Are all teas created equal?
Quick answer. Sorta. Long answer. Kinda sorta.
Most of the teas that you regularly hear about such as the white tea, green tea and black tea are all different sides of the same leaf. They are all derived from the Camellia sinensis plant. The difference lies in how long the leafs are roasted.
So why then is green tea so popular?
It's all about PR.
White tea. Green tea. Red tea. Black tea. What about Oolong tea? There is so much hoopla over green tea and white tea, about all of their health benefits ranging from weight loss, lowering cholesterol, and the thousands of other benefits.
But what about the lonely oolong tea?
Is it not from the same plant?
Is it not steeped?
From all of the reconaissance we've been doing it seems that oolong tea has had somewhat of a bad rap. This is mainly due to the off taste for the tea when brewed. We found the majority of tea drinkers prefer to drink scented or flavored
green tea. There aren't too many flavored oolong teas because oolong teas tend to be on the more traditional end. Not sure why, but it could be that no one was really daring enough to sell it using the same scents used on green teas and black teas. This means that the tastes goes from having an earthy tone to a more robust woodsy flavor. This range of flavors hasn't really been palatable. But sometimes, thinking outside of the box gets you a great tasting tea like the
Phoenix Oolong tea. This tea doesn't taste like other oolong teas, but it is! It has a woodsy undertone with some fruit flavoring.
Oolong is the underdog of the tea world. Not many people know that it too is high in anti oxidants and also has all of the same health benefits of green tea. It just hasn't gotten any of the press. So I'm here to spread the good word.
Oolong is good. Oolong is great. Oolong is yummy! Oolong is healthy! Oolong is better than green tea!
So put down the same old green tea and say hello to Oolong!
