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Oriental Beauty (Bai Hao Oolong)
Dōng Fāng Měi Rén · 东方美人 (東方美人)
Oriental Beauty (Dong Fang Mei Ren / Bai Hao Wulong / Pengfeng Cha) is a heavily-oxidised non-roasted oolong from Hsinchu County in Taiwan (notably Beipu and Emei townships). Its defining feature: the young summer leaves are deliberately left unsprayed so the tea jassid (Jacobiasca formosana) can bite them. The insect's saliva triggers terpene release and the heavy ~70% oxidation that follow give the tea its signature honey-and-muscat aroma — no insecticide is used, the bug bite is the production input.
Quick facts
- Region
- Hsinchu
- Harvest year
- 2025
- Harvest season
- summer
- Oxidation
- 70%
- Roast
- light
Brewing
- Leaf
- 4.0 g / 100 ml
- Water
- 85°C
- Rinse
- no
- Gongfu steeps (s)
- 20, 30, 45, 60, 90
- Western (min)
- 2.0
Per Wikipedia, brew at 80–85 °C for 1–2 minutes Western-style. The 70% oxidation is unusually high for an oolong — closer to a black tea, but the flavour stays nectar-honey rather than malt.
Tasting notes
- Aroma
- honey, ripe muscat grape, sweet hay
- Flavor
- honey, muscat, sweet stone fruit
- Mouthfeel
- smooth, lightly tannic
- Finish
- sweet, lingering
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