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I worked at an American Chinese restaurant that had fantastic oolong tea. Whenever I bought it from Asian supermarkets it was literally the worst quality tea I’
by wil421 5y ago
I worked at an American Chinese restaurant that had fantastic oolong tea. Whenever I bought it from Asian supermarkets it was literally the worst quality tea I’ve ever tasted, below the Lipton tea that’s for making sweet tea.
- Vrondi 5y agoLook for "Tie Guan Yin" (Iron Goddess of Mercy) Oolong. It's a lovely starting point. Usually good across most brands. Medium-light and naturally floral/fruity quality to it. The amount you use and the temp and time for brewing are also different for Oolong compared to black teas.
- blacksmith_tb 5y agoPart of the problem there is that the domestic market consumes most of the best grades of all types of teas. But it's possible to get really amazing Chinese and Taiwanese teas from tea importers in the US[1] and EU. Some of them are pricey, but not all (and tea is generally not too expensive per cup, compared with lots of other beverages). 1: https://www.uptontea.com/teas/c/oolong-tea/pgsize/12/filter/100000000029eq100000000031or100000000043/layout/list/ https://www.uptontea.com/teas/c/oolong-tea/pgsize/12/filter/...
- cercatrova 5y agoBuy online, check out the /r/tea wiki [0] and specifically the user vendor list [1] [0] https://old.reddit.com/r/tea/wiki/faq https://old.reddit.com/r/tea/wiki/faq [1] https://old.reddit.com/r/tea/wiki/vendors/page_01 https://old.reddit.com/r/tea/wiki/vendors/page_01