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A rock and roll tea,
hot water bath, &
an Indian from Taiwan
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Is an oolong produced by the same process as producing black tea but simply stopping the oxidation process midway?
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Rather than simply explaining that using words, photographs or diagrams, we are offering two entirely different tasting teas so the taste itself can tell you that they are not. I have written a lot about the difference in processing, nature, and history in the Tea Guardian anyway. It’s time to demystify another new current of false claims by using the real things.
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Misty Heights #8 is a black tea — i.e. a red tea in this part of the world — produced from an Indian cultivar adpated in Taiwan. It is all that one would want from a classic black tea. Malty, warm aroma with a thick body. And the cultural characteristics of Taiwan — mild, gentle and sophisticated. Read more»
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The other red tea is an red liquor oolong, the deep oxidation and classically baked Cedar Creek Classic. Unlike the processing of black tea where the leaves are rolled for oxidation, a classic oolong like this is rocked for oxidation and then rolled before drying. A rock and roll tea, that is 😅. It is bright, refreshing, and cleansing, yet similarly mild, gentle and sophisticated, only in a very different way. Read more»
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What about hot water bath? Well, that you have to find out in the above link.
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Two entirely different processes
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Two teas of very different characters. Both taken a lot of time to get oxidised. Yet entirely different taste profiles. A very black tea kind of black tea, and a very oolong kind of oolong. Both from high altitude, one 1300m and the other 1500m, in nearly the same area. From two distinctly different traditional processing methods. An oolong is not a black tea halted oxidation midway. Find it out yourself.
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Another note about where they are from. Both are famous tea production areas along the ridge of the Alishan mountain range, less than 10km apart, on the southern edge of Nantou. Known for their natural beauties and popular amongst locals as resort destinations.
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Have fun reading and compare tasting.
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