Chapter Five: The Amazing Oolong Tea 了不起的乌龙茶

This Chapter is the continued lessons of Series of CHINESE TEA ART MICRO-COURSE. 本章为 《中国茶艺微课》 系列课程的第五章。 In 1606, Dutch transported first tea from Macao, China[ ALL ABOUT TEA by WILLIAM H. UKER], started European tea history. You may wonder what type of tea it was. Yes, it’s most likely Oolong tea. Nowadays, oolong tea is one of the most popular teas, which may be the most complicated processing required tea as well. Someones(in China) like to call oolong tea Qing cha，literally means tea in green color, therefore, they may mistake any tea in green color as oolong tea. Don't mention such names like Dahongpao, Tie Guanyin, Dancong, high mountain oolong, eastern beauty, etc, sound very confusing. Don’t worry, let’s solve all the puzzles in chapter five - Oolong Tea. 1606年，荷兰首次将茶从澳门带回爪哇岛[ 《茶叶全书》 . 威廉乌克斯]，进而开启了欧洲的的茶叶篇章。你会好奇这是什么茶？对，非常可能，就是乌龙茶。如今，乌龙茶是目前最流行的茶之一了，且工艺最复杂。在中国，一些人将乌龙茶成为青茶，即绿颜色的茶，因此，他们可能会错误地以为所有绿颜色的茶都是乌龙茶。更别提大红袍、铁观音、单枞、高山乌龙、东方美人等，听起来就让人混淆不清的茶类了。别担心，第五章乌龙茶篇，我们来一起拨开云雾，打开所有的谜团。 Lesson 24 The Origin of Oolong Tea 乌龙茶的起源 Lesson 25 The Main Areas of Oolong Tea 乌龙茶的主要产区 Lesson 26 The Processing of Rock Tea 岩茶的工艺 Lesson 27 The Legendary Story of Dahongpao 大红袍的传说 Lesson 28 General Brewing Skill of Rock Oolong 岩茶的冲泡技巧 Lesson 29 The Grading of Rock Oolong 岩茶的分级 Lesson 30 The Processing of Iron Goddess 铁观音的工艺 Lesson 31 The Legendary Story of Iron Goddess 铁观音的传说 Lesson 32 Tea Ceremony of Iron Goddess 铁观音茶艺 Lesson 33 The Storage of Oolong Tea 乌龙茶的储藏

Requirements It's better you have some oolong tea either from Fujian, Taiwan or Guangdong. 喝一些乌龙茶更有利于课程学习。 It's better to have some historic backgroud of European's foreign trade. 最好有一些欧洲海外贸易的历史。