Heavy Roast Other Wuyi Rock Teas

This oolong from Fujian, China offers a distinctive drinking experience. This Wuyi rock oolong offers a classic, deeply roasted profile, unfolding with a resinous and oily texture. Expect intense woody and herbaceous aromas that evolve gracefully with each infusion, delive. It sits in the "Woody" and "Herbaceous" and "Resinous" flavor families, so expect a cup that leans woody and herbaceous and resinous.

Aim for water around 85–95 °C (185–205 °F). Western style: steep for 3–4 minutes in a mug or teapot. Gongfu style: use 5–7 g per 100 ml, 10–30 s infusions (8–15 steeps) for multiple short steeps — this way you can taste how the flavor evolves. Roasted oolongs can handle higher temps — don't be afraid of boiling water for heavy roasts.

This oolong is grown in Fujian, China and is made from the Ban Tian Yao cultivar. After picking, the leaves received a heavy roast, which shapes the final flavor.

Prices start at $12.50 through white2tea — that works out to about $0.50 per gram. A 25g package gives you roughly 4 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which puts each session at around $3.00. You can compare prices across all vendors carrying this tea on the Teadar product page.