One of our most popular teas! The leaves of the Black Honey Oolong are gorgeous, curled, first-flush tips from the Luye township in Southern Taiwan. The aroma of the dry leaves is so sweet and intoxicating, but nothing compared to the steeped honey-like fragrance and flavor. This tea is grown on a single organic farm run by a woman and her son. The region is home to a type of bug called the leaf hopper, which bites the tea plants and sucks the nectar from the leaves, causing the fermentation process to begin while the leaves are still on the plants. When these leaves are plucked and oxidized, the result is a naturally honey-like sweetness within the leaf. Several other growing regions try to replicate this process, but this is where is occurs naturally.
Process: Organic
Harvest: 2024
Origin: Luye, Taiwan
Process: Organic
Origin: Luye, Taiwan
Harvest: 2025
• Bug-bitten leaves
• Honey-sweet and rich toasty flavor
• Doesn't get bitter with long steeps
• Second-generation tea farming family
• On the verge of oolong/black tea oxidation level
• 6g tea per 8oz. water
• Steep 15-20 seconds in 190°-200°F water
• Re-steep for 10-15 seconds for 3-4 re-steeps, then lengthen steeps to extract all the flavor
This tea does best when steeped in a gaiwan.
Use these recommendations for steeping in a western teapot, or when only 1 steep is desired.
• 3g tea per 6oz. water
• Steep 3-4 minutes in boiling water
• Re-steep one more time for 2-3 minutes (if desired)
