Often called "milk tea", this particular tea cultivar - jin xuan - is well known for its naturally creamy quality on the palate.

This tea is grown and processed on Ali Shan Mountain, Taiwan. This batch of tea was sourced from an artisan who has repeatedly won first prize in the Nantou County Tea Trade Association’s Jin Xuan Dong Ding Oolong Tea Competitions.

We feel very lucky to have received some of this special tea that truly holds the desired character of Jin Xuan, a floral aroma and sweet, buttery flavor with characteristic creamy mouth-feel. This aromatic, light-bodied tea stands up to multiple steepings.

Tasting Notes

Creamy, pale liquor with aromatic floral notes.

Origin & Ingredients

  • Ruili Village, Meishan Township, Chiayi County, Taiwan

Jin Xuan Milk Oolong Tea (camellia sinensis cul. Tai Cha #12)

How to Brew

Rinse 5 grams (~2 tsp) of Jin Xuan 'Milk' Oolong with 195° F water. After discarding the rinse water, steep in 16oz of 195° F water for 3 minutes. Enjoy 2-3 resteeps!

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About Saratoga Tea & Honey Co.

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Our passion for teas...

We are delighted to be able to share one of the largest and most varied collections of single origin traditional teas on the East Coast with our communi·tea. Personally curated by owner Hayley, these teas come to us from small farms and collectives and represent the best of their terroirs and production styles. While wondering our shelves in-person or online, you will discover familiar favorites like English Breakfast and Long Jing (Dragonwell) alongside rare teas like Shan Lin Xi and herbal tisanes blended for mindfulness, inflammation, and much more.

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& bees...

Raw honey is one of nature's most marvelous gifts. Not only is honey a marvel of energy-giving carbohydrates fortified with antioxidants, minerals and beneficial enzymes - making it the healthiest natural sugar - honey comes in a rainbow of flavors and varieties with something for everyone to appreciate and enjoy. From dark, robust honeys like Buckwheat and Chestnut to light or amber honeys like Tupelo or Orange Blossom, the subtle and sometimes not so subtle flavor differences between varietal honeys lend themselves to extraordinary flavor combinations and experimentation in the kitchen, on the charcuterie board, or in your favorite cup of tea.

all started with our Queen Bee!

A trained chef, Hayley's vision for Saratoga Tea & Honey Co. has been her entire lifetime in the making. Though she was still drinking espresso at the time, the Tea & Honey seeds were planted in the kitchens of Michelin-starred restaurants with training and appreciation for food and beverage as not just sustenance, but experience and hospitality. Her time spent as a chef-instructor at Jacques Pépin's French Culinary Institute introduced her first to matcha (and its ability to enhance sustained and steady focus), then to the subtleties of single-origin traditional teas like high mountain Taiwanese oolong. As a celebrated and awarded taster and master of culinary arts, in 2015 Hayley opened the doors to Saratoga Tea & Honey Co. Since then, she has cultivated a communi·tea for discovering rare and exciting teas, extraordinary raw honeys & unique gifts produced by small farmers and artisans from around the world.