When is the best time to drink oolong tea?

Oolong tea is between green tea and black tea. It has the fragrance of green tea and the sweetness of black tea. The more famous oolong teas include Tieguanyin, Dahongpao, etc. Oolong tea has many benefits to the human body, but how can we maximize the effectiveness of oolong tea? This is also related to the time of drinking tea. So, when is the best time to drink oolong tea? Let’s take a look.

Oolong tea is a semi-fermented tea and a green tea. The best time to drink oolong tea is autumn, because in autumn, the weather starts to turn cool, flowers and trees wither, and the climate becomes dry, which makes people have dry mouth and chapped lips. This is the time to drink oolong tea, which can moisturize the skin, moisten the throat, promote salivation, eliminate accumulated heat in the body, restore body fluids, allow the body to adapt to changes in natural conditions, and eliminate the residual heat of summer.

Among the four seasons, autumn is the best time to drink oolong tea, spring is the best time to drink black tea, summer is the best time to drink green tea, and winter is also the best time to drink black tea. When it comes to oolong tea, drinking it mainly depends on your skill. When brewing oolong tea, you should choose a relatively high water temperature because oolong tea contains certain special aromatic substances. These substances can only be fully exerted under high temperature conditions, so you must use boiling water to brew it.

There is a certain difference between the number of times oolong tea is brewed and green tea. Green tea is generally best brewed three times, while oolong tea can be brewed more than seven times. In addition, the brewing time of oolong tea should be about 45 seconds for the first brewing, and about 60 seconds for the second brewing, and then each brewing time can be slightly increased by a few 10 seconds.

When drinking oolong tea, you need to pay attention to some things: Do not drink oolong tea on an empty stomach, because drinking oolong tea on an empty stomach will cause the tea properties to enter the lungs and cool the spleen and stomach, which is not good for human health.

When is the best time to drink oolong tea? After reading the above article, you should have some understanding that oolong tea should not be brewed too many times, and it should not be consumed immediately after a meal. It is also not recommended to drink overnight oolong tea to avoid adverse effects on human health. Friends who like to drink oolong tea must pay attention to the time of drinking and the way of brewing tea.