What is Formosa tea?

Formosa tea is a type of tea grown and processed on the East Asian island of Taiwan, which was immersed by Portuguese explorers from the 16th century dubbed "Ilha Formosa" or "beautiful island". Most of the Formosa tea varieties are classified as Oolong tea, although Tai -wan is also produced by gunshot tea known as Formosa gunpowder. In general, teas produced in this area of ​​the world are considered to be of high quality, with intoxicating, intense, sometimes smoke aroma and tastes. Tea is usually consumed as a hot drink, although it can also be used when cooking to add taste to sauces or rice meals.

Taiwan's tea industry is relatively young. The production of the island's tea began seriously in the mid -19th century. Increasing conditions for tea are not always ideal on Taiwan, because the island is despite its small size patchwork many different climates. Aroma, taste and overall quality of Formosa tea can therefore vary very differently depending on whereee tea leaves were grown.

mostAnd the types of Formosa tea fall into the category of Oolong tea, a type of tea that is traditionally cooked in China. Oolong teas are not considered black or green because they have a lighter color and less fermented than black tea, but darker color and more fermented than green tea. Formosa tea leaves usually appear red or copper after processing.

Formosa tea is produced by selecting tea leaves while they are still green and leaving these leaves to serve the air to dry the sun for a short time. During this time, the "ferment" leaves, the term used by the tea industry to describe the decay of chlorophyll or substance that make the leaves green, and the activation of tannins, which are organic plants compounds that provide most teas with a significantly bitter taste. Fermentation Formosa Tea is suddenly stopped when the leaves begin to brown around the edge by heating them on fire. The process of allowing partially ferment leaves differs from PR PRThe shelter used to produce green tea, which is left "green" and is not fermented at all. This also differs slightly from the process used to prepare black tea, which is usually allowed to completely ferment.

After the fermentation was stopped by heating the tea leaves, the leaves that are still slightly damp, rolled into tubes or balls. This process can be done either by a machine or manually, although in modern times the rolling of machines is much more common. Once the tea leaves are pulled again to dry them. Formosa Gunpowder is a number of Formosa tea, in which the leaves are rolled very tightly to form small pellets, whose appearance somewhat resembles the grains of gunpowder, hence the name. These pellets often "bloom" in an attractive way when hot water is poured on them, and often produce a very strong concentrated tea.