Milk Oolong Tea - a drink with elegant properties: caramel aroma and milk-cream taste
If You want to know all the beauty of elite Chinese teas – You just have to get acquainted with green tea milk Oolong. If you try to make a rating of the most popular natural varieties of China in Ukraine, milk Oolong tea is among the ten most popular, along with Puer, green, and Jasmine teas. Its priority is a unique caramel flavor, accompanied by a milky-creamy taste. The pure aroma of caramel shows a cloying sweetness, obsession, with palpable vanilla shades. But in milk Oolong tea, it acquires a completely different, refined sound – it becomes intriguing, enveloping, languid, demonstrating a light creaminess. The caramel flavor evokes only positive associations: it reminds of carefree summer days, childhood, and gives an incredible pleasure. Psychologists say that the aroma of caramel helps to cope with a depressive state, gives a sense of calm and security, relieves irritability, improves mood… No wonder milk Oolong (this is the second name of milk Oolong tea) has won millions of fans around the world. The Chinese call it national pride. How is an exotic product produced and where can I buy Oolong milk tea? ... read more.
How does Chinese green tea milk Oolong with a delicate taste come into being?
Chinese milk Oolong tea is essentially a classic green Oolong, that is, an intermediate variety between black (red) and green teas. Its production differs in some nuances. For the preparation of this variety, not young unopened buds and leaves are collected manually, but more Mature fleshy leaves. Bushes are adults, which feed raw materials with the sun and numerous trace elements. They grow in high-altitude areas of China, which significantly affects the environmental cleanliness and usefulness of the finished raw materials.
Leaves are collected every season-4 times a year. However, the priority is given to raw materials collected in the autumn period. It gives the most sensual, harmonious taste. The fragrance is completely natural, but, as mentioned above – not saturated.
It is believed that for the production of green tea milk Oolong, the Chinese water the roots of bushes with milk. This is not worth believing! In fact, the production technology is as follows:
- fresh leaves will dry in the sun for several hours,
- undergo mild fermentation – oxidation affects only the leaf edge,
- the raw material is warmed up by a high temperature – fermentation stops,
- leaves are twisted into small balls,
- tea leaves are processed with natural vaporous milk concentrate (each factory has its own production specifics),
- final drying is performed.
Everyone should understand that the price of milk Oolong cannot be low. Otherwise, the naturalness and safety of the product can be doubted. Externally, the raw material resembles leaves tightly rolled into lumps. But if you look closely, you can distinguish a specific yellow shade of Oolong.
The brew gives a light yellow infusion. When properly brewed, the taste and aroma properties of the leaf are revealed in all their glory: the taste is milky, the aroma is soft, with creamy caramel. Inhaling the smell once, you will forever remember its uniqueness and understand-there is no other such tea. Usually fans of elite Chinese varieties fall in love with it from the first SIP. How much you will like it – try it and find out!
Consider the fact: Oolong milk tea has numerous useful substances:vitamins, trace elements, tannins, polyphenols, essential oils… Due to its rich content, it has a positive effect on the human body:
- regular intake of the drink contributes to active weight loss (it has a low calorie content, perfectly breaks down fat, removes toxins and slags),
- has a beneficial effect on the skin condition-it makes it supple and elastic,
- prevents cancer,
- strengthens the immune system,
- has a positive effect on the cardiovascular system,
- has a positive effect on the nervous system: it charges with positive energy, improves mood, gives a sense of calm and celebration.
Where can I buy milk Oolong tea?
Statistics show that Oolong milk tea is currently on trend. You can try it in any good restaurant, cafe with a tea card. If you decide to buy milk Oolong for home use, it is better to turn to professionals, namely, to trusted sellers of elite Chinese teas. And here the main thing is not only to ensure direct supplies of high-quality raw materials from the tea provinces of the middle Kingdom, but also its further proper preservation. Milk Oolong tea price largely depends on these two factors.
Milk Oolong easily absorbs foreign odors, which reduces its taste and aroma qualities. High-quality raw materials should not have any other odors, especially sharp. It is stored in a cool place-ideally-in the refrigerator. The container must be hermetically sealed. If these rules are not followed – you should not spend money on a damaged product.
You can buy milk Oolong tea in our specialized tea online store "Miy Chay". We ensure the correct safety of all varieties of elite tea, observing certain specifics for each. And at the initial stage, we recommend buying a small amount of milk Oolong to make sure:
- in the purity of raw materials (no tea dust, crumbs, sticks),
- a delicate creamy aroma that does not give the impression of a dry, exhausted leaf),
- in the uniformity of tea lumps (the size of all is about the same, the appearance is solid, without obvious damage).
Milk Oolong is not difficult to buy. The main question is: how to brew it correctly afterwards? it would be Good to "have on hand" a Chinese who can correctly recreate the traditional Eastern tea party. But, since this does not correspond to reality, we will get acquainted with the simple rules of brewing.
The ideal tableware for brewing milk Oolong is a porcelain teapot or gaiwan, chahai or slivnik for infusions, porcelain cups or miniature bowls. Yixing clay is less applicable to this variety, but porcelain will allow you to enjoy the pleasant color of the infusion.
- the Kettle is scalded with boiling water.
- The vessel is filled with raw materials at the rate of 1-2 teaspoons per 200 ml.
- is Filled with hot, but not boiling water. The optimal temperature is 85-90°C. Immediately merges. The tea leaf is washed, refreshed and reveals its aromatic properties at the initial stage.
- The raw material is again filled with water of the same temperature and infused for about 1 minute, then drained into chahay, and from it into cups.
- It is filled again, but it is already infused for 30 seconds longer...
High-quality milk green Oolong can withstand up to 8 brewings.
It is drunk without sugar, because the drink has a natural sweetness. Do not add milk – all the flavor charm of elite tea will be lost.
