The Mid-Autumn Festival is less than a month away. In addition to buying mooncakes to celebrate the festival, you can’t miss a cup of fragrant tea. With so many styles of mooncakes on the market, of course it is impossible to "make one tea taste all the way". Now I would like to recommend three different kinds of mooncakes to you that are perfect combinations with tea!

Pairing 1: Custard Mooncake | Elegant Oolong, Honey Orchid Single Cluster

In recent years, Custard Mooncake has become the first choice for Hong Kong people during the Mid-Autumn Festival. The rich milky fragrance of mooncakes is different from the sweetness of traditional mooncakes. The taste and texture are rich, taking into account tradition and trend, and can cater to the tastes of both men and women. So it is not difficult to understand why they have become the new favorite of Hong Kong people. As for the tea that is paired with custard mooncakes, the aroma and tea flavor should not be too strong or too weak. If it is too strong, it will cover up the charming aroma of the mooncake; if it is too weak, it will be unbalanced and you will not be able to taste the tea.

Yaxiang Oolong and Milan Dancong are both good choices to pair with custard mooncakes. Both focus on the fermentation and baking process. The aroma is long but does not cover up the unique fragrance of the mooncake itself, and you can also taste the tea flavor and throat notes. [Feng Yun] Yaxiang Oolong is made using the traditional frozen top oolong production method. The moderate degree of fermentation and roasting highlights the rich tea flavor, which complements the mooncakes with custard filling. The most distinctive feature of Milan Dancong is that it contains honey fruits. The fragrant tea aroma and unique sweet aftertaste make the taste richer. When paired with the two, you can feel the rich milky aroma, while the honeyed fruit tea aroma can add a refreshing feeling.

(The tea that goes with the custard mooncakes should have both aroma and flavor, so that you can taste the tea flavor and throat notes.)

Lu Gu Dong Ding Oolong【Feng Yun】Elegant Fragrance Oolong

Phoenix Honey Orchid【Honey Orchid Single Cluster】

Pairing 2: Snowskin Mooncake | Orchid Oolong, Zhilan Dancong

Many young people like to eat snow-skin mooncakes. They are not as greasy as traditional mooncakes but also have a cool, smoky texture. They are suitable to be paired with some tea products that have a floral aroma and the same fresh and comfortable taste. The taste and tea flavor will be lighter. It is suitable for people who have a shorter tea age and less strong taste to drink it with moon cakes.

The taste of snowskin mooncakes is lighter than traditional mooncakes, and the taste is also sweeter, like desserts. Therefore, you can choose some light-flavored teas to pair with snowskin mooncakes, such as [Lan Rui] Orchid Fragrance Oolong and Zhilan Dancong. . Both of these teas are based on orchid fragrance. Although the taste is lighter, the flavor is long-lasting and leaves a sweet taste in the mouth after the aftertaste. Eat a bite of snow-skin mooncake and then drink a sip of hot tea, alternating hot and cold to enrich the taste in your mouth.

Retro Floral Oolong【兰蕷】Orchid-flavored Oolong

 

Phoenix Iris Orchid【Zhilan Dancong】

Pairing 3: Traditional mooncakes | cooked oolong, Ya’an Tibetan tea

Although the flavors of mooncakes are becoming more and more popular, traditional mooncakes are still the choice of many people. Whether it’s lotus paste filling or five-corn kernels, the alluring aroma and taste are hard to replace with other new mooncakes. Regardless of age, tradition will never go out of style. Therefore, the tea that goes with the traditional mooncakes should also retain the traditional taste, so that the two complement each other.

Lugu’s Hongshui Oolong and Sichuan’s Ya’an Tibetan tea are both perfect pairings with traditional mooncakes. [Mu Fei] Ripe Fragrance Oolong is a red water oolong from Lugu, Nantou, Taiwan. It can be said to be a retro version of Dongding Oolong. It is made using traditional production methods. The taste and aroma are the same as those before the 1980s. The frozen top oolong is almost the same; the tea soup is mellow and the tea is thick. If you taste it carefully, you can taste the ripe aroma of the fermentation and baking process and the charm of the traditional frozen top oolong. Tibetan tea in Ya'an has a long history and has been a daily tea product for people in Tibetan areas since the Tang Dynasty. Tibetan tea has the warm and soft characteristics of dark tea, with a mellow taste and mature aroma; high-quality Tibetan tea is neither bitter nor astringent, and the rich tea aroma surrounds the entire mouth, making people feel more comfortable. Tibetan tea also has the effect of eliminating cellulite and relieving greasiness, so you don’t have to worry about the greasy feeling caused by eating too much in a moment of pleasure.

(The tea that goes with the traditional mooncakes should retain the traditional taste, and the two should complement each other.)

Hong Shui Roasted Oolong【木绯】roasted fragrant oolong

 

Tibetan Ya'an Dark Tea【Ya'an Tibetan Tea】

The above are the recommended combinations of three kinds of mooncakes and teas. The taste and properties of various teas are suitable for different styles of mooncakes. This Mid-Autumn Festival, put down the Pu'er on hand and try these combinations!

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