Pan-frying the leaves requires great skill to match the temperature to the tenderness of the leaves. The flat green leaves produce a clear, pale green tea with a slightly sweet, aromatic fresh flavor and lingering aftertaste, which are the tea's unique characteristics. In China, this tea is considered to have a cooling effect and is frequently served in hot weather. Exotica Dragonwell is one of the finest grades of Lung Ching tea. Exotica Champagne Oolong Oolong may be the last tea grown in commercial quantities in the old Chinese way on family farms.
Oolong is a semi-fermented tea, without the astringency and bitterness characteristic of black tea.
It's more deliciously fruity than any other tea, with a sparkling character that makes lemon and sugar unnecessary, and milk unthinkable. Oolong tea is the specialty of the island of Formosa, or Taiwan, as its known today, where it is grown on the north end of the island around Taipei. It is also cultivated in mainland China. Exotica Champagne Oolong is pure Formosa Oolong. Its location at 6500 feet provides a temperate, if rainy climate, and breathtaking views that allow the eye to travel from the scorching plains below, upward over a succession of mountains that culminate with the mighty Kanchenjunga, almost as high as Everest.