Home-made tea
Home-made tea: comparing yellow tea hand-kneaded at home with the real thing. Surprising!
Tag Archives: oolong
New shoots
A small plug for a promising new tea import company.
2010 Shanlinshi Hungshui
Last tea of my Taiwanese oolong week: 2010 Shanlinshi, the true Montrachet of tea.
2010 Lishan
Part 3 of my high mountain oolong tea overview: 2010 Lishan, a Chablis Grand Cru of a tea.
2010 Dayuling
Part 2 of my 2010 high mountain oolong tea overview: Dayuling, the most prestigious tea appellation.
2010 Alishan
Reviewing a series of 2010 mountain teas from Teamasters. Is Alishan the Puligny of tea?
Spring in autumn
Two new releases from teamaster Lao Ming. Likely the best I’ve tasted from him yet.
Dancong 1994–1997
Dancong (Phoenix oolong) is one of the most distinctive teas. Exhuberant in youth, it also ages well, as this tasting of examples from 1994, 1996 and 1997 proves.
Oriental Beauty vertical
The Pétrus of tea: three vintages of Teamasters’ Oriental Beauty.
Lao Ming x 2011 x 3
I continue my exploration of Lao Ming’s teas. After underwhelming 2010s, here are some fine 2011 oolongs.
