Oolong Tea Processing

How Oolong Tea is made: withering, bruising and partial oxidation, step by step, and how each stage builds aroma, taste and liquor color.

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Yao Qing: The Step That Defines Oolong Tea

Yao Qing: The Step That Defines Oolong Tea

The defining step for oolong is shake-withering, yao qing (摇青), and no other category has anything like it.

2026-09-09 3 views

Key Process Points for Oolong Tea

Key Process Points for Oolong Tea

Oolong has more control points than any other category, and most of them sit inside the making green stage.

2026-09-09 2 views

How Oolong Tea Is Made Across Regions

How Oolong Tea Is Made Across Regions

Oolong covers a wider spread of regional craft than any other category, and the districts disagree on nearly every step.

2026-09-09 2 views

Oolong Tea: Hand-Made Versus Machine-Made

Oolong Tea: Hand-Made Versus Machine-Made

Hand work in oolong survives at two points: the decisions during making green, and the roasting at the end.

2026-09-09 3 views

How Oolong Tea Is Made: Step-by-Step Process

How Oolong Tea Is Made: Step-by-Step Process

Oolong is made in a fixed sequence: pluck, wither, make green, fix, roll, dry, and often roast at the end.

2026-09-09 8 views

The Plucking Standard for Oolong Tea

The Plucking Standard for Oolong Tea

Oolong is picked as open, mature leaf rather than as bud, which surprises people who assume all fine tea is young leaf.

2026-09-09 5 views