest. Pomelo tea is a healthy drink, and attests to the thriftiness and diligence of the Hakka.

In some Hakka village of Northern Taiwan, this 1990s' vintage oolong tea aged in tiger orange skin is enjoyed as a medicinal health tonic. The tea is often brewed with small broken pieces of the tiger orange skin included and yields a dark brown liquor with clear citrus fragrance. Give it a long steep with full boiling water.

Orange are in season during the Christmas.