Last night we decided to start tasting the tea collection from oolong. Actually, this is one of my favorite types of tea and my husband knew I'd start with oolong. What is oolong tea? Let me ask first about, do you know the difference between green and black tea? Well, of course, one is green and the other is black. But why are they different? Do they come from different plants? Or are they harvested at a different time? Well, no and no. I just personally think this is fascinating. The black and the green tea come from the same type of plant and are harvested at the same time. The difference is in the way they are processed. The black tea is fermented and the green tea leaves out the fermentation stage. The oolong tea is somewhere in between, as Wikipedia says "it ranges from 10% to 70% oxidation."
Anyway, we started with Oolong #8 from Oolong Sampler. The smell was very typical oolong tea smell. It smells more like green tea, but has a dash of tartness. The color was yellow-orange, honey-like. It turned a browner shade of orange in my cup after a few minutes. Very beautiful color. My pictures are not professional in any way, but I'm showing what I got in my cup. As for the taste, well, I'll call it "classic oolong taste". I fully enjoyed the softness and the light tartness it has.
And since it was my first experience with Adagio, I'll say that I'm very satisfied with the quality of the tea, the package and the whole experience. And I'm very excited to try the next one!
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