Oolong reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 134 Reddit reviews across 3 subreddits and 48 posts to rank the best Oolong brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/tea, r/GongFuTea, r/puer. Top-rated brands include Mountain Stream Tea (4.7/5), Floating Leaves (4.9/5), Yunnan Sourcing (4.4/5).
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Reviews134
Subreddits3
Posts48
Brands65
Products62
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#1
Mountain Stream Tea
4.7
(9)
"I've been enjoying my mountain stream oolongs for a couple weeks now! Favorites so far are spring pear mountain and alishan red."
"Mountain stream teas easily for me, i really like floating leaves too"
"Mountain Stream teas is excellent. Also +1 for Floating Leaves and BTTC."
"I love oolong and usually get roasted loose leaf from mountainstreamteas.com"
"Mountain Stream Teas is the best you can get."
"Mountain Stream is my go to."
"I like Mountain Tea for value."
"You can’t go wrong with Mountain Stream teas."
"So international vendors it is. Mountainstea"
#2
Floating Leaves
4.9
(8)
"I like floating leaves teas' bao zhong & taiwan oolongs."
"Floating leaves is a good source."
"Check out Floating Leaves, Eco-Cha, Old Ways Tea, and Wuyi Origins."
"I've really enjoyed tea from Floating Leaves."
"Can’t speak highly enough of Floating leaves."
"Floating Leaves is my top recommendation."
"You can't go wrong with any of the oolongs from Floating Leaves."
"Price to quality i'd say king tea mall for their darker/roasted oolongs."
#3
Yunnan Sourcing
4.4
(8)
"It's very soft and floral and smells intensely of gardenia flowers."
"It's my first taste of Oolong tea and I love it!"
"They’re definitely reliable and usually have good stuff."
"“Hairy Crab” Mao Xie oolong is pretty affordable and tasty."
"Yunnan Sourcing has some good ones."
"I have really enjoyed dan congs from Yunnan Sourcing."
"I just ordered some from Yunnan sourcing which is simmered in milk to give it that extra milk flavor."
"I thought it was very good for the price."
#4
Floating Leaves Tea
4.7
(7)
"Floating Leaves (Seattle) is an outstanding source for a well-curated selection of oolongs."
"Best quality are floating leaves and taiwanleaftea."
"Both Floating Leaves and Mountain Stream Tea are great. They both have different varieties of Taiwanese Oolongs."
"Check out Floating Leaves Tea. Shiuwen is from Taiwan and sources some really solid teas there."
"Both have great staff who source high quality tea."
"I like Floating Tea leaves. Owner has some awesome you tube videos too. They specialize in Taiwan."
"You forgot Floating Leaves."
#5
Eco-Cha
4.7
(7)
"Best budget options I've found."
"Is a great option."
"Eco-cha, Floating Leaves, Old Ways Tea, WuYi Origin."
"They have a great oolong sampler to try them out."
"The best Jin Xuan I've tried is from Eco Cha."
"Considering the price, the quality is pretty good."
"I haven't tried eco cha but I've heard nice things."
#6
What-Cha
4.7
(6)
"When I first ordered the sticky rice oolong she fell in love with it."
"Maybe try sticky rice oolong? I got mine from what-cha."
"I would recommend it."
"GABA oolong is really nice, very roasty but has a lot of dark fruit notes popping through."
"From Whatcha, sticky rice oolong and Yunnan Big Snow Mountain black tea."
"I would check out what-cha for milk oolong."
#7
Taiwan Tea Crafts
4.5
(6)
"I prefer Baked Oolong and can recommend."
"I ordered twice from Taiwan Tea Crafts and was both times happy with my order. Shipping was fast and the teas taste excellent."
"They now have Xinjiyang, Fushoushan, and Lishan 90k (which is often sold as Dayuling). They make it clear about what they are selling, and stock one of the most extensive collection among English speaking v"
"I'm actually drinking their deep baked alishan oolong."
