Oolong Tea

Oolong Tea
WHAT IS OOLONG TEA?
If we did a survey to test the tea knowledge of the average person, it would probably reveal that almost everyone has heard of black tea and green tea. But what about oolong tea (also spelled wulong or wu long)? We might see a lot of blank stares that begged the question "what the heck is oolong tea"? Bottom line, oolong tea is somewhere between green tea and black tea and comes to us from China and Taiwan. It has a taste all its own and is processed in a manner specific to oolong teas. Let's...

Oolong Tea | High Quality Tea Benefits Infused
Oolong tea home brewed
The taste and benefits of Oolong tea is high quality. The infusion method wins over a bag tea. A "semi fermented" tea comes from China or Taiwan mostly. Oolong tea's old dutch name Formosa is another name it goes by. This tea falls somewhere between green and black tea and maybe similar in taste to either one

Oolong Tea
The Unique Drinks
Oolong Tea is produced through a unique process including withering under the strong sun and oxidation before curling and twisting. The production of oolong requires that the leaves be processed directly after picking. First the leaves are wilted in the sun for a short period of time. They are placed into baskets and shaken, which bruises the leaves. The juices in the leaves are now exposed to the air, which begins the process of oxidation. The leaves are then spread out to dry. After a perio...