 Pingling
Baozhong Tea
It��s quite a friendly tea.
Mm, it��s quite light.
It is light but it��s fragrant at the same time.
The kind of tea that we drink in England is very strong,
being a black tea. A lot of people now are starting
to drink this kind of tea because they think it helps
digestion and it doesn��t upset the stomach as much.
I can see why. It��s so much milder, it��s nice.
I like it. I really like it.
Peter being from England and I from the US, when it
comes to tea, black is just about all we��re familiar
with. In Taiwan, Oolong and Green tea are often heard
about, but there��s also a kind called Baozhong tea,
and it��s from Pinglin, where we��re visiting today.
There are four major teas in Taiwan. The first kind
is not fermented, and is called ��green�� tea. The second
is completely fermented, and that��s black tea. Then
there is lightly fermented tea, which is baozhong
and oolong. Baozhong tea is fermented to 15-20%, which
gives it a subtle flowery scent.
Just like how coffee can have nuances of toast or
caramel, tea can be the same way too. In the case
of Baozhong, a light jasmine scent is naturally produced
during the fermentation process.
Occasionally there are tours here which let visitors
make tea and take it home.
In addition to drinking tea, you can eat it as well,
but because tea can get bitter when cooked for too
long or at too high a temperature, tea cuisine can
be tricky. We found that fried tea leaves are ok,
but as for the chicken tea soup and tea buns with
fatty pork sandwiched in the middle - well, you can
decide. But the noodles with tea oil - four thumbs
up.
I enjoyed the baozhong tea. I didn��t know that tea
can be so fragrant and mild and yet so natural.
Yeah, I think the tea was definitely my favorite as
well, I really liked the noodles and I thought the
tea flavor was quite mild, so it didn��t overpower
the rest of the dish.
Delicious cuisine, lovely tea, who knew that such
a nice little tea town is just an hour away from downtown
Taipei.
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