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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

Da Hong Pao has a good name and an interesting story. The original (mother trees) are under protection by the Chinese Government....

On day 108 of this challenge, I reviewed an old bush Shui Xian Yancha, and I remember that it was such a special tea and made me go back...

Oolong tea can be anything between green and black tea from an oxidation level of 10% to 95%. This is a rough definition I came up with,...

When I am offered a tea, I usually pick Taiwanese Oolong if it is amongst the options. It is because I cannot source good quality oolong...

Tie Guan Yin (aka Iron Goddess of Mercy) is very popular in China, and I got hold of a few different varieties when I started this...

I always say, Chinese are masters of oolong tea, and I have tried oolong teas from different countries, including Japan, Thailand and...

This Dan Cong oolong is of ‘Zhilang’ flavour which is ‘iris flowers’. It is more pungent and thicker than other Dan Cong oolongs I have...

I have been focusing on Wuyi Shan and Phoenix oolong teas more than those that are lightly oxidized such as the famous iron goddess of...

I was very intrigued when I tasted my first charcoal oolong tea. It was nothing like I had before. The aromas and flavours just blew me...

Da Hong Pao is featured enough, you may think! I undoubtedly cannot get enough of it. This one was considerably different. It even has...

Another brilliant tea to post about. However, I have very little information to provide you with. As I searched about this yancha variety...

Yay! It’s the 250th day of the 365 teas challenge, and I have an excellent tea to review. Actually, this is the best rou gui yan cha I...

Wow! This tea was the first one I tried out of a set of six Wuyi Yancha (rock tea) from Niulan Pit, and it impressed me so much....