"Taiwan Tea Crafts is indeed pretty inexpensive, and it's really interesting that you can get both daily drinkers and higher quality tea from them."
"Taiwan Tea Crafts is my go-to. The teas are quite inexpensive for the quality that you're getting."
#8
Old Ways Tea
4.6
(5)
"I like it better than the hairy crab."
"My favorite oolong vendors are Old Ways Tea, Wuyi Origins, Floating Leaves, and Eco-Cha."
"Old Ways Tea, Wuyi Origins, Floating Leaves, Eco-Cha."
"Old Ways Tea for yancha"
"Oldwaystea has very good yancha (rock tea), trying their 2023 oolong sampler now."
#9
Lupicia
5.0
(4)
"Lupicia’s Momo Oolong Super Grade"
"This tea by lupicia was my gateway into loose leaf teas: https://usa.lupicia.com/products/momo-oolong-super-grade."
"I second the Momo Oolong Super Grade recommendation. I have a friend who drinks it almost exclusively."
"Best Peach Oolong I ever had was Lupicia's MOMO Oolong Super Grade."
#10
Mountain Stream Teas
4.3
(3)
"They have so many oolongs."
"Affordable and decent quality."
"They ship from Taiwan! They have great prices."
#11
Wuyi Origin
4.3
(3)
"Is in my top 3 teas ever."
"My favorite shops for Wuyi oolongs."
"Normally I'd recommend Wuyi Origin, but it looks like they're sold out of that one"
#12
Mountain Tea
4.3
(3)
"I've had a couple sessions with this done Western style, and enjoyed it very much."
"It’s not terribly expensive either!"
"Mountain Tea is inexpensive and they sell a handful of medium roasted ball oolongs."
#13
Adagio
4.3
(3)
"Are great."
"It was pretty good."
"The best one for me is Milk Oolong."
#14
Verdant Tea
5.0
(2)
"Has some great Chinese Oolong teas that are great!"
"Is a great option."
#15
Mandala Tea
5.0
(2)
"I have been exceedingly pleased with the speed of shipping."
"Milk Oolong from Mandala Tea is one of my all time favorites."
#16
Beautiful Taiwan Tea
5.0
(2)
"My favorite oolong is from Taiwan."
"My favorite oolong is from beautiful taiwan tea tho."
#17
Teavivre
5.0
(2)
"They let you buy sample sizes of everything."
"I have to say I liked it a lot."
#18
Da Hong Pao
4.5
(2)
"I also like Da Hong Pao a lot."
"I highly recommend a Da Hong Pao."
#19
Prince of Peace
4.5
(2)
"Is a bagged tea you can usually find at Asian groceries."
"Prince of Peace bagged oolong is one of my favorites!"
#20
Wang Family Tea
4.5
(2)
"I've been really impressed with the teas I've had from Wang Family tea."
"Wang family tea carries really nice high mountain oolongs."
#21
Taiwan Sourcing
4.0
(2)
"No love for Taiwan Sourcing?"
"Taiwan Sourcing is very good."
#22
Tieguanyin
4.0
(2)
"The medium tieguanyins are probably my favorite, as it is a little fruity/toasty/smoky"
"You could look for a solid tieguanyin that sells in bulk."
#23
Yoshien
4.0
(2)
"Yoshien Is great for the EU"
"I order my Chinese and Taiwanese oolongs from Yoshi En who are based in Berlin."
#24
Taiwan Oolong
5.0
(1)
"I’ve enjoyed everything I purchased from here. It’s owned fully or in part by Scott of Yunnan Sourcing."
#25
TXS Tea
5.0
(1)
"Best Oolong. Expensive but worth it."
#26
Eco-Cha, Taiwan Tea Crafts, Tea Masters, Mountain Stream
5.0
(1)
"I suggest putting in an order from Eco-Cha, Taiwan Tea Crafts, Tea Masters, or Mountain Stream."
#27
What-cha
5.0
(1)
"It's amazing."
#28
Tao of Tea
5.0
(1)
"For a high quality Chinese Restaurant style Oolong."
