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Fleurs d'Oranger Oolong from Mariage Frères

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76/100

Fleurs d'Oranger Oolong

Fruit Oolong Blend by Mariage Frères

Orange blossoms are delicately blended with a very fine Oolong tea from Taiwan. A magical mariage!

Traditionnal orange blossom flavoured blue semi-fermented tea.

5 Tasting Notes

Ysaurella
71
Ysaurella 2 tasting notes

it doesn’t look like the picture, the blend is more foaming, wery swollen as well and it doesn’t look so dry as the picture shows.
I think I used a too cold water(85°c), that’s what the MF salesman required but I saw on MF website now they do recommend 95°c.
Also they ask to leave it for a long 7 min steep…I left less and it is bitter.
I just love so much orange blossoms I think I just spoiled my tea. I’ll try again tomorrow- I don’t rate it for now and just give myself a zero for preparing it so badly !

So I finally managed to find out the right steeping time combination for this Oolong.
I didn’t manage to fully eradicate a little astringency but I think 5 minutes are enough for this tea.

I think the tea base is just not for me. That’s weird because I am not an expert in Oolong but I’ve always read oolong teas have no astringency.

I have a complaint about the Orange blossom aroma, unfortunately I was expecting something really more present. To my opinion, there is a lack of Orange Blossom aroma in the tea (there are a lot of dried orange blossom flowers)

I was expecting a lot from this tea and I am really disappointed.

I’ll keep trying anyway… :)

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Laurent Civrais
91

A very good tea. a beautiful mariage for this Oolong tea blue with a note of orange.

khbmttx
90

This is my favorite breakfast tea – a strong enough black to wake me up but with delicate orange flavor to mellow it ou. I drink it black. Makes a good iced tea, too.

Auggy
57

Found this in the back of my pantry – only 7g so I put the whole thing in 9oz to brew for 1min. Tastes like a mild black but with nice soft citrus notes. I think I remember it being smokier – not sure if age or the way I brewed it made the difference there but I like it.