The Tea FAQ
The Definitive Guide to Tea
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Chinese Oolongs (Wu-lung) Chinese Oolongs are a relatively recent development. While green tea was the norm for thousands of years, the Chinese began to produce oolong tea and quickly learned to perfect it, now producing some wonderful oolong teas. The Chinese call fire the teacher of tea, and even with the advent of electricity, now used in the production of heat for tea making instead of charcoal, the methodology of oxidizing and firing their tea has not changed in terms of the production of the finest oolongs. Some of the more commonly found oolong teas are:
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