89%… Gold Oolong ~ Sweet.ology 10 Jul 201514 Dec 2015 To wrap up Oolong Appreciation Week, I thought I'd review a local (ie. A2-Ypsi) teahouse tea. There were a couple popular styles of Oolong that didn't make it onto the…
90%… Zhang Ping Shui Hsian ~ Upton 9 Jul 201514 Dec 2015 I only bought a few Oolongs from last month's batch purchase from Upton, but the ones I did get sounded pretty stellar. The funny bothersome thing about Shui Hsian is the…
80%… Phoenix Mountain Dan Cong ~ TeaVana 8 Jul 201530 Jan 2016 Phoenix Mountain Dan Cong Imperial Reserve is one of TeaVana's very first teas (i think). At any rate, it's been retired. Astonishingly, it's also one of their longest lasting. I've…
92%… Crab Leg ~ Goldfish 7 Jul 201514 Dec 2015 Traditionally called "Hairy Crab" (Mao Xie), this Anxi (Fujian) cultivar Oolong is very odd-looking. Mao Xie's serrated edges and spiny little hairs gifted it the name hairy crab (though Goldfish…
84%… Pomegranate Oolong ~ White Lion 6 Jul 201530 Jan 2016 This week, in honor of some undeserved patience and compassion that has come my way, I've decided to theme my blog posts around Oolong (as in Ti Kuan Yin... err,…