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I've always appreciated high-mountain Taiwanese oolongs, but lately I've felt that they've lacked "ooompf". Many of these oolongs are light, floral and delicate. I prefer buttery oolongs with a lot of energy and depth, but I've had trouble locating good ones. Any recommendations?

Many of the tasters of the TGY OTTI found IPT's http://www.chinese-tea-culture.com/ offerings to be buttery ...

Chip wrote:Many of the tasters of the TGY OTTI found IPT's http://www.chinese-tea-culture.com/ offerings to be buttery ...

Yeah, definitely! Also, I find many Baozhongs to be really buttery, as well as some white teas like Silver Needle, although it is not an Oolong.

I'll add to that chorus, I got quite a hit of butteriness from some of IPT's tgy.

In general fairly greenish tie guan yin is a good bet, fo shou oolong was mentioned again recently and I recall that being quite buttery, but that was a while ago and I can't recall where I got it from.

I'll second the Baozhong recommendation. They can be very buttery, and they don't have that "eggy" aspect of that one can sometimes find with lighter TGYs.

Fall-harvested TGY, Bai Ji Guan, high-fired Dong Ding, ginseng Oolong on my list

Thanks everyone for your suggestions. I'll try the chinese tea culture site. I've never tried them before.

I have a number of baozhongs (most from Tea Masters), but I thought they were too light for what I was looking for. Thanks again!

my favourite oolong is taiwanese gao shan.
it's very sweet and buttery with some fruity notes.

NOESIS wrote:I'll second the Baozhong recommendation. They can be very buttery, and they don't have that "eggy" aspect of that one can sometimes find with lighter TGYs.

Exactly.

For a somewhat smooth, very rich, and extremely inexpensive Taiwanese oolong I'd point the two loose offerings from Tradition brand. I couldn't find a website by type "Tradition Dong Ding" into google product search and you'll see some listings of a yellow canister--that's it.

I bought some, really cheap, $7 for 100grams, and was impressed.

how about Red Water (Hong Shui) Oolong ? Evenly and tightly pearl tea leaves. The dry leaf in brick color is with red border. The tip of leaf and the vein is shown as the reddish. The red spots can be also found between the surface and the petiole. The infusion is amber in color.

chrl42 wrote:high-fired Dong Ding

yeah found that too, boazhong brewed a tad stronger, and certain high mountain teas (its more hit or miss with these if your looking for butter/creamishness)

sounds like a roasted hmt may be what you are looking for, again these are hit or miss

also a higher quality jinxiuan too, a more highly oxidized one, with a light roasting, might fit your tastes well

I find that the lower grades of Pouchong seem more buttery than the higher grades, which are lighter and more honey/floral scented/flavored.

Any particular recommendations for Bao Zhong oolong, I mean vendor(s).

Ta.

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