Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Oolong
Where to Buy: In Nature
Product Description:
Nai Xiang (Jin Xuan) translates as ‘Milk Fragrant’. Like the other types of oolong tea, is extremely fragrant, sweet and great as an every day drink.
The tea brews to a pale yellow colour and produces sweet floral aroma and taste.
Taster’s Review:
Exquisite!
The emerald leaves are wound into tiny little pellets, and from their appearance, they look like many other Oolong teas that I’ve encountered. But, once they’re steeped – Wow! This is one amazing tea.
The aroma is incredible. It has a sweet, milky scent with floral notes. This scent shares a hint of what to expect when you taste the tea.
The sip starts out smooth and creamy. A moment later a sweetness washes over the palate. Floral notes come alive at this point. The sip ends with a hint of butter flavor. The finish is sweet with beautiful flowery notes that rest upon the palate in the aftertaste. It is quite an experience.
And here’s the best part. These beautiful pellets of flavor submit to many wonderful infusions. More infusions means more tea for your money!
This tea is truly a delight. I highly recommend it to all Oolong enthusiasts, especially those who adore milk Oolong teas.
Milk Oolong from thepuriTea
Tea Information:
Leaf Type: Oolong
Where to Buy: thepuriTea
Company Description:
Milk Oolong is a one-of-a-kind tea. It has no added flavors – its fantastically milky, creamy flavor is the result of its terroir and harvest season. The rolled, blue-green leaves have an intense milk aroma, like milk toffee or hard milk candy, with a slight floral undertone. Likewise, the bright yellow brew is incredibly aromatic and flavorful. Its scents of creamy caramel, flavors of cream, milk, coconut milk and tangerine-infused crème fraiche, and finish of gardenias, ripe fruits and warm cream are remarkably indulgent. Later infusions are greener, more floral and equally complex. Milk Oolong is delicious on its own, or with fresh fruit salad or coconut cream pie and sliced peaches.
Taster’s Review:
While I have tasted many Oolong teas, I must admit that my experience with Milk Oolong teas is rather limited. I’ve probably tried less than a handful of Milk Oolongs… although, I don’t know why.
I mean, it isn’t as though they aren’t amazing – because they are! They are rich, creamy, and deliciously satisfying. I think it probably has something to do with the fact that it isn’t easy to find a good quality Milk Oolong.
Well, I need search no longer! This is one of the finest Milk Oolong teas that I have ever tasted. The flavor is perfect: sweet, vegetative and slightly nutty. The mouthfeel is creamy thick – like the way the mouth feels after having consumed a glass of whole milk! It is absolutely divine!
And divine really is the best way I know how to describe this tea – it is like a soft, fluffy cloud! From the feeling it imparts in the mouth right down to the luxuriousness of the flavor – everything about this tea is heavenly.
And while this Milk Oolong may seem a little costly, consider this: when I steeped this tea in my gaiwan, I was able to extract 8 very lovely infusions! Each infusion was slightly different from the previous, but only slightly – the flavor still remained very sweet and sumptuous. If you factor in these multiple steeps, you get a whole lot of value out of these leaves! And trust me when I say this: If you like Oolong tea, you OWE it to yourself to try this one.
Milk Oolong from thepuriTea
Tea Type: Oolong
Where To Buy: thepuriTea
Production Description:
A one of a kind tea, let alone Oolong. That’s how we sum up our Milk Oolong. The aroma is mind boggling, the taste unexpectedly amazing and you’ll be asking yourself “How is this tea?”. This very special Chinese Oolong is produced from tea leaves picked at a certain temperature, altitude, soil conditions and time which creates it’s uniquely milky and silky texture. The light yellow liquid creates a sweet smooth milk aroma and will leave a taste in your mouth that makes you yearning for more.
Tasters Review:
I have only had a few other milk oolongs so far and I have liked them but for different reasons because it seems all that I have tried have all been very, VERY different from each other.
This Milk Oolong from thepuriTea tastes like almond milk or coconut milk, almost. It’s Sweet but nutty and creamy. The leaves really expand during the infusion so not much loose leaf is needed to infuse! I was pleased with this Milk Oolong. It is quite memorable.
It was screaming for a 2nd infusion so I tried it. The 2nd infusion smelled more buttery and less sweet but also more Earthy but not as smooth. I think I prefer the creaminess of the first infusion but I certainly give a thumbs up for the differences between the two infusions and the unique texture and taste of this milk oolong!
