清香铁观音 · Tieguanyin

Iron Goddess of Compassion

Light-roast oolong · Anxi county, Fujian · whole-leaf pyramid sachets

  • Sea air
  • Fresh pear
  • Cream
Format
50 sachets
Per sachet
2 g · 200 ml cup
Sachet
Corn-based PLA pyramid
From $15 per box of 50 · from $0.30 a cup

Priced by volume. Tell us your monthly usage and we send pricing, minimums and samples within one business day.

  • Whole leaf only — never fannings or dust
  • Stocked in Maite, Guam — island delivery, no freight surprises
  • Samples available for hotels, cafés and restaurants

Item 10005 · Wholesale accounts only.

The tea

安溪 铁观音

Tieguanyin (铁观音) takes its name from Guanyin, the Buddhist bodhisattva of compassion, and from the iron-rich soil of Anxi county in Fujian, where the cultivar was born and where its standard is still set. Anxi sits in the mountains of southern Fujian, where air off the Taiwan Strait meets high-altitude fog, and the tea carries a coastal freshness tea people call the Guanyin rhyme (音韵).

Ours is the light-fragrance style (清香), lightly oxidized and rolled into tight pellets that open slowly. The signature is its orchid fragrance — a floral aroma that occurs naturally in this cultivar — over a creamy sweetness and a clean finish that lingers. For table service it does something a black tea can’t: each steep is a different cup, so a guest who asks for more hot water gets a second tea, not a weaker one.

Bodymedium
Sweetnesscreamy
Astringencyvery low

Don't judge it by the first pour

Rolled oolong needs a steep or two to unfurl. The first cup is the pellet waking up; the second is the tea. That is why we tell bars to leave the sachet in and top up — the leaf is built for it.

Two of the teas on Guam’s menus have no local competitor. This is one of them.

How to brew

Hot cup, and again

Cooler water than a black tea, and give the pellets time. Tieguanyin gets better as the leaf opens.

Tea
1sachet
Water
200ml · 7 oz
Temperature
90°C
Time
2–3min

Sachet in, water on

Water at about 90 °C — a boiled kettle left to sit for a minute or two. Boiling flattens the florals.

Two minutes for the first cup

The pellets are still opening. Lift the sachet, taste, and keep it.

Top up and steep again

Same sachet, fresh hot water, a little longer. The second and third cups are where the orchid fragrance shows.

Specifications

For your buyer and your labels

Everything a purchasing manager or health inspector asks for, in one place. Ask us for the full spec sheet with lot and packed dates.

Tea
Tieguanyin (铁观音) — light-fragrance (清香) oolong
Origin
Anxi county, Fujian, China
Ingredients
100% oolong tea. Nothing added.
Leaf
Whole leaf, rolled — no fannings, no dust
Format
50 × 2 g pyramid sachets, individually wrapped
Sachet
Corn-based PLA pyramid (a plant-derived bioplastic), individually wrapped
Net weight
100 g · 3.5 oz
Best by
24 months from the packed date printed on the box
Storage
Cool, dry, away from light and strong odours
Allergens
None — single ingredient, free of all nine FDA major allergens
Caffeine
Yes. How much ends up in your cup depends on water temperature, steep time and leaf — not on a number on a label. Caffeine in Tea →
Item number
10005

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From the Teabelly guides

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Wholesale

Putting whole leaf tea on Guam's menus.

Hotels, cafés and restaurants: tell us what you pour now and we'll send samples, pricing and a brewing plan for your equipment.

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