Bao Zhong is the most lightly oxidised of Oolong teas (10%-15% only). Almost resembling a green tea but has a more pronounced fragrance and deeper taste than green tea. Often an award-winning premium grade, our Wen Shan Bao Zhong offers a delightfully sweet, lightly creamy taste and pleasant floral aroma
Tea Garden: Weng Family Tea Garden
Farming Methods: Hand-picked. Low pesticide
Production: 10% oxidised. Light rolling and drying.
Shape: Strip – not ball rolled
Light roast and Medium roast varieties also available
Other notes:
The name Bao Zhong means “paper wrapped” which is how it was distinctively packaged in the early days; The tea was wrapped in five-ounce packs in paper made from cotton and dried by baking. But now with airtight preservation techniques the tea has developed a more modern character. Bao Zhong tea is a lightly oxidized Oolong tea with some similar characteristics to Green tea It is processed with a light rolling and drying.