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Fermentation and roasting 2 Years ago Karma: 0  
Can anyone tell me how to tell the difference between tea which is higly fermented and the ones that are roasted? If I am tasting a tea that looks dark, what is the difference in taste between these types of tea?

What can I look for when selecting this type of tea.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me.
 
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Re: Fermentation and roasting 2 Years ago Karma: 0  
Are you talking about roasted oolongs? Roasted tea usually has an identifiable taste quite different from highly oxidized tea. Roasted tea also looks different in the cup - more of a transparent quality.
 
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Re: Fermentation and roasting 2 Years ago Karma: 0  
Yeah the roasted tea is oolong. So you say it should have a roasted flavor - and the highly fermented - is that the same as oxidized? - should have what kind of flavor?

I bought some roasted tea the other day but it doesn't have a flavor I would call roasted - I would call it - hmmmm hard to say actually. So I guess I will call it roasted lol

What can I look for in a highly fermented tea?
 
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Re: Fermentation and roasting 2 Years ago Karma: 0  
Fermented tea means the tea leaves are oxidized - so fully fermented tea is black tea and unfermented tea is green tea. Oolong tea is in between. If you are looking at an oolong which is highly fermented it would be close to a black tea but still have some of the characteristics of oolong.

What kind of tea are you looking at?
 
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Re: Fermentation and roasting 1 Year, 9 Months ago Karma: 0  
Thats probably why fermentated tea like black ones have a stronger taste as compared to green tea...
 
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Re: Fermentation and roasting 1 Year, 8 Months ago Karma: 0  
@ dotty... the oolong I've tasted was little bitter in taste... Isn't oolong fully black tea? or doea it fall in a category in between black and green?
 
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