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Article · Regions & Origin

Two Fujian Counties Still Argue Over Who Invented Oolong

Wuyi has the older paper trail, and scholars dispute what tea it actually describes. Sources crediting Anxi date the invention to three different centuries. Neither county can prove which one first stopped oxidation partway and built the category.

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Guide · Regions & Origin

The History of Oolong

Oolong has no single founding moment. Two Fujian counties still dispute its invention, Guangdong's Phoenix mountains claim a separate founding legend, Taiwan received the method by migration, and the word "oolong" reached English print in 1844. The documented record, region by region.

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