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Taiwan

Ginseng Oolong人参乌龙

rénshēn wūlóng

Origin
No single region. Main production centers:
Tea type
Oolong Tea
Caffeine Level
Medium
Gongfu Water Temperature
95.000000
Tea notes

Brewing, origin and taste.

Ginseng Oolong: tea with a ginseng glaze – tones, warms, and surprises with a spicy-sweet taste with a herbal accent.

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Brewing, origin and taste notes

Brewing
Tea Amount
5–7 g per 150 ml.
Teaware
Porcelain gaiwan (neutral material doesn't absorb herbal aroma). Yixing teapot not recommended — clay will absorb specific ginseng smell that's impossible to remove.
Brewing Notes
85–95°C. Lower (85°C) — for Taiwanese versions with delicate base oolong; higher (95°C) — for Fujian with dense herbal shell.
Gongfu Water Temperature
95.000000
Gongfu Tea Grams
7.000000
Gongfu Water Ml
100.000000
Origin
Tea Type
Oolong
Origin Country
CN
Province
Taiwan
Classification and Origin Notes
Nántóu County (南投) and Chiayi County (嘉义). Premium batches based on high-mountain oolongs (Alishan, Dong Ding, Jin Xuan).Ānxī County (安溪) — mass production based on Ti...
Category
Teas with additives; wellness teas. Also known as "Lan Gui Ren" (兰贵人, Lán Guìrén — "Noble Orchid"), especially in China.
Coordinates
~25° N, ~118° E (Anxi); ~23°50' N, ~120°40' E (Nantou).
Taste
Dry Leaf Appearance
Dense semi-spherical granules covered with matte greenish-beige or brownish "glaze" from herbal powder. Granules are heavy, uniform in size. Surface is rough. In premi...
Dry Leaf Aroma
Sweetish, with pronounced earthy-spicy notes of ginseng and intense sweetness of licorice. In premium versions — additional floral and creamy undertones of the base oolong.
Liquor Aroma
Less intense than dry leaf. Sweet-spicy, with herbal "medicinal" undertone of ginseng, honey notes of licorice, and — in good versions — emerging florality of oolong.
Liquor Color
Golden-yellow to amber. In first infusions — slightly cloudy due to dissolution of herbal powder; by third infusion — clear and transparent.
Spent Leaves
Oolong leaves that have unfolded after powder washing — green with reddish edges. At bottom — sediment from ginseng and licorice particles.
Taste
First infusion — rich, spicy-sweet, with characteristic ginseng bitterness (root, earth, spices) and enveloping sweetness of licorice. Second–third infusions — herbal shell rece...
Details
Oxidation
15.000000 - 35.000000
Oxidation Maximum
35.000000
Oxidation Maximum Detail
35
Phase
Early
Early Months
4,9
Late Months
5,10
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