Showing posts with label Chinese tea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chinese tea. Show all posts

Friday, September 9, 2011

Brewer's delight

Appreciate the purity of Asian Teas and drink them unsweetened.

Iron Goddess of mercy (Tie guan yin) - This is premium variety Oolong tea mainly produced in China_Fujian province. When brewed, the rolled tea leaves releases a frangrant floral aroma and sweer after taste.

Osmanthus Tea ( gui hua cha) ~ This tea is combined of dried yellow osmanthus flowers and black or green tea leaves. The flowers lend a sweet fragrance to the tea.

Roasted Barley tea  - Known as Korean as bori cha, or in Japan as Mugicha, this tea has a pleasant, roasted and mildly bitter flavours.It is usually served cold.

Corn tea ~ Known as oksusu cha in Korean, this grain tea is made from roasted corn kernels.As it has a sweet taste, it is usually combined with roasted barley tea for a balance of flavours.

Dragon well ( long jin cha) ~ The leaves in this high quality green tea from Hangzhou, China are pan-fried to stop the fermentation process. When brewwd, they produce a yellow-green color, pleasant aroma and rich taste.

Jasmine tea ( Mo li hua cha) This tea makes use of delicate white jasmine flowers to perfume green tea or Oolong tea tea base.

Oolong (wu long cha) ` This tea is partially fermented and dried. Taste wise, oolong has green tea's delicacy and black tea's depth.

Japanese Green tea( Sencha) ~ Like other green tea, this one is also unfermented.The leaves are simply allow to wither and dry. It is a fresh, delicate and grassy and is pale grren in color.