Oolong tea

Tea Buyers Guide in Five Questions

Buying tea could be overwhelming. You want to get the right thing and pay a fair price. You don’t want to be ripped off. You may not be...

365 Teas Challenge > Day 363 - Award-winning Da Hong Pao

The final oolong of this challenge. It’s an award-winning Da Hong Pao. I have reviewed a few Da Hong Paos and to be perfectly honest, I...

365 Teas Challenge > Day 359 - Lishan High Mountain Winter Oolong

Taiwan today grows around 20% of the world’s oolong teas, where oolong production has started about 150 years. The Taiwanese tea makers...

365 Teas Challenge > Day 352 - Ducksh*t Oolong 2020

This famous dan cong (single bush) tea has been featured under this challenge a few times. Most of my experience was positive, but I had...

365 Teas Challenge > Day 343 - Aged Alishan Oolong 2010

I have not had many of them but old the aged Taiwanese oolong teas I’ve had left me mesmerized. Including this oolong from 2010 that...

365 Teas Challenge > Day 337 - Organic GABA Oolong from Taiwan

I have reviewed a black GABA tea from Taiwan under this challenge, and I talked about the technique of producing GABA tea but also about...

365 Teas Challenge > Day 332 - Chilaishan Oolong

This is a high mountain oolong from Taiwan. It comes from Chilaishan at an elevation of 1900m. It is a unique tea because the tea garden...

365 Teas Challenge > Day 328 - Not Just An Oolong Tea

After our own black and green teas line, I am delighted to review our oolong tea too. Like all of our teas, this oolong tea has been...

365 Teas Challenge > Day 323 - Shanlinxi Jinxuan Winter Oolong 2020

Shanlinxi is located in central Taiwan, and its height reaches 1800 meters. This tea comes from an elevation around 1500 meters, not the...

365 Teas Challenge > Day 317 - 30 Year Old Oolong Tea from Taiwan

My Shenzhen Expo tea adventures continue. This one is a bit of a mystery tea which I got to taste by chance. All I know is that it is a...

365 Teas Challenge > Day 312 - Tie Guan Yin 2020

The most famous oolong tea in China is Tie Guan Yin. It is also popular in East and Southeast Asia (I saw a variety of TGY sold in...