FullChea - Gaoshan Oolong Tea Loose Leaf, 5.29oz / 150g | Formosa Oolong Tea Loose Leaf, Taiwan High Mountain Oolong Tea

Apparently, this is the same as TEARELAE Taiwan Oolong Tea Loose Leaf. The packaging is random.

This is a great value for a Taiwanese Oolong. It is a green (lightly oxidized) oolong, so it flowery, not toasty. Brew at 190 degrees F. Subtle but amazing aroma!

This is a cheap tea that I wouldn’t serve to guests or give as a gift, but it tastes good enough to drink every day with my family. The leaves unfurl quickly and it lacks the complex floral flavor of other Taiwanese oolongs, but that’s fine by me. I would repurchase it as long as the price remained reasonable.

Loose leaf teas are sold in 150 gram bags in Taiwan. Therefore I believe it is a real product of Taiwan. The price is a bargain in Taiwan. But the flavor and taste are of very decent quality. I travel to Taiwan once a year and always bring back enough supplies of high quality Taiwanese teas, including some very expensive types. However due to the pandemic I have exhausted my supplies because I cut down all my travels. I am glad to have a decent alternative without traveling to Taiwan.The best way to brew Taiwanese Oolong is about 60 seconds for the first and second brew, and 10-15 seconds are added for each successive brew up to the fourth brew. The first brew needs longer time because the tea leaves are dry. For the second brew the tea leaves are wet but weaker after the first brew. After the fourth brew it is just tea flavored water for me.

Love the taste. Great product

I love Oolong from Taiwan and this one is tasteless, extremely dry and not flavors at all.I think that it is either a really old tea or a really low quality one.Please don't buy it, I feel disappointed.

I suppose I should have expected this for the price but there are too many stems. The description says it’s because this is hand picked but I’ve had other hand picked brands that had far fewer to little stems. Often stems are a sign of machine picking rather than handpicking but maybe they just don’t care as much regarding the presence of stems. I’m overall very satisfied with the taste quality but I’m paying for stems so I’ll look for other sellers/brands once I’m done with this batch.

So i tasted the tea (btw, using 212F to flash it once and then use the leftover boiled water to pour in accordingly). The aroma is ok but the flavor is quite good. I was a bit suspicious when I initially open up the pouch since it came with a made in china anti humidity packet (though the outside label indicated it's from Taiwan in which the reason I bought it) but after I tasted it, it's a fine tea. I will buy this again once I ran out of it.