Oriental Beauty Oolong Tea

A remarkable variant of the iconic ‘Dong Fang Mei Ren’. This famous tea derives  its flavour from a superficial bite of the plant, by grasshoppers, during its growth. The Oriental Beauty is grown and processed by award-winning Master Hsu. When drinking this soft, amber-coloured infusion one notices the emergence of its fresh, sweet character. At the same time the tea produces a slightly tingling mouth feel and has a stunningly long aftertaste. In this delicate hand-picked tea with its beautiful colours (from brown to green and white), one can also find whiffs of honey, peach and anise. A favourite of many tea lovers!

High quality loose leaf tea direct from the teafarm

The origin

Oriental Beauty Oolong Tea

The tea shrubs of the Chin-shin Dapan variety are harvested by hand only once a year. On the bushy and misty high hills of Hsinchu, a small insect, called Jacobiasca Formosana, superficially bites the leaves of the plant during its period of growth. For this reason the tea is also known as ‘bug bitten tea’. Empress Guei-Fei oolong and Honey Black are two other well-known theas of this kind. Tea Master Hsu supervises the entire process. After plucking and withering the leaves undergo a process of stirring and shaking. Thereby the leaves get the opportunity to oxidise and are then being fried and rolled. After that, they are left alone for a while before being rolled for a second time. Then the first phase of the drying process is being started. Following that, the leaf is being rubbed and then loosened again before undergoing its final drying.