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Oolong

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Oolong is a traditional semi-fermented Chinese tea (Camellia sinensis) produced through a process including withering the plant under strong sun and oxidation before curling and twisting. [1]

44 relations: Alishan National Scenic Area, Anxi County, Assam tea, Bai Jiguan tea, Black tea, Caffeine, Camellia sinensis, Chiayi County, Chinese language, Chinese tea culture, Cultivar, Da Hong Pao, Darjeeling tea, Dong Ding tea, Dongfang Meiren, Food browning, Fujian, Gongfu tea ceremony, Hamilton, New Zealand, High-mountain tea, Huangjin Gui, Jin Xuan tea, List of Chinese teas, Nantou County, New Zealand, Pinglin District, Pouchong, Rougui tea, Ruanzhi tea, Shui Hsien tea, Shui Jin Gui tea, Si Da Ming Cong tea, Spice, Taipei, Taiwan, Tea, Tea processing, Teochew cuisine, Terroir, Tieguanyin, Tieluohan tea, Wuyi Mountains, Yixing clay teapot, Zealong.

Alishan National Scenic Area

The Alishan National Scenic Area is a mountain resort and natural preserve located in Alishan Township, Chiayi County, Taiwan.

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Anxi County

() is a county of the municipal region of Quanzhou, in southern Fujian province, People's Republic of China.

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Assam tea

Assam tea is a black tea named after the region of its production, Assam, in India.

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Bai Jiguan tea

Bai Jiguan (pronounced) is a Si Da Ming Cong and a very light Wuyi Oolong tea.

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Black tea

Black tea is a type of tea that is more oxidized than oolong, green, and white teas.

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Caffeine

Caffeine is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant of the methylxanthine class.

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Camellia sinensis

Camellia sinensis is a species of evergreen shrub or small tree whose leaves and leaf buds are used to produce tea.

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Chiayi County

Chiayi County is a county in southwestern Taiwan surrounding but not including Chiayi City.

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Chinese language

Chinese is a group of related, but in many cases mutually unintelligible, language varieties, forming a branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family.

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Chinese tea culture

Chinese tea culture refers to how tea is prepared as well as the occasions when people consume tea in China.

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Cultivar

The term cultivarCultivar has two denominations as explained in Formal definition.

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Da Hong Pao

Da Hong Pao (Big Red Robe) is a Wuyi rock tea grown in the Wuyi Mountains.

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Darjeeling tea

Darjeeling tea is a tea from the Darjeeling district in West Bengal, India.

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Dong Ding tea

Dong Ding (pronounced), also spelled Tung-ting, is an oolong tea from Taiwan.

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Dongfang Meiren

Dongfang Meiren or Baihao, marketed as Oriental Beauty, or White Tip Oolong or Champagne Oolong, is a heavily oxidized, non-roasted, tip-type oolong tea originating in Hsinchu County, Taiwan.

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Food browning

Browning is the process of food turning brown due to the chemical reactions that take place within.

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Fujian

Fujian (pronounced), formerly romanised as Foken, Fouken, Fukien, and Hokkien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China.

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Gongfu tea ceremony

The gongfu tea ceremony or kung fu tea ceremony, is a kind of Chinese tea ceremony, involving the ritualized preparation and presentation of tea.

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Hamilton, New Zealand

Hamilton (Kirikiriroa) is a city in the North Island of New Zealand.

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High-mountain tea

High-mountain tea or gaoshan tea (pronounced) refers to several varieties of oolong tea grown in the mountains of central Taiwan.

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Huangjin Gui

Huangjin Gui (pronounced) is a premium variety of Chinese oolong tea traditionally from Anxi in Fujian province.

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Jin Xuan tea

Jin Xuan (pronounced) is a variety of oolong tea developed in 1980.

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List of Chinese teas

This is a list of Chinese teas.

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Nantou County

Nantou County is the second largest county of Taiwan.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Pinglin District

Pinglin District (a.k.a. Ping-Lin) is a rural district of southeastern New Taipei, Taiwan.

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Pouchong

Pouchong (Standard Chinese pronunciation) or light oolong, it is a lightly oxidized tea, twist shape, with floral notes, and usually not roasted, somewhere between green tea and what is usually considered Oolong tea, though often classified with the latter due to its lack of the sharper green tea flavours.

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Rougui tea

Rougui tea (pronounced) is a variety of the tea plant, commonly grown in the Wuyi Mountains and processed into oolong tea.

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Ruanzhi tea

Ruan Zhi (pronounced) is a variety of the tea plant that is usually processed into oolong.

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Shui Hsien tea

Shui Hsien tea (pronounced), meaning narcissus or water sprite, is an oolong tea from the Wuyi Mountains in Fujian Province, China with a heavy honey fragrance.

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Shui Jin Gui tea

Shui Jin Gui is a very characteristic Wuyi Oolong tea, whose name literally means Golden Marine Turtle.

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Si Da Ming Cong tea

Si Da Ming Cong refers to four famous Wuyi Oolong tea bushes, namely.

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Spice

A spice is a seed, fruit, root, bark, or other plant substance primarily used for flavoring, coloring or preserving food.

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Taipei

Taipei, officially known as Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of Taiwan (officially known as the Republic of China, "ROC").

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Taiwan

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a state in East Asia.

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Tea

Tea is an aromatic beverage commonly prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis, an evergreen shrub (bush) native to Asia.

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Tea processing

Tea processing is the method in which the leaves from the tea plant Camellia sinensis are transformed into the dried leaves for brewing tea.

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Teochew cuisine

Teochew cuisine, also known as Chiuchow cuisine, Chaozhou cuisine or Chaoshan cuisine, originated from the Chaoshan region in the eastern part of China's Guangdong Province, which includes the cities of Chaozhou, Shantou and Jieyang.

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Terroir

Terroir (from terre, "land") is the set of all environmental factors that affect a crop's phenotype, including unique environment contexts, farming practices and a crop's specific growth habitat.

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Tieguanyin

Tieguanyin (Standard Chinese pronunciation) is a premium variety of Chinese oolong tea originated in the 19th century in Anxi in Fujian province.

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Tieluohan tea

Tieluohan (pronounced) is one of the Four Great Oolongs and a light Wuyi tea.

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Wuyi Mountains

The Wuyi Mountains (also known as Bohea Hills in earlier Western documents) are a mountain range located in the prefecture of Nanping, in northern Fujian province near the border with Jiangxi province, China.

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Yixing clay teapot

Yixing clay teapots (also called Purple Sand are made from Yixing clay. This traditional style commonly used to brew tea originated in China, dating back to the 15th century, and are made from clay produced near Yixing in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu.

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Zealong

Zealong is a New Zealand tea company based in Hamilton, New Zealand, where local climate, terroir, and lack of heavy frost aid in growing the camellia sinensis tea plant and encouraged initial propagation trials in 1996.

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Blue tea, Light green tea, Oolong Tea, Oolong tea, Ulun, Wu-Long, Wu-Lung, Wu-long, Wulong tea, Wulóng, Wūlóng, 乌龙, 乌龙茶, 烏龍茶, 青茶.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oolong

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