Dark Pearls

Powerful, with a complex woody, fruity and flowery scent, this Oolong nonetheless retains great sweetness and a caramelized flavor. It originates from Tai Tung province in eastern Taiwan. Its 80% fermentation and its leaves rolled into balls give it its dark pearl appearance.

Oolong tea or Wu Long (乌龙, literally black dragon) also called blue-green tea, is a tea of Chinese origin (particularly from Fujian and Taiwan) whose whole leaves have the particularity of being withered and slightly rolled to promote their oxidative fermentation (or oxidation). Halfway between green tea (unfermented) and black tea (completely fermented), oxidation will give the tea its characteristic dark color and develop a great complexity of new aromas.

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