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[[File:oriental_beauty.jpg|thumb|right|250px|alt=Oolong Oriental Beauty|Oolong Beauty Queen]]
[[File:ruan_zhi_on_hand.jpg|thumb|right|250px|alt=Ruan Zhi Oolong|Ruan Zhi Oolong]]
'''Oriental Beauty''' (東方美人) is one of the most famous [[Oolong]] teas. The tea is also well known as "Dong Fang Mei Ren", the the Chinese pronunciation of "Oriental Beauty". This oolong has a particularly fruity and rich body with muscatel notes caused by bites of cicadas. The teas liquor is quiet dark due to the high oxidation of about 70%.
== Production areas ==
Although Oriental Beauty originated in Taiwan (this why it#s also called Formosa Oolong) it's nowadays produced in many tea growing regions, partly with different names.
=== Taiwan ===
* Alishan up to 1200m
* Zhushan up to 600m
=== Thailand ===
[[File:teegarten_doimaesalong.jpg|thumb|right|250px|alt=Tea garden in Doi Mae Salong|Tea garden in Doi Mae Salong]]
In Thailand wird Oriental Beauty unter der Bezeichnung Beauty Queen, auf Thai "Nang Ngam" vertrieben.
* Doi Mae Salong, Provice Chiang Rai up to 1400m. Thailands best Oolong teas are produced here.
== External links ==
*[http://tee-blatt.blogspot.com/2012/09/doi-mae-salong-schwarzer-drache.html Doi Mae Salong - Black Dragon]
*[http://teamania.ch/Oolong-Tee/Oolong-Beauty-Queen::58.html Oriental Beauty from Doi Mae Salong]
[[Category:Oolong]]
[[de:Oriental Beauty]]
[[File:ruan_zhi_on_hand.jpg|thumb|right|250px|alt=Ruan Zhi Oolong|Ruan Zhi Oolong]]
'''Oriental Beauty''' (東方美人) is one of the most famous [[Oolong]] teas. The tea is also well known as "Dong Fang Mei Ren", the the Chinese pronunciation of "Oriental Beauty". This oolong has a particularly fruity and rich body with muscatel notes caused by bites of cicadas. The teas liquor is quiet dark due to the high oxidation of about 70%.
== Production areas ==
Although Oriental Beauty originated in Taiwan (this why it#s also called Formosa Oolong) it's nowadays produced in many tea growing regions, partly with different names.
=== Taiwan ===
* Alishan up to 1200m
* Zhushan up to 600m
=== Thailand ===
[[File:teegarten_doimaesalong.jpg|thumb|right|250px|alt=Tea garden in Doi Mae Salong|Tea garden in Doi Mae Salong]]
In Thailand wird Oriental Beauty unter der Bezeichnung Beauty Queen, auf Thai "Nang Ngam" vertrieben.
* Doi Mae Salong, Provice Chiang Rai up to 1400m. Thailands best Oolong teas are produced here.
== External links ==
*[http://tee-blatt.blogspot.com/2012/09/doi-mae-salong-schwarzer-drache.html Doi Mae Salong - Black Dragon]
*[http://teamania.ch/Oolong-Tee/Oolong-Beauty-Queen::58.html Oriental Beauty from Doi Mae Salong]
[[Category:Oolong]]
[[de:Oriental Beauty]]