Taiwan Baihao Oolong Tea: fun and brewing methods of Oriental Beauty Tea

Oriental Beauty Tea is also the highest-grade tea in Taiwan, also known as five-color tea or five-element tea. Its scientific name is Bai Hao Oolong Tea. It is an organic tea without pesticides. It is delicious to make cold tea. It is the most classic Taiwan summer tea. "Pufeng Tea" and "Oriental Beauty Tea" are also called "saliva tea". Tea farmers will call it "saliva tea" or "white monkey" because of the re-baked oolong tea produced by the heavy fermentation process after the tea is bitten by the small green leafhopper. This tea is planted with the strongest small-leaf species in Taiwan-- "Qingxin Oolong Tea". There are also a small number of tea varieties of white monkey, and the quality is still the best.

Why is it also called puffing tea? According to a folklore, a tea farmer harvested the tender leaves of summer tea bitten by the small green leafhopper and made it into black tea. after roasting, he took it to the tea market to sell it. He came across a Japanese tea merchant who was very surprised when he tried the tea. the tea tasted very strange and fragrant, and the tea was sweet and sweet, so he paid a high price to buy all of it from the tea farmers. Tea farmers happily told their neighbors when they returned home, but they were not trusted, thinking that this tea farmer was bragging, which is the Hakka word for "inflated wind". From then on, the name of inflated tea has been handed down ever since.

Oriental Beauty Tea, it is said that a hundred years ago, British tea merchants dedicated this tea to Queen Victoria of England. The queen tasted the incredible aroma of black tea, and the tea with complete leaves spread out had a beautiful maiden dance in the water. Seeing this wonderful appearance, the queen asked where the tea came from. When they learned that the tea was Formosa from the East, they gave it the name "Oriental Beauty Tea", and Westerners also called it Formosa Tea.

Oriental Beauty Tea is characterized by the Baihao at the bud tip and the tea leaves will wither and curl after being bitten by the small green leafhopper, resulting in the natural fragrance of honey fruit and flowers after production. Those who do the best will also have five colors of white, green, red, black and yellow, which is also known as "five-color tea" or "five-element tea". Because the tea is sweet and delightful, it has won the name of Oriental Beauty.

The brewing method of Oriental Beauty Tea

Easy way to soak Oriental Beauty Tea: take 3 grams of the original piece of tea, soak it in 500cc cold water and leave it at room temperature or in the refrigerator for 6-8 hours.

Oriental beauty tea hot brewing method: according to the three elements of "tea quantity, water temperature, time", tea quantity: the bottom of the tea set is about flat tea (3g / 5g); water temperature: plug in a thermos bottle for household use, press to reboil, wait for the steam smoke to finish, and then pour water into the tea; time: one minute later, you can pick up the tea soup and get water out according to your personal preference.