Japanese oolong tea

Just curious, what made you choose Japanese ones. What about Korean ?

I’ve been brewing Japanese tea exclusively now for a while and I thought I would look into their oolong next. I’ll be looking into Korean next, any suggestions?

Which Yuuki-Cha oolong did you buy? I tried their Miyazaki Kuchinashi oolong a while back and wasn’t terribly impressed. It’s like a Taiwanese oolong but rougher around the edges.

I would just use a gaiwan or whatever you normally use to brew oolongs. Suggest you start by steeping the way you normally would with Chinese oolongs and then adjusting. Mine had some noticeable bitterness so I couldn’t grandpa steep and had to shorten gongfu steep times.

Thanks for the advice. I guess they’ll be some similarities among oolongs. Maybe the differences will be reflected in their terroirs.
I bought the Organic Miyazaki Kamairicha and the plain Organic Miyazaki. I’ll be brewing them soon and reporting the results.

After 3 infusions the Miyazaki Kuchinashi was quite pleasant with honeysuckle and gardenia notes. There was a sl astringency after the 2nd infusion but that in no way took away from the total experience.
The Miyazaki Kamairicha displayed astringency throughout all 3 infusions. I couldn’t detect anything but grass notes in total. The experience was quite disappointing. Maybe a change in perimeters will correct this. I hope so because leaf aroma before brewing was nice and fragrant.