Milk Oolong

by Mandala Tea

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Tea type: Oolong Tea
Ingredients: Oolong Tea
Flavors: Butter, Butterscotch, Cream, Custard, Gardenias, Grass, Lemon, Lettuce, Milk, Mineral, Mint, Popcorn, Rice Pudding, Seaweed, Sugarcane, Tropical, Vanilla, Floral, Nutty, Bread, Caramel, Coconut, Creamy, Fruity, Toffee, Apricot, Mango, Smooth, Stonefruit, Sweet, Warm Grass, Orchid, Sweet, Vegetal, Rice, Strawberry, Tangy, Green, Sugar, Roasted, Toasted Rice, Bergamot, Candy, Dry Grass, Pineapple, Asparagus, Burnt Sugar, Peas, Brown Sugar, Cotton Candy, Flowers, Berries, Dried Fruit, Green Apple, Tart, Heavy, Peach, Astringent, Autumn Leaf Pile, Honeysuckle, Umami, Honey, Stewed Fruits, Fruit Tree Flowers, Yams
Sold in: Loose Leaf
Caffeine: Medium
Certification: Not available
: Edit tea info Last updated by Cameron B.

Average preparation

190 °F / 87 °C 1 min, 15 sec 5 g 9 oz / 262 ml

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“This is a free sample that I got from Garret when I ordered some of his wonderful Puers! Thanks Garret! There’s been a discussion on the quality of customer service & the personal treatment we...” Read full tasting note

terri-harplady 3294 tasting notes
“I need some Mandala love tonight! This natural milk oolong is phenomenal…pure candy. First, the dry smell is all pop corn and coconut milk. It doesn’t render that heavy dairy fragrance scented milk...” Read full tasting note

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TheTeaFairy 359 tasting notes
“Lighter teas and I still have a very tentative accord. I like them…sometimes but there are a few that I just love so much. This is one of them. It’s creamy, nutty, buttery and caramelly. And...” Read full tasting note

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graceatblb 97 tasting notes
“Wow. I’ve only had one other milk oolong but this one just puts it to shame, no contest. I’ve been brewing it gongfu cha style and I’m on the 6th steep but it keeps on giving. The last milk oolong...” Read full tasting note

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Kwinter 172 tasting notes

From Mandala Tea

We are so excited about this tea and judging by the repeat buys, our customers are too! It possesses a creamy aroma with hints of coconut, hard toffee candy along with the classic floral undertone present in so many high-end Taiwanese oolongs. The producers aromatize high quality leaves from plants that grow in altitudes between 1,600 and 3,200 feet above sea level.

The Fall 2015 crop delivers the dessert-like notes in early infusions and a beautiful, balanced cup. In later steepings aromas of lilac and gardenia begin to move more forward. Production is an artform and those who create it are quite guarded about proprietary steps in processing. Through many tastings, our appreciation for their craft only increases. No “off” aromas and not a trace of artificial or chemical flavor. It is a wonderfully complex tea, sure to please most any tea drinker. And if they weren’t a tea drinker to begin with, they will be after trying this!

We highly recommend doing one rinse of 5-10 seconds (at 195 degrees) and then beginning with 15-20 second infusions for a bit before slowly increasing steeping time. It is not unusual to get 10 to 15 steepings out of this tea when prepared gongfu cha style.