Baozhong Tea

Green tea and oolong tea.

Baozhong tea. Pouchong or baozhong tea pouchong oolong also called light oolong is a lightly oxidized tea twist shape with floral notes and usually not roasted somewhere between green tea and what is usually considered oolong tea chinese. Free global shipping on orders 35 or more. It s the perfect tea for those who prefer more floral grassy notes or even a light bodied yet energetic tea. Black dragon though often classified with the latter due to its lack of the sharper green tea flavours.

Relevance relevance name a to z name z to a price low to high price high to low filter showing 1 8 of 8 item s active filters. Only tea grown within pinglin county in northern taiwan and processed in a specific style can be considered pure baozhong. Like dong ding and unlike high mountain tea baozhong has a long history in taiwan baozhong or pouchong literally means wrapped kind and refers to the way the tea was traditionally packaged in paper. Our oolong teas are coming from renowned tea gardens in china and taiwan carefully cultivated and crafted by tea masters our authentic collection of oolong teas indeed offers the best representative of each kind of oolong teas.

Baozhong tea it s an oolong that is also known as pouchong. The unscented naturally floral baozhong oolong tea that we are familiar with nowadays is a rather recent development during the japanese occupation 1895 1945. Sourced from a small family run farm located in a small mountain range along the northern coast of taiwan. A partially oxidized twisted tea that is produced in northern taiwan.

It s also known as pouchong or wenshan baozhong. Wenshan baozhong tea is an unroasted type of oolong with only a relatively minimal 10 15 oxidation. Many consider it to have the best of both worlds. Grown at a measly 400 800 meters elevation in northern taiwan baozhong is a low elevation tea typically from wenshan or pinglin.

Baozhong tea sometimes known in english by the older romanization pouchong is a lightly oxidized tea twist shape with floral notes and usually not roasted somewhere between green tea and what is usually considered oolong tea though often classified with the latter due to its lack of the sharper green tea flavours. There are several tea plant varietals that grow in this region that include the jin xuan golden lily and the well known qing xin blue heart baozhong from the wen mountain district is the most famous. More information about baozhong tea. Since pouchong tea is only barely an oolong tea and one that many people actually classify as a green tea is is very delicate and mild with a sweet floral fruity flavor.

There are 8 products. Our varietal it s from pinglin which dates back to the beginnings of taiwanese tea teamaking.