While the Western world recognises four kinds of teas, there are six acknowledged types of Chinese teas – green tea, yellow tea, white tea, Oolong tea, dark tea and red tea. Green tea is the ...

Ever wondered what kind of tea Chinese restaurants serve and why it tastes so good? Tea isn’t just a beverage in these places ...

Oolong tea If you are not really a fan of green tea, Oolong tea could be your saviour. A traditional Chinese tea, oolong falls between green and black tea in terms of oxidation and colour.

Gunpowder – a Chinese green tea with a dry, quite sharp flavour, so-called because the leaves curl up into ‘gunpowder balls’ and unfurl when hot water is added. Formosa Oolong – a pale ...

While the Western world recognises four kinds of teas, there are six acknowledged types of Chinese teas – green tea, yellow tea, white tea, Oolong tea, dark tea and red tea. Although the ...