Wooloong Tea (Oolong Tea)
This tea has been retired/discontinued.
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Commercial Description
Roland Woolong Tea possesses a smooth, fruity, slightly, spicy flavor. The tea is stored in a 2.5 oz hexagon tin with a beautiful portrait of the great wall of China.
Brewing Instructions: (from Roland)
This tea should brew for three to five minutes. Start with fresh, cold water, bring to a boil add to tea pot with tea. For best flavor, tea should be used loose; however, for ease and convenience use Roland Chrome Tea Balls, item #80040.
Ratings & Reviews
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80 Aroma: 8/10 Flavor: 3/5 Value: 5/5Alex Zorach (1453 reviews) on Aug. 30th, 2009
This was a surprise; I picked it up at a Korean store in Portland, ME; 6 oz. for $6. The leaves are dark brown and tightly rolled, and unfurl greatly upon brewing. Although some of the leaves are broken, many of them are whole and the pieces of leaf are quite large.
This tea can be brewed many different ways. Roland recommends brewing 3-5 minutes with boiling water. I recommend water just below boiling, as it brings out the complexity of the flavor more, but this tea can withstand boiling water. Brewed this way, this tea is bold, moderately bitter, and has a rich earthy quality with some floral and spicy tones in the aroma as well. However, those prefering a more subtle flavor may want to brew this with 180 degree water--this yields a completely different tea, more like a Formosa Oolong...nutty, earthy, mellow, and smooth: very little bitterness or astringency.
If you let this tea brew too long, it takes on an unpleasant astringency. 8 minutes was definitely too long, but 5 minutes was not. The tea is also very good for multiple infusions.
Bottom line? This is a great find. It's a versatile tea, and very reasonably priced given its complexity.
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