A less common type of tea produced in four stages: withering, rolling, oxidation, and drying. Of the two tea types that are oxidized (black and oolong), oolong undergoes the shortest process of oxidation. Oolong is sometimes known as semi-fermented brown tea.
Chinese tea leaves that have been semi-fermented before being dried
Tea in which the oxidation process is halted before the leaves are fully fermented.
A form of tea characterized by lighter brews and larger leaf styles. This tea is typically understood as a lightly fermented tea, between green and black tea on a continuum.
A lightly fermented style of tea, typically using larger leaf grades.
Partially "fermented" tea which is allowed to wither, then is partially oxidized and dried. The term is of Chinese origins and means Black Dragon.
Partially fermented tea from China and Taiwan, the...
Oolong is a traditional Chinese type of tea somewhere in between green and black in oxidation, ranging from 10% to 70% oxidation Seven Cups, , www.sevencups.com. In Chinese tea culture, semi-oxidized oolong teas are collectively grouped as qingcha (é’茶, literally: blue-green tea). It has a taste more akin to green tea than to black tea: it lacks the rosy, sweet aroma of black tea but it does not have the stridently grassy vegetal notes that typify green tea.
Oolong (or as he might prefer, Oolong the Terrible) is a fictional character in the Dragon Ball manga and the Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z anime series who provides comic relief. He is loosely based on the character Zhu Bajie from the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West. His first appearance was in chapter #5 of the manga.
Oolong (July 28, 1994 – January 8, 2003) (named after the oolong variety of tea) was the name of a rabbit owned by photographer Hironori Akutagawa, of HokkaidÅ, Japan. This domestic rabbit has become a well known Internet phenomenon since 2001 through Akutagawa's own home site. The site, created for rabbit lovers in Japan, featured "photo journeys" of the domestic rabbit travelling with his master through the house, yard, and other areas of interest.
