Chinese Tea Ritual - High Mountain Oolong: Twinings Twinings World Loose Teas

Chinese Tea Ritual - High Mountain Oolong

Tea plants were first sent from China to Formosa, as Taiwan was then known, about 300 years ago - just as Thomas Twining was opening his shop in London!

A honey-coloured tea with a spring-like fragrance and velvety texture, this High Mountain Oolong is from the Dung Ti Mountains of Taiwan - a location famed for giving the lightly fermented rolled Oolong tea a subtle and delicate flavour.

TWININGS TASTING NOTES

Ease away the day with a cup of sunshine. These pale fruit and floral infusions take you to a quiet place for some inner peace when you need it most. Caffeine free, naturally, call on a cup when you need some time out.about Moments of Calm, more than month ago

HOW TO MAKE CHINESE TEA RITUAL - HIGH MOUNTAIN OOLONG

In China, Oolong is brewed in eathenware pots and drunk from little porcelain bowls.

While guests are sipping their tea, the "tea master" adds more water to the leaves in the pot so no one runs out!

Today, Taiwanese Oolong is considered by many to be the best. Drink with friends and use a clear teapot to see the delicate colour gradually diffuse through the water

Light enough to refresh after dinner, but with enough body to accompany light meals.

Ingredients

Oolong tea represents less than 2% of tea consumed, so little is known about it.

- Just like black and green tea, Oolong comes from the Camellia Sinensis plant
- Like black tea, Taiwanese Oolong tea is withered, bruised and then fermented - but fermention is stopped by firing about 30% of the way [Chinese Oolong has a longer fermentation period]
- The leaves are left whole and sorted by quality
... the result - a rich, deep liquor with a delightful flavour somewhere between green and black tea