meaning to check or investigate. Oolong tea, white tea, red tea, black tea, herbal tea are all the amazing gifts from China with love to the World palette. Now available to the Doha palette through the Torch Tea Garden restaurant.
White tea is lightly fermented with minimal processing. It is generally picked and air-dried only. The highest quality of white tea is picked early in spring with the tips still covered with silky white down. That’ s how it got its name –‘ white tea’. It has varied flavours such as savoury, mellow and sweet. Our pick for the evening was Jasmine tea, a perfect marriage between the delicate taste of China’ s finest white tea and the fragrant jasmine flower.
Oolong tea is skillfully rolled and oxidized after picking, allowing it to react with the air. This process turns the leaf to dark green. The taste of Oolong teas can range from highly floral to fruity to mildly roasted with honey nuances. Wu Yi rock tea, Tu Guan Yin, Ginseng Oolong are some of the Oolong teas set in the Torch Tea Garden menu for that fancy tea experience.
While the Chinese black teas are aged, heavily fermented and often compressed into bricks with an earthy taste, the Red
Tea is fully fermented and characterized by a robust and rich aroma.
The Herbal teas served at the Torch Tea Garden offer a soothing and relaxing alternative to those looking for a caffeine-free option.
That was just the Chinese teas! Read on for some more teas.
In the early 9th century, Japanese visitors to China were introduced to the traditions of tea. The Buddhist monk Dengyo Daishi is credited for bringing Chinese tea seeds to Japan when he returned from his stud-
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