Buttery Oolongs

[Drax]

A vendor told me once....

Don't know any other source to check it that's true, though.

And that's what they count on....

[entropyembrace]

I understand the logic between higher caffeine levels and less processed tea leaves, but what I'm talking about more is the bioavailability of the caffeine. I can drink green tea right before bed and fall asleep quickly, if I drank a black tea before bed I wouldn't be able to fall asleep.

What accounts for that? I mean the black tea is the most processed, yet gives me the biggest caffeine alert feeling?

Brewing temperature mainly Caffeine will extract faster with boiling water that you use for black tea than water that's 80 degrees or less that you use for green tea.

[Poseidon]

Back to the original question, the most buttery tea that I can think of is probably a Baozhong. I won a bag of awhile back that I really enjoyed... I think I'm going to pick up another bag. Thanks for the reminder!

Clicky:
http://www.tea-masters.com/en/34-wenshan-baozhong- The bag I won was one of these...

[steanze]

I'd call Jin Xuan buttery - the tea oils give it also a texture that contributes to the "buttery" feeling

[Bef]

And that's what they count on....

Hum... No.

It might be wrong (I couldn't say, as I didn't search about it) but if so, I can assure you that it was not on purpose of said vendor.

[Poseidon]

I'd call Jin Xuan buttery - the tea oils give it also a texture that contributes to the "buttery" feeling

I would agree with you if it were brewed hot. I always get a nice creaminess when I cold brew it.

[Drezden]

I'd call Jin Xuan buttery - the tea oils give it also a texture that contributes to the "buttery" feeling

The name Jin Xuan stands out really strongly to me, I think that is the name of the buttery oolong I drank oh so long ago. Thank you! Also thank you to everyone's suggestions, I now have a bunch of different oolongs to try. ^^

[steanze]

You are welcome!

[jayinhk]

Really high fired TGY tastes like butter to me

[Bok]

In regards to caffeine and being able to sleep after having tea:
In my experience what they call “Cha Qi” also plays a part, some well-made teas have me up all night or dreaming a lot, as the Qi keeps my brain running

Apart from that I noticed that it is also a matter of getting used to tea.
I normally have no problems sleeping, unless I haven’t had tea for a long time (which fortunately only happens rarely), or if I try a totally new type of tea.

If you like that Buttery, creamy taste of the Jin Xuan, you can slowly taste yourself up the mountain, figuratively speaking > Gaoshan > Lishan > Dayuling/Fushou shan. But beware money-wise it is going up as well!

[mcrdotcom]

Polyphenols are supposed to slow down caffeine uptake (I think)... So with increased oxidation, perhaps polyphenol levels drop to the extent that more caffeine is absorbed even though there's less in the leaf.

[bambooforest]

I found this offering very buttery, and on the thick side:

http://www.taiwanteacrafts.com/product/ ... olong-tea/

[chrl42]

Dong Ding..fall-harvested TGY..

[Noahwhiteman24]

The butteriest tea I personally have ever had is a Ten Ren's King's oolong 509. It's kind of cheating because there's ginseng dusted over it, but wow, the throat feel lingers for quite a long time.

[Robertjcoons]

What you are likely looking for is called "nai xiang jin xuan," which translates to "dairy perfume golden lilly."
Jinxuan tea has several production styles and not all of them have the buttery, milky aroma.
The most popular one of these milk perfume teas comes from Alishan in South Central Taiwan. You can get it from Ten ren tea, and probably from places like beautiful Taiwan tea company.

Another, cheaper version is called "Quanzhou milk oolong," which you can buy at David's or Teavanna. It is not as good as Nai Xiang Jinxuan, but typically is much cheaper, so it depends if you want to go for economy or luxury.

Hope that helps.