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365 Challenge > Day 95 - Premium Anxi Tie Guan Yin

May 6, 20202 min read

365 Challenge > Day 95 - Premium Anxi Tie Guan Yin

I posted about Tie Guan Yin before which were Anxi Tie Guan Yin 2019, and another one was written by my guest blogger Anika. I also...

365 Challenge > Day 89 - Aged Ali Shan Oolong 2010

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Apr 30, 20203 min read

365 Challenge > Day 89 - Aged Ali Shan Oolong 2010

Written by our guest blogger Nienke Becker. I’m Dutch and live in The Hague. I’m currently in a gap year after I finished my Bachelor of...

365 Challenge > Day 85 - Old Bush Mi Lan Dan Cong Oolong

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Apr 26, 20202 min read

365 Challenge > Day 85 - Old Bush Mi Lan Dan Cong Oolong

I do love Phoenix oolongs from Guangdong province and I was happy to taste a different one. I explained on day 2 of this challenge what...

365 Challenge > Day 81 - Turkish Dark Oolong

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Apr 22, 20202 min read

365 Challenge > Day 81 - Turkish Dark Oolong

I purchased hand-drafted black tea, a branch of twisted green tea and oolong tea from the same tea company. I did find the black and...

365 Challenge > Day 75 - Thai Ruan Zhi Oolong Cultivar #17 (2020)

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Apr 16, 20202 min read

365 Challenge > Day 75 - Thai Ruan Zhi Oolong Cultivar #17 (2020)

This oolong comes from the same cultivar as the one I wrote on Day 35 of this challenge. When I asked the seller about the difference...

365 Challenge > Day 68 - Formosa Oolong Tea

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Apr 9, 20202 min read

365 Challenge > Day 68 - Formosa Oolong Tea

No other tea has been featured as many times as oolong in this challenge thus far including oolongs from Fujian, Guangdong, Taiwan and...

365 Challenge > Day 65 - Thai Oriental Beauty Oolong Tea

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Apr 6, 20202 min read

365 Challenge > Day 65 - Thai Oriental Beauty Oolong Tea

Sadly, I am coming to an end of my Thai oolong stock as this is the penultimate one I am writing about. This oolong is also known as Bai...

365 Challenge > Day 62 - Lishan Gaoleng Oolong

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Apr 3, 20202 min read

365 Challenge > Day 62 - Lishan Gaoleng Oolong

365 Challenge > Day 60 - Tie Luo Han (Iron Monk) Oolong

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Apr 1, 20202 min read

365 Challenge > Day 60 - Tie Luo Han (Iron Monk) Oolong

Written by our guest tea blogger Luca Campaniello (http://www.luchayi.com) who comes from Italy. Luca is a tea lover, a musician and a...

365 Challenge > Day 55 - Organic Thai Jin Xuan Oolong No. 12

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Mar 27, 20202 min read

365 Challenge > Day 55 - Organic Thai Jin Xuan Oolong No. 12

I wrote about Thai Oolongs perhaps more than Chinese and Taiwanese ones only due to my personal circumstances stemming from Covid19...

365 Challenge > Day 52 - Taiwanese Jin Xuan (milk) Oolong

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Mar 24, 20202 min read

365 Challenge > Day 52 - Taiwanese Jin Xuan (milk) Oolong

This Jin Xuan Oolong’s flavour was more intense than I expected. I knew that this oolong was steamed with milk steam. However, I was...

365 Challenge > Day 46 - Thai Dewdrop Oolong

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Mar 18, 20202 min read

365 Challenge > Day 46 - Thai Dewdrop Oolong

I have written about great oolong teas from Thailand and this is one of them. Dewdrop Oolong (not sure why it is called this way) had a...

365 Challenge > Day 43 - Thai Jin Xuan Oolong Cultivar #12

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Mar 15, 20202 min read

365 Challenge > Day 43 - Thai Jin Xuan Oolong Cultivar #12

I wrote more about Thai oolongs than Chinese and Taiwanese ones on this blog. This was because I had to spend four weeks in Thailand due...

365 Challenge > Day 41 - Phoenix Dan Cong Almond Oolong

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Mar 13, 20202 min read

365 Challenge > Day 41 - Phoenix Dan Cong Almond Oolong

I love Guangdong Oolongs and I wrote about them a few times. The first one was Duckshit from Phoenix, I then wrote about Bai Ye (honey...

365 Challenge > Day 39 - Thai Dong Ding Oolong

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Mar 11, 20201 min read

365 Challenge > Day 39 - Thai Dong Ding Oolong

This oolong comes from Doi Mae Salong which is a mountain in Northern Thailand along the Burmese border. It has been hand-picked from...

365 Challenge > Day 35 - Thai Ruan Zhi Oolong Cultivar #17

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Mar 7, 20201 min read

365 Challenge > Day 35 - Thai Ruan Zhi Oolong Cultivar #17

This is the third Thai Oolong tea I am writing about, but it won’t be the last one. The first one briefly introduced the context in...

365 Challenge > Day 32 - Yashixiang Oolong Tea (Wudong)

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Mar 4, 20202 min read

365 Challenge > Day 32 - Yashixiang Oolong Tea (Wudong)

Duckshit or Ya Shi Xiang (鴨屎香) is typically a Dan Cong ‘single bush’ Oolong from Feng Huang (Phoenix) Mountain in Guandong province of...

365 Challenge > Day 30 - Roasted Tie Guan Yin

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Mar 2, 20202 min read

365 Challenge > Day 30 - Roasted Tie Guan Yin

This was the tea that opened the door for me to the fantastic world of Chinese teas. For this reason, I especially appreciate this tea. I...

365 Challenge > Day 28 - Organic Oolong from Thailand

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Feb 29, 20202 min read

365 Challenge > Day 28 - Organic Oolong from Thailand

This is the second Thai Oolong I am writing about and there will be more. The link for the first one is here. This one does not come with...

365 Challenge > Day 27 - Rougui Oolong Tea

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Feb 28, 20202 min read

365 Challenge > Day 27 - Rougui Oolong Tea

Like any tea lover, I also don’t like when I try a tea, but I’m not given information about it. I keep asking, but I do not always get...

365 Challenge > Day 21 - OO-LORD Oolong tea

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Feb 22, 20202 min read

365 Challenge > Day 21 - OO-LORD Oolong tea

Written by guest blogger Annika Knekt-Ahtinen Annika’s interest in tea started over 30 years ago. First, as a hobby, she attended during...

365 Challenge > Day 20 - Thai Hill Tribe Oolong Tea

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Feb 21, 20202 min read

365 Challenge > Day 20 - Thai Hill Tribe Oolong Tea

This is the first non-Chinese tea I am writing about. There will be more as I am temporarily based in Bangkok and tried some fantastic...

365 Challenge > Day 19 - Dan Cong Bai Ye Oolong Tea 2018

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Feb 20, 20202 min read

365 Challenge > Day 19 - Dan Cong Bai Ye Oolong Tea 2018

This is the second Dan Cong Oolong I am writing about. The first one was a ‘Duck Shit’ variety from the Phoenix Mountain. This one is...

365 Challenge > Day 13 - Tieguanyin Oolong Tea

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Feb 14, 20202 min read

365 Challenge > Day 13 - Tieguanyin Oolong Tea

Tieguanyin is also known as ‘iron goddess of mercy’ originally comes from Xiping town in Anxi, Fujian but its production has spread over...

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