Oolong gone stale. What to do?

[tsverrir]

Hi you all.

I have a (once) wonderful Wu Ling oolong from Taiwan that seems to have gone stale. I've been keeping it in a canister that's not completely airtight (won't do that again ) for about 2-3 months.

Is there some way to save this tea? I've heard that roasting can bring back some of the flavor. Can you roast a tea with you normal pots or pans?

Sverrir

[olivierco]

Is there some way to save this tea? I've heard that roasting can bring back some of the flavor. Can you roast a tea with you normal pots or pans?

I know it works well with sencha.

[Proinsias]

I've found this method quite handy for sprucing up stale oolong just before it hits the gaiwan:

http://tea-obsession.blogspot.com/2008/ ... -fire.html

[tsverrir]

I've found this method quite handy for sprucing up stale oolong just before it hits the gaiwan:

http://tea-obsession.blogspot.com/2008/ ... -fire.html

This just revived the tea (drinking it now). Thanks for the link.

S.

[Chip]

How did it turn out?

[kymidwife]

In my own totally non-traditional and convenience-minded way, I lightly roasted some stale-ish light-roasted TKY in my toaster oven on the lowest baking setting for about 10 minutes. I made a pouch out of aluminum foil so the tea wouldn't get directly exposed to the heating element. Gave it a nice medium-roasted flavor and definitely revived tea I would otherwise have not enjoyed much. With this method, it would be very easy to go to high roast so I had to watch it really closely.

Sarah

[tsverrir]

How did it turn out?

I might have overdone it a little, it's a very light oolong. But this totally brought back the sweet flowery taste that I missed. Although I liked the extra roasted taste I probably will do it a bit shorter next time.

[wyardley]

If you have a rice cooker, that's one way I've heard a lot of people suggest.