Culinary Specialties Coffee Gallery- Oolong Tea: Formosa Fancy, Silver Tips

Black

Oolong

Formosa Fancy Silvertips
Traditionally-Grown

Taiwan, China
50-60% Oxidation
Open folded leaf style
Sweet, fresh, stone-fruit flavor
Pure, clean, stone-fruit aroma
Clear golden liquor

1/4 lb	1/2 lb	lb
15.00 Buy	30.00 Buy	60.00 Buy

Formosa Fancy Oolong tea represents the ultimate in the Oolongs manufactured in the traditional Formosa style. With its clean, clear taste and smooth style, it has all the finesse that one could want in an Oolong tea.

Traditional-style Formosa Oolongs have the stone-fruit flavor and aroma that make for an excellent cup of sipping tea, and uncomplicated ones can be drunk with food, especially slightly savory to considerably sweet snacks. The quality of Formosa Oolongs available ranges from very high to plainly drinkable, with the vast majority of them being simple and unassuming. When a Traditional-style Formosa Oolong tea is stupendous, it is worth seeking out and savoring. This is such a tea…if there were only a half-dozen teas left in the world this would have to be one of them.

We typically inventory two selections in the traditional Formosa style, one is a simple, inexpensive choice, and the other is this, the Formosa Fancy Oolong. This tea represents the tea artisan’s stunning success of partial oxidation: it is so difficult to coax tea into this style.

The level of oxidation attained in this Formosa Fancy Oolong tea is very difficult to direct, but our tea growers have done it again; this is a fantastic Fancy Oolong.

Formosa Fancy Oolong tea can be brewed several times, but not the multiple times that the Fujian-style Oolongs should be steeped. Serve in small cups with a light-colored, clear interior; this tea brews with an unbelievable aroma and clean taste.

When you have experimented with this great tea, try some of the Tung Ting Oolong, (also known as Dong Ding Oolong) the incredible, Fujian-style Formosa Oolong with its unbelievable, but very different flavor profile.

Steep 2-5 infusions at 30-90 seconds each
or 1-3 infusions at 2-3 minutes each.
Water temperature should be 180˚ - 195˚ F