Hi group,

I have been drinking fine Taiwanese Oolongs since many
years now, supplied by the best tea merchant in Scandinavia,
only a block away from me.

Recently he gave me a sample of this Darjeeling Oolong that
I find very lovely. It has a most delicate fragrance in the
bag, and a very light flavour when brewed for a minute.

I had never heard of Oolongs from Darjeeling before and
the merchant said it was a new thing too. I would like to hear
if you people here have any experience of it.

I am totally hooked on this stuff now.


Lars
Stockholm

Hi Lars,
Darjeeling (DJ) Oolongs have been around for quite a few years now, for
example Gopaldhara
(FOP1, Red Thunder), Poobong (Black Musc), Rohini (Goldwire), Singbulli
(Super Fancy
OOlong), Soom, ... to name a few, with more to come. (Just today a
chinese tea delegation
arrived (as well as a german), I'll get more information tomorrow.)
Though not specifically manufactured to be gong-fued, DJ Ooolongs can
be quite exquisite
(2005 Autumnal Gopaldhara Red Thunder).
Keeping that in mind I'd advise against the traditional washing of the
leaves as the first step in gong-fu, too much flavour gets lost here.
One of the main reasons are those thin leaves of the plants grown here,
opposed to the much thicker leaves most Chinese and Taiwanese Oolongs
are made of, and of course a different way of manufacturing those
leaves.
PS: I'm waiting for a batch of a special DJ Oolong, if everything works
fine, I should have it
by the end of next week. If you're interested you can PM me and I'll
send you a free sample.

BTW: do you know the estate you're DJ Oolong comes from ? Just curious
....

Greetings from the "queen of hills" :-)
Karsten / Darjeeling

On 3 Mar 2006 05:10:33 -0800, wrote:

>I'm waiting for a batch of a special DJ Oolong, if everything
>works fine, I should have it by the end of next week.
>If you're interested you can PM me and I'll
>send you a free sample.

I will, I'd love to have a sample!

>BTW: do you know the estate you're DJ Oolong comes from ? Just curious

No, I am afraid I don't. Ii comes in one of those aluminium
foil /plastic bag, with a label they write up in the store. It
says Darjeeling Oolong 714.

Here is a picture of it;
http://web.telia.com/~u84407158/a/DarjOolong_3.jpg
Same pile of tea, only half of it is shot with flash and the
other without.



Lars
Stockholm