Oolong Tea
 Our range of oolong tea offers delicious loose leaf teas from Taiwan and China and form part of our own private label tea range – Stir Tea. A full list with pictures is detailed at the bottom of the page. Choose from:
Taiwanese Oolongs: Jade Oolong – a traditional prized style, Full Moon Oolong – a fresh and smooth oolong, Four Seasons Oolong – a light liquor.
Chinese Oolongs: Tie Guan Yin (Iron Goddess of Mercy) – a traditional prized style, Magnolia Oolong – a scented oolong or a flavoured oolong Orange Oolong
Premier China Spring Harvest Oolongs: Phoenix Oolong, Tie Guan Yin, Water Fairy Oolong
Each of our oolong teas leaves can be steeped several times throughout the day.
Read about Oolong tea below:
Oolong Tea is generally referred to as "semi-oxidised" tea and is acknowledged as one of the most complicated teas to manufacture. Principally grown in China and Taiwan oolong teas are made from large leaves of the tea plant (camellia sinensis). The finished tea varies in colour from rich chestnut brown to greenish-grey. During processing the tea master may shape the leaves in different styles from long slightly twisted leaves to irregularly shaped and compressed balls. The flavours of quality oolong tea are complex and richly rewarding. They can range from peach to sandalwood. The leaves can be infused multiple time as the large leaves open and release their aromatic oils.
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