Words by Sunway Resort's Marketing Team
We are pleased to announce that we will be hosting a tea tasting and ‘Wormwood High Tea’ in the Sunway Resort this coming Friday 23rd. Feast! Come and see us any time between noon and 5pm and you’ll be able to taste a fabulous array of teas – of all origins – and including the famous ‘Wormwood Tea‘ aka Absinthe Tea!
If you are lovers of tea, you will undoubtedly be curious to hear something more about the rarest and finest varieties of tea, capable of reaching really inaccessible prices. Here is our selection …
Among the most expensive teas in the world, there is the renowned Da Hong Pao, a legendary tea with a head-spinning price: almost 1,400 dollars a gram, more than 30 times the value of its weight in gold. This a variety of oolong tea, a type which is halfway between a green tea and a black tea.
The Vintage Narcissus earns its place among the most expensive teas in the world with a value of 6,500 dollars a kilo. This is also an oolong tea which comes from the Wuyi mountains, in the Fujian province of China, which has a very curious story: it is in fact kept in a box half a century old.
Tie Guan Yin tea is grown in the province of Fujian in China, specifically in the county of Anxi. This another variety of the most famous oolong teas, with one type sold at around 3,000 dollars per kilo. The Tie Guan Yin, also known as Iron Goddess of Mercy, has a floral flavor and is known for the fact that it can be used in infusion up to seven times before losing its flavor.
Crown of the event is undoubtedly the Wormwood tea, aka Absinthe tea.
Absinthe. La fée verte. The Green Fairy. What began as a medicine became a craze that sparked almost 100 years of controversy. In the 1800s, it was so popular that happy hour was named after it; by the early 1900s, it was maligned and vilified to the point that it was banned in most of Europe and the United States. Wormwood, one of the main — and certainly most controversial — ingredients in absinthe, was first used by the ancient Egyptians and Greeks as a remedy; it was still being used for its medicinal value into the 1700s when the modern absinthe recipe evolved in Switzerland.
Fast forward to modern times, and science has stepped in to discredit absinthe’s detractors. Despite the hype, absinthe does not make you hallucinate, nor does it make you any more violent than any other alcohol. In 1991, Germany lifted its ban on absinthe; Switzerland, France, the United States, and many other countries followed suit within the next 20 years.
The ornamental leaves of wormwood are the source of wormwood tea, a bitter herbal beverage first introduced by herbalists in the 16th century. What makes it so indulging to everyone's senses? Find out yourself. When you taste Sunway resort Teas, you'll enjoy the fresh, full flavor of a truly natural tea in every sip.
We’d love to see all of you there!
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Sunway Resorts