Oolong Tea Flavor Profile

Oolong ˈ uː l ʊ ŋ.

Oolong tea flavor profile.

And no style better shows what carefully manipulated processing can do to a tea leaf. Most oolong teas especially those of fine quality involve unique tea plant cultivars that are. Iron goddess of mercy tea is grown in the high mountainous region of the southern fujian province.

Oolong tea is so uncommon in the west we don t even have an english word for it and that s a shame because when it comes to tea no category offers more diversity of flavor complexity and body than oolongs. Try our premium grade iron goddess of mercy oolong tea and fall in love with the airy floral flavor. This type of oolong tea is arguably the most famous chinese tea. There is a nose of fresh pie crust egg shell lemon and sake in here.

It is commonly served in chinese restaurants to accompany dim sum and other chinese food. Oolong tea leaves are often processed and rolled into long curly leaves or into ball like form similar to gunpowder tea. Speaking of fine wine a wine sommelier a trained wine professional tasted teatulia s oolong tea and provided this description of the flavor profile. Oolong tea also comes from the camellia sinensis plant but it s processed in various ways so oolong has a wider range of flavors and colors than most other categories of tea.

Even within one country s wine industry different flavor profiles can be found in different types of wine.