#29
Rishi
5.0
(1)
"It was the first tea I enjoyed black."
#30
Wuyi Origins
5.0
(1)
"Is incredible."
#31
Global Tea Hut
5.0
(1)
"Probably the best oolong I've ever had, hands down."
#32
The Tea Wala
5.0
(1)
"Been enjoying this all week."
#33
Mandala Teas
5.0
(1)
"I recently ordered the milk oolong from mandala teas, and I highly recommend it."
#34
TeaSource
5.0
(1)
"Great tea, fair prices, awesome descriptions, and their customer service has always been very kind."
#35
Luv Tea
5.0
(1)
"Was one of the most expensive cakes I ever got."
#36
Taiwanese Red Oolongs
5.0
(1)
"I especially like Taiwanese red oolongs."
#37
West China Tea
5.0
(1)
"The phoenix oolongs like honey orchid are absolutely a treat and aren’t very expensive."
#38
Upton Tea Imports
5.0
(1)
"Is otherworldly"
#39
Ten Ren
5.0
(1)
"Is one of my fav oolongs of all time."
#40
David's Tea
5.0
(1)
"Is one of my favorites."
#41
Ito En
5.0
(1)
"I highly highly highly recommend."
#42
Murchies
5.0
(1)
"I thought it was pretty good."
#43
Upton Tea
5.0
(1)
"I like a formosa jade oolong."
#44
Nepali Tea Traders
5.0
(1)
"Is my current favorite for winter."
#45
Meileaf
5.0
(1)
"Among one of my favorite oolongs to date."
#46
cnteaspirit
5.0
(1)
"The best oolong I’ve had is from cnteaspirit."
#47
Hairy Crab Oolong
5.0
(1)
"Is one of my personal favorites."
#48
Tie Guan Yin
5.0
(1)
"Sharp, clean, even metallic, floral."
#49
Dan Cong
5.0
(1)
"I'd suggest you try some popular Dan Cong varieties."
#50
Tillermans Tea
5.0
(1)
"Is one of the best in the us for taiwanese oolong."
#51
Stash
4.0
(1)
"Stash coconut mango oolong"
#52
Taiwanese Oolong
4.0
(1)
"Good source for Taiwanese oolongs, but they don't carry the yancha or dancong OP is looking for"
#53
Anmo Art Cha
4.0
(1)
"Https://anmo-art-cha.com is based in Germany and have better teas that YS (or what TS had)."
#54
Tea Hong
4.0
(1)
"Tea Hong, Hojo or Tea Habitat. Definitely not Mei Leaf."
#55
Tea Habitat
4.0
(1)
"Tea Hong, Hojo or Tea Habitat. Definitely not Mei Leaf."
#56
Alishan
4.0
(1)
"Here's an Alishan producer's offering. The teas are sold directly by the producer, no middleman. They ship internationally"
#57
Wing Hop Fung
4.0
(1)
"Wing hop fung has some good oolong buy not direct from Taiwan. Their silky milk oolong is wonderful."
#58
Tea Masters
4.0
(1)
"I would recommend Tea Masters"
#59
TeaFromTaiwan
4.0
(1)
"I had a good experience with teafromtaiwan. Just waiting for high mountain oolong to become available to place another order."
#60
Adagio Teas
4.0
(1)
"I would recommend you check out The Tea Spot or Adagio Teas online and order a handful of samples for a few bucks a piece to try."
#61
LuLin Teas
4.0
(1)
"I really like this milk/jin xuan oolong from LuLin Teas."
#62
Wang Family Teas
4.0
(1)
"I'm a huge fan of the Bagua Shan honey scent oolong from Wang Family Teas."
#63
Iron Goddess of Mercy
4.0
(1)
"I like iron goddess of mercy and dark roast"
#64
Wuyi Oolong
4.0
(1)
"Txs_Tea for Wuyi Oolongs and some other types."
#65
White2Tea
2.0
(1)
"It’s straight up bitter."
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