Oolong Tea (Straight in Your Cup!)
I have been tasting a number of oolong teas, lately.
I wanted to share my preferred method of drinking this tea. I simply place the tea directly into the cup and add water. For resteeps, simply repeat with more water.
I notice much better flavour from the tea. Many of these teas are tightly wrapped and require several resteeps to unfurl. The volume of leaf is much much greater than the dry leaf.
This method works particularly well with take a away cups, because they have a narrow hole that filters the large leaf.
This might not be a new method for some people. If it is new to you, give it a try.
I was inspired by those chinese teapots that restaurants use; they constantly refill them, and yet the tea gets better with time.
I haven’t been posting lately, as I sit outside in spring and summer, and fall. Hope to talk to you all soon. :)
I love jade oolongs with this method, a big lovely floral explosion & multiple resteeps
This is often called “grandpa style” brewing because it’s how most old people here in China casually drink tea.
Thanks, the term Grand Pa style really helped find this topic.
We better be quiet though, or Allan will have to buy a new cup to try it out. :)
I’ve tried grand pa style with greens before and those stray leaves that just won’t sink really bother me. I would also think for this method to work well, you would have to be a fast sipper so that the leaves are not infused too long?
I don’t really worry that much about steeping time, with most oolongs. They are mostly green or mid way between green and a black. As such, there is much less tanin to worry about.
You can use a mug that is taller. The larger leaves will sink to the bottom.
Take out cups with a lid work well.
My new travel mug has a filter on top, that does the job, too.
It’s just a really simple method that people overlook.
Teaa like Dragon Well and Oolongs are perfect with the method.
I actually tried a puehr with my travel mug, and it was surprisingly good.
Remember that you can let the tea sit longer than it usually would and get all the flavour out.
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