Honey Black Oolong(Spring 2026)

$5.00

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Honey Black Oolong

**This batch of this perennially favorite oolong was an Honorable Mention Competition Winner from the spring, but it is pretty similar to our normal Honey Black Oolong in both taste and price. We kept of a couple of the competition tubes and boxes for anyone that might want them. All the tea in all the packages below are from the exact same batch!

A real treat for those that love Red Oolongs and Honey Fragrance Black tea, this hybrid of the two genres is full of honey, rose and dark oolong goodness. Relatively rare, this type of tea can only be made at just the right time of the deep winter in the south of Taiwan when the bugs wake up a little but before the hot weather arrives to change the taste of the tea leaves to the woody strength of the warmer months.

**Like all our teas, there are no added flavors, colors or chemicals in this tea. All flavors are completely natural and chemical-free!**

Elevation: 300m

Status: Certified Organic

Cultivar: Big Leaf Oolong

Oxidization: 85%

Season: Spring, 2026

Method: Hand picked, processed on site, very small batch

Region: Luye, Taidong

Recommend Brewing Style:

Gong Fu Style: 3-5g per 100ml, ~95C water, 30, 45, 60 then add 5-10 seconds steeps in gaiwan. Lasts 4-5 steeps.

Western Style: 3g per 100ml, ~100c water for 2 minutes. Lasts 2-3 steeps

Brewing Difficulty - Easy: Works well with all methods (More Details Here)

Good

Good quality tea but I feel like the honey scent is lost after the roasting and oolong process compared to the other honey teas.

Not getting the honey notes

I don't know if it was my water (I live in a hard water area), but for some reason I wasn't getting any honey notes. I tried brewing it at a lower water temp (90 C) and also waiting for a shorter time, but no dice. I did taste the malty notes, though, and it's pretty forgiving, so long are you're not me and accidentally leave it steeping for about an hour. Maybe the Honey Black Fragrance will be more my speed?

Simply scrumptious!

Hard to believe something could be this naturally delicious, but believe I must. A deep, smooth sweetness with some nice black tea undertones. You can't go wrong with this one!

Excellent!

Not good with being overly wordy on teas - but this is the most delightful tea I’ve ever had. Well balanced and comforting - deep but light at the same time.

You can’t brew it wrong!

This is a delicious oxidized oolong that never turns bitter or astringent. It is yummy brewed western or gong fu style, longer steeps or shorter steeps, higher temperatures or lower temperatures. Forgotten brew? No problem. Started a tea session hours ago and never finished it? Boil up some water, your leaves are good to go. Interestingly, I find later brews remind me of darker gaba teas, without the sometimes metallic aftertaste that gabas can have. Great value, especially considering its price point.

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Honey Black Oolong(Spring 2026)

Honey Black Oolong

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