Is There an Oolong Guide?
Posted: Jun 26th, '08, 16:55
Yesterday I walked into the most magical tea store. This was a brick and mortar location designed from the ground up to be a tea aficionado's paradise. The shelves were lined with like, three dozen different oolongs, each with those Oolong names "Da da da da" four syllables, and mostly meaningless to poor me, the Oolong beginner.
I had such a hard time figuring my way around that I just ended up confused. I've lurked around Wikipedia a bit, but the information there doesn't cover the breadth of the Oolongs I saw.
So, has anybody written a definitive guide for this sort of thing? Otherwise I guess I'll just have to start hacking away at it by tasting some mysterious oolongs.
I had such a hard time figuring my way around that I just ended up confused. I've lurked around Wikipedia a bit, but the information there doesn't cover the breadth of the Oolongs I saw.
So, has anybody written a definitive guide for this sort of thing? Otherwise I guess I'll just have to start hacking away at it by tasting some mysterious oolongs.