What Kind of Tea Is Tieguanyin? A Detailed Explanation of Its Four Major Differences from Oolong Tea

Tieguanyin is a famous tea in China, with excellent health-preserving and wellness benefits. Regular drinking can beautify the skin, resist aging, and more. Many people like to drink it, especially when relatives and friends visit, many people use it to entertain guests. So what kind of tea is Tieguanyin? What is the difference between it and oolong tea?

1. What kind of tea is Tieguanyin?

1. Tieguanyin is a semi-fermented tea of the order Theales and the family Theaceae. It belongs to blue tea, which is what is commonly called oolong tea in daily life, and is one of the types of oolong tea. Its shape is curled, its color is dark green, and overall it looks just like a dragonfly head. It smells of a faint orchid fragrance. The tea liquid brewed from it is clear and golden yellow, with both the fresh fragrance of green tea and the mellow richness of black tea, thus falling between black tea and green tea.

2. Tieguanyin is a precious natural beverage tea with excellent health-preserving and wellness benefits. After picking, it is made through multiple steps such as sun-drying, air-drying, shaking, fixing, rolling, and drying. It contains rich protein, vitamins, organic acids, tea polyphenols, various amino acids, and more, and its content of tea polyphenols, amino acids, and catechins is far higher than that of other teas. Regular drinking can beautify the skin, reduce weight, lower cholesterol, and refresh the mind, and it can be used to make milk tea.

3. Tieguanyin is one of China's top ten famous teas. It originated in Xiping Town, Anxi County, Quanzhou, Fujian, and is also produced in the Anhui region of China, but it is not as famous as that from Fujian. The finished products made can be divided into several types: orthodox flavor, charm fragrance, aged fragrance, sour fragrance, and strong fragrance. The charm fragrance type has a high aroma and good taste, and is quite favored by consumers.

2. What is the difference between Tieguanyin and oolong tea?

Difference 1, different appearance: Tieguanyin tea has an oval, thick and plump appearance, is dark green in color, and its leaf edges are wavy. The young buds that grow are purplish red. After being made into dry tea, the leaf texture is thick, plump, and rounded, and the whole is emerald green. After being brewed with water, the leaf color is emerald green. Oolong tea leaves are green in the middle and red at the edges, overall slender, with slightly curled leaf tips. After being brewed with water, the leaf color is red at the edges and green in the middle.

Difference 2, different tea aroma: After Tieguanyin is brewed with water, it has a faint orchid fragrance. After oolong tea is brewed with water, it gives off a strong fruity aroma.

Difference 3, different tea liquid color: The tea liquid brewed from Tieguanyin is dark in color, appearing orange-yellow or golden yellow, with a feeling of clear, bright soup. The tea liquid brewed from oolong tea comes in colors such as green-yellow and golden orange.

Difference 4, different taste: Tieguanyin tea tastes first bitter and astringent, then sweet, with a lingering fragrance, very unique. Oolong tea tastes sweet, and even when very strong it is not bitter or astringent, with a strong aftertaste.

Overall, Tieguanyin tea is what is called oolong tea in daily life, falling between black tea and green tea. It is not only sweet and fragrant, but also has a faint orchid fragrance when drunk. Regular drinking can beautify the skin, reduce weight, and more. Although it is one of the types of oolong tea, the two have certain differences in fragrance and taste, so attention should be paid when purchasing.