How to make oolong tea

Video: Learn how to brew tea properly: Oolong tea

Content

Ingredients
Steps
Tips
Warnings
What do you need

Making oolong tea is a real art. Although the tea ceremony is quite complicated, you can enjoy delicious tea every day without following this ritual. The main areas for oolong production are Fujian Province and Taiwan Island. Oolong tea leaves are always whole. In the process of brewing the tea, the leaves unfold. This tea is distinguished by a variety of flavors and aromas that are not found in any other tea. Chinese oolongs are much lighter, while Taiwanese ones are much richer and darker. This tea has many health benefits, including lowering cholesterol levels, protecting against cancer and diabetes. This article contains simple steps and pictures.

Ingredients

High quality oolong tea
Boiling water
Kettle with built-in filter
Ceramic cup

Steps

1 Boil water, then wash and heat the tea set.
2 Add tea leaves to the teapot. The tea leaves will take up about 5 percent of the teapot space.
3 Pour boiling water into a kettle (100 ° C).
4 Place the lid on the kettle.
5 Close the kettle and steep the tea for a few minutes. Pour tea into cups. Do this in several passes, this is necessary so that the aroma and taste of the tea evenly fills all the cups.
6 The last few drops have the richest flavor and aroma. These last drops must go into every cup. Be honest and fair when pouring oolong tea.
7 Breathe in the aroma of the tea. Pay attention to the color of the tea.
8 Enjoy your tea while it is hot. Smell the aroma and then take a sip. Smell, pause, sip, pause, smell, pause, sip ... And so on endlessly.

Tips

It should be noted that the level of fermentation can vary. There are different varieties of oolong, such as Tie Guan Yin, Formosa oolong, Lao Cha Wang, etc. Oolong teas can be brewed with boiling water or water with a temperature of at least 90 degrees, and weakly fermented oolongs - 80-90 degrees. The taste and aroma of tea depends on the correct brewing.