Milky Oolong

A Oolong Tea from

Rating

82 / 100

Calculated from 4 Ratings
Tea type
Oolong Tea
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Ingredients
Milk, Oolong Tea
Flavors
Coconut, Cream, Milk, Astringent, Caramel, Creamy, Seaweed, Sweet, Vegetal, Butter, Grass, Peach
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Caffeine
Medium
Certification
Not available
Typical Preparation
Use 9 oz / 256 ml of water
Set water temperature to 185 °F / 85 °C
Steep for 2 min, 45 sec
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“Backlog I had drank this about a week ago now, but as I look through my tea notebook with all of the unwritten notes, I realize that I need to catch up. I want to start producing more notes on...” Read full tasting note
“All this talk of milk oolong took me there. Tasty. Creamy and thick and sweet condensed milk and fruity oolong. I am enjoying it even more with all this milk oolong preamble. The second...” Read full tasting note
“There are so many copies of this on Steepster Evol. Anyway, I actually quite enjoyed this tea. It was a western brew beginning at three minutes that yielded four nice cups. The first one was a...” Read full tasting note
“Hooray, my order from Zen’s sale came in today, so now I’m restocked on that amazing coconut oolong. Zen also kindly threw in this sample. I do love milk oolongs, so excited to try this one....” Read full tasting note

Description

This Milk oolong tea is also called Nai Xiang Jin Xuan tea because it is made from Jin Xuan tea, and Nai Xiang is directly translated from the Chinese for “milk aroma”.

Jin Xuan tea has a natural milk aroma and taste, and milk flavour is also added to Jin Xuan tea. Therefore, Milk oolong has quite a strong milky aroma and taste. This premium tea has a delightful creamy fragrance and a light milky quality. Good for several infusions.

Tea Origin: Nantou county, Taiwan

Preparation

Regular steeping (8 oz cup): 1.5 teaspoons (4 grams) of tea, 82-87 °C (180–190 °F) water temperature, 2-3 min. (Recommended to rinse the tea in your mug for 2-4 seconds before first steeping.) Re-steep 2-3 additional times.

Gaiwan steeping (in a gaiwan or small teapot under 6 oz): 2 teaspoons (4.5 grams) of tea. 82-87 °C (180-190 °F) water temperature, 2.5 min. first infusion, 2.5 min. second infusion, 3 in third infusion. (Recommended to rinse the tea in your mug for 2-4 seconds before first steeping. Re-steep 4-5 additional times.)

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