“This was another of the teas I finished back around the start of May. Originating in Hunan Province, this black tea was produced from a cultivar normally used in the production of oolong. Like most...” Read full tasting note
“This tea is “a black tea made from an oolong varietal tea plant.” (What does that mean? I need an adult.) I ordered this sample in addition to the other things I was ordering because I decided to...” Read full tasting note
On our recent trip to China, we tasted this unusual tea and loved it. Our friends at Hunan Tea have made a black tea from a plant that normally would make oolong tea. It is much more aromatic than most black teas, and the peach flavors are lovely. It also coats your mouth with those luscious peach flavors. When we were naming it, we could not resist calling it “Bloolong,” i.e. Black Oolong.
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