Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Tea LeaVes - OoLong Tea






The Oolong Tea leaves are hand-rolled into the traditional twisted Yan Cha form and pan-fired at their aromatic peak to arrest oxidation. Afterwards they are charcoal-fired in small batches to produce the deep green color. Therefore, it is also called Blue Green Tea. The aroma of the dry leaf is deliciously sweet while the dark amber infusion is soft, smooth and malty.


Yellow gold Oolong Tea has been one of the best kept tea secrets in China. It's soup's color is golden and the smell like the sweet-scented osmanthus. The liquor is smooth and aromatic, the complex flavor has subtle honey nectar notes. It is applauded among connoisseurs for its wonderfully rich fragrance and clarity of flavor.Grown in Fujian's Anxi mountains under organic conditions. The shape is "thin, equality, yellow", the pulse is long and equality, the color is yellow-green and bright, the endoplasm is "fragrant, strange, tender".


Wu Yi Cliff Tea belongs to the Oolong Tea family and is made from tea plants grown in Wu Yi Mountain, in the region of Fujian, China . The average altitude of Wu Yi Mountain is about 650 metres. Wu Yi Cliff Tea is more heavily fermented and loosely shaped. The aroma of the dry leaves is deliciously sweet. The tea is richly fragrant and reddish gold in colour. The brew is mellow with a deliciously orchid-flavoured aroma and sweet aftertaste.


The tea leaves are grouped according to their places of origin, which are:

1. Southern Fujian Oolong Tea: Tie Guan Yin, Zi Zhu Lan, Huang Jin Gui

2. Northern Fujian Oolong Tea, also known as Wuyi Cliff-Grown such as Da Hong Pao, Bai Ji Guan, Tie Luo Han, Shui Jin Gui

3. Guangdong Oolong Tea, also known as Chao Zhou Dan Cong Cha, such as Feng Huang Song Zhong, Huang Zhi Xiang, Mi Lan Xiang, Zhi Lan Xiang

4. Taiwan Oolong Tea: Dong Ding Oolong, Wen Shan Bao Zhong, Jin Xuan, Gao Shan Cha



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