Greetings my dear Hive fellows. After a long time, I am writing about a drink in the coffee and tea category as I am not a fan of coffee or tea but some of the delicious coffee and tea always attract me. But after all of these, I have not become a coffee or tea lover as used to be. On of my colleagues loves coffee as water and I have no issue with my tiredness or lethargy without drinking the neuro-triggering caffeine.
After the long summer days, the temperature of Beijing is decreasing slowly but today's continuous rain has made the temperature drop below 25 degrees during the hottest moment of the summer day. And, I have coffee or tea during the winter days on a very irregular basis a couple of times in a week and even a month!
But today, I got an opportunity to taste the 'Wulong Tea' Which is 'Wulong Cha' in Chinese with the meaning of 'Dark Dragon Tea' which was gifted by one of my colleagues in our research group. This tea is a classic Chinese tea (Camellia sinensis) that has been semi-oxidized by a procedure that involves letting the leaves in the hot sun dry extremely. And thus the tea undergoes for some oxidation to take place before they become curled and twisted.
As tea is one of the healthiest drinks in the world, especially as a preventative strategy for long-term physical and mental health, wu long tea has some great health benefits such as lowering the risk of diabetes, weight management, improve heart functionality, support the cognitive operation, and many more. You can read about them in details from these links-
What is Oolong Tea and What Benefits Does It Have?
The dark dragon tea is also not available everywhere in China. The most popular spot for the production is the Wuyi Mountains which is located in Fujian province. My colleague is from the Fujian Province, so she brought tea for everyone in our group as a new student.
I got the smaller pack of tea several weeks ago, but I haven't tried it yet before today. As the weather becomes perfect for a cup of coffee or tea, I just want to taste the Wulong tea and enjoy the fragrance of the tea.
The tea packet was very tiny and the tea leaves were dried heavily and the color was much darker than the coffee or any other tea. I can't see any greenish ray in the look because of the oxidation it is completely dark. I can say almost close to black at some extent.
Most of the time I enjoy the coffee and tea with sugar, coffee mate or milk to make it more delicious than making it a healthy one. But after I get some weight recently I have removed sugar from the shelf and not using it at all. Also my previous green tea is already finished in winter which was my more frequent drink for my health.
So, I tried the wulong tea with only hot water to get the genuine taste and fragrance. It has a strong fragrance of the leaves which is comparatively stronger than most of green teas. And the taste was mild enough that I love. Also, the bitterness was much weaker than most of the teas. And I was getting the milder taste like the flower tea I have tried in China just the sweetness of the flower tea was missing here.
I hope you like my blog on my first experience with the Wulong tea in China. It is a great drink with a ton of health benefits. if you have any queries, you can ask me without any hesitation.
Thanks a lot for your time and attention, I will catch you at the next one.
Have a great day!
