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Encyclopedia>>Oolong Tea| What is Oolong Tea Oolong (traditional
Chinese: 烏龍; simplified Chinese: 乌龙; pinyin: wūlóng) is a
traditional Chinese tea (Camellia sinensis) somewhere between
green tea and black tea in oxidation. It ranges from 10% to 70%
oxidation. In Chinese tea culture,semi-oxidized oolong teas are
collectively grouped as qīngchá (Chinese: 清茶; literally "clear
tea"). Oolong has a taste more like green tea than black tea: it
lacks the rosy,sweet aroma of black tea but it likewise does not
have the stridently grassy vegetal notes of some green tea. It
is commonly brewed to be strong,with the bitterness leaving a
sweet aftertaste. Several subvarieties of oolong,including those
produced in the Wuyi Mountains of northern Fujian and in the
central mountains of Taiwan,are among the most famous Chinese
teas. Oolong tea leaves are processed in two different ways.
Some teas are rolled into long curly leaves,while some are
pressed into a ball-like form similar