What is Milk Oolong Tea? How it's Made, Benefits + More

Milk Oolong tea provides you with a unique and exotic tea drinking experience. This Southeast Asian tea has many admirers, as many fake versions get sold all over the world. Find out what is Milk Oolong tea, what makes this tea so special, and why people are flocking to taste even the fake version of this rich tea.

What is Oolong Tea?

First, let’s talk about what Oolong tea means. Oolong teas consist of any teas that go through partial oxidization. This means that Oolong teas are in between green teas and black teas as they are on the extreme ends of the spectrum. Green teas don’t go through the oxidation process while black teas undergo full oxidation. All three teas come from the same Camellia sinesis plant. Making Oolong tea is quite complicated as the tea leaves need constant supervision to achieve the desired flavours. Oxidizing the leaves for too long or too little can ruin a batch of leaves as the taste changes.

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What is Milk Oolong Tea?

Milk Oolong tea is a Taiwanese tea known for its creamy and buttery taste. Real Milk Oolong tea provides a sweet flowery scent and a taste of sweet butter and milk through gently roasted and rolled tea leaves. This tea belongs to Taiwan, a small country in Southeast Asia, that doesn’t have a lot of land area. That means that growing this milky tea is quite tough as there is not enough space. This leads to a limited amount of Milk Oolong tea which causes tea vendors around the world to sell fake versions. These low-quality versions have their smell intensified and have added artificial sweeteners and milk to copy the real tea’s taste.

It's important to note that there is no actual milk in the teas. The tea has a very creamy flavour and does taste like milk, but that’s because of how the tea was harvested. Click here to try out this buttery sensation.

How is Milk Oolong Tea Made?

In order to reach the partial oxidation stage, tea crafters twist and bruise the leaves. The colour changes to either a brown or green as the leaves’ cell walls break down and oxidize. To stop the oxidation process, the leaves go through heating. This process happens several times until the desired flavour notes exist in the leaves. Moreover, the leaves grow on mountains and the elevation plays a major role in the tea. The higher the elevation, the more flavours, and aromas become intensely concentrated in the tea leaves. If you want the highest quality Milk Oolong tea, it needs to grow on a large mountain for that rich taste and scent.

Beware of fake Milk Oolong teas. The fake teas have not gone through the same tradition and care as the real teas. Milk Oolong tea grows naturally and the creamy buttery notes come from the extreme precision in the crafting of the tea. Fake versions, on the other hand, have several different artificial ingredients to boost the smell of the tea. Some fake vendors will even claim that the tea leaves have milk inside them, but now you know that's completely bogus.

7 Benefits of Milk Oolong Tea

Just like other teas, Milk Oolong tea offers several health benefits on top of the delicious taste. Since this tea is of the highest quality, the taste gets better and better each time you steep it, with the limit being up to seven times. Here are a few benefits that Milk Oolong tea can give you…

Delectable milk and orchid notes make this Milk Oolong tea one of our favorites to brew hot, iced, or cold.

1: Consist of polyphenols that help destroy free radicals and boost overall health.

2: Relieves mental and physical stress.

3: Frequent consumption of Milk Oolong tea lowers body fat and reduces the risk of obesity.

Contributes to weight loss by decreasing fat.

4: Makes your skin cleaner and helps with some skin conditions such as eczema.

5: Prevents tooth decay while making your teeth stronger.

6: Contains minerals such as calcium, potassium, manganese, and magnesium that help with bodily health functions.

7: Boosts mental alertness and can help improve thinking skills.

Well, there you have it! So what is Milk Oolong tea? It's tea that tastes buttery, smells creamy, and has flavour notes that taste like sweet milk. This tea is a must try on your tea drinking journey for its unique drinking experience. Try our Milk Oolong tea and let us know if it becomes one of your favourites!