Oriental Beauty Oolong Tea

According to legend, a hundred years ago, British tea merchants presented this tea to Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. After brewing, Queen Victoria said that the tea just like a stunning beauty dancing in a crystal cup. After tasting, the queen was full of praise and gave the name "Oriental Beauty"

Oriental Beauty Oolong Tea is a kind of #celadontea #oolongtea, which has another name called "White Tip Oolong" or "Pomfong tea". It is very famous and expensive tea because of its special elegant flavor. The tea maker will choose the tea leaves which are bitten by small green tea leafhopper ( #smallgreenleafhopper). It is why the Oriental Beauty Oolong Tea will have ripe fruit and honey flavor.

Origin:

​The most important area of Oriental Beauty Oolong Tea is at Hsinchu and Miaoli Mountain area.

It is because the most suitable tea leaf variety for making Oriental Beauty Oolong Tea is Chin-Shin-Dapan(青心大冇). And Chin-Shin-Dapan(青心大冇) is farmed at Hsinchu and Miaoli Mountain area.

Flavor:

The flavor of Oriental Beauty Oolong Tea is fruity, flower, caramel and sweet. When you smell it, it will smell of honey. And it is heavier then High Mountain Oolong Tea, but is not roasting like Dong-Ding Oolong.

Fermentation level:

The fermentation level of is Oriental Beauty Oolong Tea about 60%~85%.

Brewing suggestion:

Cold Brew 4°C: Recommend!

Warm Brew 80°C: Recommend!

Hot Brew 100°C: not Recommend!

Roasting degree: 0

Sensory Chart:

Where is the ripe fruit and honey flavor comes from

When the small green leafhopper #smallgreenleafhopper sucks the nourishing liquid of the tea buds, the tea tree’s own defense system is activated, emitting a strong floral or honey fragrance, which is used to notify the small green leafhopper’s natural enemy, the "white-spotted hunting spider". Come and help eat the small green leafhopper.

Have you ever tried different level of Oriental Beauty Oolong Tea?

The price range of Oriental Beauty Oolong Tea is very large. It is because the origin of Oriental Beauty Oolong Tea are very important to the its flavor. A simple way to check the quality of Oriental Beauty Oolong Tea is to check the color and the size of tea leaves.

First, we can check if the leave with white tip or not. If yes, you are lucky, it should have 50% probability has good quality.

Second, we can check the leaf's color. The color is yellow and red should better then green and black.

Third, we can check the size of the leaf. The smaller leaf is better than large leaf. It is because the more the small green leafhopper have eaten, the more sweet the tea will have.

Let's see different level of Oriental Beauty Oolong Tea!