Yunnan Oolong Tea

Best known for pu-erh, Yunnan is also a rising home for distinctive oolongs. Local makers—often working with Taiwan cultivars like Jin Xuan and Qing Xin—have adapted craft to Yunnan’s cool, highland terroir. The result is oolongs that speak clearly of place: bright mountain aromatics, supple texture, and a fruit-honey depth you won’t find elsewhere.

Expect honeyed florals, ripe stone fruit, gentle malt, and soft spice, with clean structure and a lingering sweetness. Styles range from lightly to deeply oxidized—Eastern Beauty–inspired and Red Oolong among them—crafted in small lots and often from older trees.

Whether you brew gongfu or western, these are forgiving, multi-infusion teas that are delicious now and built to integrate and round out with age. Explore Yunnan’s oolong side and taste how innovation and altitude reshape classic Taiwan genetics and Yunnan terroir into something uniquely satisfying.