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It’s important to know easy tea brewing steps for Wu-Long tea, since its flavors are multi-layered. Read this article to discover how to treat your taste buds with flavors such as peach, orchid, honey, and earthy flavors.

Some flavors will be more dominant in your tea depending on how much tea you use and also how long you brew it for.

Whether you like a strong cup of tea or a lighter tea, the following brewing instructions will give you a perfect cup every time!

To Brew The Perfect Cup, You Need:

Loose leaf Wu-Long or a tea bag
Your favorite cup or teapot
A teaspoon
Paper and pencil
A timer

Tea Brewing Steps:

Heat your water to just before it starts to boil
Put a tea bag into your teapot, or put 1 gram of loose leaf Wu-Long tea into your infuser
Let your tea sit and steep for 2 minutes
Next, let some tea breathe while on your spoon to gather all the flavors as well as cool down so it’s not too hot to taste it
Taste the spoonful of tea and record the flavor: sweet, bitter, or somewhere in between
Do these two steps seven more times (once a minute for seven minutes)
Then, look over your notes and think which flavor was your favorite
Now, you know exactly how you like Wu-Long tea. Your tea will be perfect every time! By setting your kitchen timer to your desired tea brewing time, you’ll enjoy your Okuma’s Wu-Long tea every time!

Other Brewing Tips for Loose Leaf Wu-Long Tea:

Wu-Long loose leaf tea can also be brewed many other ways. You won’t loose any health benefits by brewing this tea a different way. Try it:

Loose in a Teapot Put an infuser with one gram of loose leaves into your cup, and infuse for three to five minutes.  Then, take the infuser out and enjoy!
Traditional Chinese Lidded Teacup – It’s tradition in China to steep and drink Wu-Long tea out of a teacup with its own fitted lid. These teacups with lids can be found in most Asian supermarkets or import shops. To use, simply place 1 gram of tea into the cup, infuse, and let steep for three to five minutes. Slide back the lid to sip and enjoy the tea.
A quick note about boiling water:

When heating your water, be careful not to let it boil. Boiled water will scold your tea leaves. Wu-Long tea has a unique flavor that is best enjoyed at water that is right below boiling.

If your cup is too hot to hold without the handle, then the water is too hot for this specific type of tea.

Try Wu-Long tea today to start becoming a healthy new you. Love it, or your money back. For more information about Okuma’s Wu-Long tea, visit our FAQs or contact us. Our customer service representatives would love to assist you with more information.

All About The Wu-Long Tea Oxidation Process

Tea oxidation is very important for Oolong tea, according to tea masters.

What is WuLong For Life Tea Oxidation?

All of Okuma’s Wu-Long tea is oxidized perfectly. Tea oxidation helps break down the cells of the raw leaf so enzymes, polyphenol oxidase, and oxygen are exposed to the air. Clean air helps bring out the best results of tea oxidation. This is a good reason to purchase tea grown in the Mount Wu Yi region of Fujain, since it is one of the purest places on earth.

How Tea Oxidation Works:

Step One: The first step in the tea oxidation process roll a fresh leaf it in drums and then lay it out in the sun. People do this to break down the proteins in the leaf.

Step Two: As the proteins break down, the leaf will begin to turn brown.  It then releases a fragrant scent and the tea’s flavor, since they are both stored within these proteins.

Step Three: The polyphenols in the raw leaf are also unlocked, which is very important because the polyphenols are an antioxidant ingredient Okuma’s Wu-Long tea.

Step Four: When the tea is finished brewing, the scent, flavor, and polyphenols are released to their full potential.

Lose Weight With By Adding Okuma’s Wu-Long Tea To Your Weight Loss Routine

Okuma’s Wu-Long tea can be used in addition to any diet and exercise plan to help you lose weight.

Research by the Department of Applied Nutrition at Tokushima University shows that drinking a cup of Wu-Long tea before eating food with carbohydrates helps your body absorb less fat. Since this tea burns fat, you can still eat the foods you love while on a diet.

According to a study from the University of Tokushima School of Medicine, adding Wu-Long tea to your diet will also help you to burn more calories. You will burn about 10% more calories by simply drinking Okuma’s Wu-Long tea.

You can even lose some weight by just drinking Wu-Long tea and not dieting or exercising. However, if you were to add this tea to your diet and exercise plan, even more weight would come off. The real key to losing the most weight you can is to by having the three factors: diet, exercise, and Wu-Long tea.

How Okuma’s Wu-Long For Life Tea Works

This all natural tea has multiple health benefits including boosting metabolism and absorbing fat. There is a high number of polyphenols in Wu-Long tea that helps your body burn more calories. Wu-Long tea also has caffeine in it, which is shown to help increase metabolism as well. It has 1/4 the amount of caffeine that a cup of coffee has, but increases energy metabolism. Research shows that this is due to the high levels of polyphenols. This is why Okuma’s Wu-Long tea is a smart and safe addition to your diet and exercise plan.