Quangzhou Milk Oolong

First ‘milk’ oolong. Milky, buttery, steamy spinach undertones . In a comforting way.

I Love this tea. Tried it at David’s with the $1 deal. I and resteeped it 3 times at home enjoyed all three cups. Going to pick this one up soon! Unfortionatly it does cost some $ but can be resteeped which helps with the cost.

It smells a bit like sharp cheddar cheese, which I find… Unencouraging.

It’s got the taste of a typical greener rolled oolong (or the taste of the ones I’ve tried), with a light hint of cream. Not thick cream, just the stuff you buy for your coffee. Not getting too much sweetness. It’s interesting.

It settles into a thicker mouthfeel as you sip, and a bit of sweetness develops.

First steep: Two minutes.

Second Steep: Two and a half minutes. It’s sweeter, but less creamy. The steep instructions Davids provided read 4-7 minutes. That seemed a bit crazy, but I may have to consider it.

This has become my standard Oolong.
Whenever I feel like having a good cup of rich, floral Oolong, delicate yet full, the Quangzhou Milk Oolong never disappoints. I tried a few Milk Oolongs from different stores, and I honestly couldn’t see a big difference; each of them was just as good. This one is no exception. Certainly a classic I’ll keep coming back to for my whole life.

Drinking this for the first time! The scent of the unsteeped leaves is like candy. This is gonna be good…

First steep – I let my water cool a bit longer than I would normally, and I also steeped for a shorter amount of time (I was impatient). This is nice! I see what they mean when they say it has a milky/creamy mouth feel. It’s weird to describe water that way,

Novel and lovely, not sure I’m in love with it, though. Not enough to buy a tin when I could buy a cheaper oolong, for instance.

2nd Steep – hotter water this time. Liked it better on the first steep, but this is still nice. The mouthfeel continues to be smooth, and I do taste creamy notes. So odd to be describing straight tea as tasting like cream and feeling creamy.

I picked up this tea on the recommendation of a very nice employee in the San Francisco Polk Street DAVIDsTEA… oh. man.

The package recommends a 4-7 minute steep time, but I prefer it with a bit of a shorter one — I think it brings out the creaminess and light floral taste, as well as the velvety texture — I didn’t get that as much with a longer steep.

I will purchase more of this every time I am out for as long as it is available.

This is a lovely tea. It tastes like a smoother/creamier version of my boxed green tea. Delicious!

Resteeped it and it was just as good the second time around. Yum!

I decided to try this to compare against the other milk oolong I have and I like both…they are so similar that I can’t tell much apart….what subtle differences could be from my brewing technique or ?!? I love them both! Yay

Gaadd, I love this tea! First of all, my favorite kind of tea is oolong simply because it offers the best of both worlds: the leafy-ness and herbal taste of green tea and the pungent strong flavor from black tea. But this oolong in particular: very smooth and soothing with wonderfully leafy/grassy tones!

Wonderful full creamy soft effect with hints of floral and tropical notes.

Today, I finally figured out how to brew this properly to bring out the creaminess and orchid notes. What worked for me is increasing the water temp nearer to (but not fully) boiling, and using more tea (1.5 tsp). Really enjoying the taste now!

Very smooth and creamy, amazing on its own or added to other teas for a creamy taste. Love it, one of my favourites!

Let me start out by saying I was shocked by the sheer price of this tea! At over $6 for 25g I couldn’t believe it, but it sounded interesting and I wanted to try it. Let me tell you, it’s worth EVERY penny of it! This is creamy and buttery with this great high quality oolong mixed in perfectly as well as a tiny hint of floral something or other. No clue how it’s so smooth and creamy because it’s only oolong nothing else, but it is GREAT! Just don’t steep it too long – it’s naturally a slight bit sour/bitter so keep your steeping about 3-5 mins and you’re set for a huge treat! I don’t care if it’s $24 for a 100g tin,I will likely get one! YUM :D

Good, but I didn’t find it all that special.

This is a great tea. It has a nice creamy taste to it and a great scent too. It’s not too strong and any edge it has is a little worn by the creaminess. It’s a really great tea for anytime.

I don’t like it!

Too much butteriness, too much like a cup of watery milk, and too vegetal for me. It all combined to taste kind of like spinach with butter, as others have mentioned. I just really found it to be..too much. I’m glad I just got a cup of this to go, rather than buying some to brew myself, because I couldn’t even finish it. I started to get a headache and feel nauseous about half way through.

I can understand why people would love this, but it’s definitely not for me. I’d still like to try other milk oolongs eventually, but this particular one was not for me.

I’ve received a few samples of this tea. I simply don’t rave about it in the same way as everyone else. I liked it…i tried it after finishing off a very nice oolong by Ten Ren so I think perhaps I wasn’t as wowed as everyone else. I found the tea cheesy in someways and in other ways reminded me of creamed spinach. I wouldn’t reorder.

Wasn’t sure at all when I smelled it at first, I’m more a fruit/chocolate/lots of taste kind of girl, but this tea really surprised me ! It feels so good to drink it plane, no milk/sugar of any sort ! that spinach taste and milky texture, just perfect ! I use it when ever I don’t feel like drinking a sweet tea !

Straight tea shouldn’t be this addictive. It has a very creamy flavor, and the smell is like that of theatre popcorn. It took a while for this specific oolong to grow on me.

This tea is sooo good. It’s light and creamy and flowery and wonderful. Probably my favorite oolong out there. Delicious and not heavy at all.