Oriental Beauty Supreme Oolong Tea | Dong Fang Mei Ren Wu Long

Jing’s Oriental Beauty is just one more reason for me to continue my oolong-passion: Its dry leaf is a melange of colors and shapes: Silvery tips mingle with leaves that are alternately dark brown and twisted, medium chocolate brown and flat. The nose is woody, spicy (nutmeg?) and somewhat sweet. In the cup, the liquor is a lovely medium amber, and the nose remains woody and sweet. I have had Dong Feng’s that taste “over roasted” but this tea is remarkably smooth: The wood remains, but there is also honey, dried fig, and that lovely hint of nutmeg. The tea is good for several steeps, so keep the infusions coming. Also, do take time to admire the lovely spent leaves: The varying colors are gorgeous! Tips: I advise making this tea with just under boiling water, 208F should work. You want the water this hot because this tea has a lot of flavor to extract. But after infusing, allow it to cool a bit: The intense flavors emerge after a bit of a cool-down.