How to make oolong tea
How to make brew Tea properly depends on its type and strain. For each type of tea you should follow specific instructions. Especially Oolong Gongfu Tea has various ways of preparations. Check our guide on make a pot of Oolong Tea.
How to brew Oolong Tea
Warm it up
Warm the Teapot by pouring hot boiling water into the teapot, pitcher & cups to heat your teaware, then drain the water.
Scoop the tea
Choose your perfered type of Oolong tea and take out the leaves with a tea scoop, add them into your teapot gently.
Absorb aroma
Soak the tealeaves with boiling water, immediatly pour it into the pitcher and into the cups so they absorb the fragrance.
Brew the tea
Now add water to the pot and cover it for about 1 minute. Then pour the liquid with a strainer into the pitcher and cups.
Inhale aroma
Enjoy inhaling the tea fragrance by smelling the cup or the downside of the teapot lid before finally tasting the tea.
Evaluation of Oolong Tea
Professional tea evaluation uses a 150ml cup and 200ml bowl. Smell the dry tea fragrance before making the tea. Put 3 grams of tea leaves into the cup and infuse 150 ml boiling water – then wait for 5 minutes. After, pour the tea liquid into the bowl. Now its time to judge the color, taste and have a look at the brewed tea leaves. The best way to judge a tea is by having a look at the shape of the tea leaves, color of the tea itself and surely the final taste, flavour and fragrance of the tea.
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Taste our 3 personal favourite Oolong Teas
Milk Oolong Alishan Taiwan
The delicate Alishan milk Oolong acquires its light and creamy milky flavor in a natural processes. Its leaves are hand-rolled into small, green-yellow coloured balls. Leaves are manually harvested in spring and autumn, farmers exclusively collect top leaves with one bud. That special procedure creates the famous style and aroma of this Oolong Tea.
Gaba Oolong Alishan Taiwan
Partial oxidization gives this yellow Alishan Oolong Tea a golden honey like flavour. Grown in the deep mountains with opulent sunshine exposure - its where this tea strain gains its incomparable quality. GABA stands for Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid which adds an aroma of baked sweet potato taste and is proven to offer the drinker a relaxing stimulating feeling.
Oriental Beauty Oolong Taiwan
One of the most special high grade Oolong Tea. The Oriental Beauty - also called DongFang MeiRen Cha or Baihao Tea. Its a non-roasted naturally fruity tasting tea with a very sweet honey like aroma with any bitterness. A bright reddish-orange color, called the Champagne of Oolong. Definitely one of the most unique flavours in the world of Oolong teas. A must try.
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Milk Oolong Alishan Taiwan
The delicate Alishan milk Oolong acquires its light and creamy milky flavor in a natural processes. Its leaves are hand-rolled into small, green-yellow coloured balls. Leaves are manually harvested in spring and autumn, farmers exclusively collect top leaves with one bud. That special procedure creates the famous style and aroma of this Oolong Tea.
Orange Pekoe Ceylon Sri Lanka
Flowerly broken Orange Pekoe Ceylon Tea. 100% organic with an aromatic fruity flavour. We recommend to drink this tea straight. A premium loose leaf blend grown in the dry and cool mountains of Dimbula on Sri Lanka. Balanced, strong and refreshing black Tea with exquisite juicy aroma. This is one of our very favourite Teas on the Planet.
Gaba Oolong Alishan Taiwan
Partial oxidization gives this yellow Alishan Oolong Tea a golden honey like flavour. Grown in the deep mountains with opulent sunshine exposure - its where this tea strain gains its incomparable quality. Aroma of baked sweet potato taste and is proven to offer the drinker a relaxing stimulating feeling.
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