San Francisco, Chinatown - Ground Zero for my tea obsession. It was a well timed return to the source of this blog, retracing my steps to Vital Leaf Tea and half hoping to see Kenny, the tea vendor from 2011. I didn't meet Kenny but I did fall into the thrall of Chris, and another fantastic tea exposition.
Shoutout to fellow tea geeks Jason and Elon who shared my time in the shop, and even my milk-and-sugar loving companion Brian learned a thing or two about tea that day, as he gracefully indulged me.
Shoutout to fellow tea geeks Jason and Elon who shared my time in the shop, and even my milk-and-sugar loving companion Brian learned a thing or two about tea that day, as he gracefully indulged me.
Champagne Oolong [Taiwan, green, oolong ] *** $$$ by Vital Leaf Tea, San Francisco, USA
Other names: Dong Fang Mei Ren, Oriental Beauty, Bai hao (白毫), 東方美人, White Tip Oolong
The smell from the leaves is similar to many of the medium oxidised oolongs I've tried from Taiwan over the years, which are along the lines of Da Hong Pao and Wu Yi styles but not as oxidised as either. This sometimes and indicator for me that the tea will "fall between two stools" of neither being a light green oolong nor a nicely oxidised one. However the champagne oolong has the all the taste of a Da Hong Pao (Big Red Robe)
The colour is a light brown, and it finishes with a subtle sweet note (a little bit like Vital Leaf Tea's Blue People Ginseng Oolong).
Similar Teas: Te Luo Han,
Similar Teas: Te Luo Han,
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