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Grey's Teas Store | Oolong Tea

Formosa Toppest Oolong Silver Tip

This exquisite oolong is light, producing a fragrant blossom-like cup with an aroma of orange flowers...

Ti Kuan Yin - Goddess of Mercy Oolong

Ti Kuan Yin, Goddess of Mercy oolong, appeared in a dream to a devout farmer instructing him to look in a cave for a treasure which he should both take good care of and share...

Ti Kuan Yin Toppest Oolong

This superior Goddess of Mercy Oolong has an even more heavenly fragrant and balanced character...

Assam Smoked Oolong

Having a big, tippy, curly leaf, this is a most unusual and aromatic Assam. It is produced using a semi fermented oolong process...

China Oolong Bio

From China's Zhejiang province, this semi-fermented oolong is certified organic by an independent European agency...

China Monkey Picked Oolong

Grown in Fujian Province, Monkey Picked Oolong is a most celebrated tea and a more delectable oolong is hard to imagine...

Formosa Jade Oolong

This beautiful green-blue coloured leaf, loosely rolled into small balls produces a delicate, smooth citrus-like flavour...

Orange Blossom Oolong

Made with fresh orange blossom flowers tossed into the oolong tea this is a refined...

Formosa Pouchong

Pouchongs are very lightly fermented - between oolongs and green teas. Our Pouchong is from Formosa...

Formosa Dong Ding (Tung Ting) Oolong

Originating from high on Formosa's (Taiwan's) Dong Ding (Tung Ting) mountain this Oolong is a favourite of those who enjoy a fine Gongfu tea...

Formosa Oolong Poppy

Our 'Poppy' Oolong has a large leaf and produces a delicate, light liquor...

China Oolong S E Chung

Grown in the Wuyi mountains of Fujian Province this oolong has a shorter fermentation time than other oolongs ...

Pu-Erh

Pu-Erh is a unique tea from China's Yunnan Province. It is a semi-fermented tea, like an oolong, but fermented twice then compressed and aged to give...

A little about: Oolong Tea

Oolong teas (wu-long), meaning black dragon, are indigenous to Taiwan (Formosa) and Fujian Province in China. Oolong may also be spelt wu-long. They are light and delicate. They are known as semi-fermented teas in that they are only partially oxidised in the manufacturing process but this can vary between 20 and 80% oxidiation. They therefore have a character between those of green teas and black teas.

Oolong Tea is picked when the leaves are not too young and are processed immediately after plucking. They are always whole leaf teas, never broken by rolling. They have a fresh yet sophisticated taste and are smoother than black tea yet less grassy than green teas. They may be drunk with milk. Oolong tea is found in our Russian Caravan blend, traditionally carried along the Silk Road from China.

Low-grown Formosa oolong teas from Ali Shan in Taiwan, are still considered to be the most subtle, being fermented longer than Chinese oolongs (60% compared with about 20%). Small independent gardens produce them in the traditional hand-made way. Use two teaspoons per cup with water just off the boil and brew for about seven minutes to bring out the full flavour.

In China the tea is high-grown, the bushes growing wild amongst the cloud enveloped, rocky limestone crags, the minerals and nutrients giving their teas diverse and unrivalled character. In China's tea culture Wuyi Shan is known as one of the 'routes of tea enlightenment'.

Pouchong Tea

Pouching is slightly fermented, less than an oolong tea, and so has characteristics of both green teas and oolong teas. It is an evening tea with a light golden colour and subtle flavour. Pouchong has another distinction in that the tea is wrapped in paper during fermentation.