Tieguanyin

Tie Guan Yin (simplified Chinese: 铁观音; traditional Chinese: 鐵觀音; pinyin: tiěguānyīn; Min Nan POJ: Thih-koan-im; Cantonese Jyutping: tit3 gwun1 yam1; literally meaning iron guanyin) is a premium variety of Chinese oolong tea associated with Anxi in Fujian province. Named after the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (known in Chinese as Guan Yin), it has also been translated as "Iron Goddess of Mercy" (more correctly, "Compassion") after the old translatio... more

Also known as:

  • Iron Goddess of Mercy,
  • Ti Kuan Yin

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