Is oolong considered green or black tea?

Oxidation: Black tea is allowed to fully oxidize during processing, giving the tea leaves their dark color and rich malty aroma they're known for. Green tea is barely oxidized at all, so the leaves keep some of their original green leaf color and fresh-picked flavor. read more

Reader should decide if oolong tea to be considered green or black tea. Green tea & Oolong Tea are process of tea making. In both the cases, quality, variety and taste depends upon where the tea grown, under what condition and during which months the tea leaves sprouted, grew and plucked, depends upon soil, weather condition etc etc. read more

Milk Oolong is neither a green nor a black tea. It is, an oolong. Which is to say it is a semi-oxidized tea between green teas (i.e. not oxidized or minimally so) and black teas (fully oxidized). As oolongs go, milk oolong in particular is considered lightly oxidized, usually around 30%. read more

The name oolong tea came into the English language from the Chinese name (simplified Chinese: 乌龙茶; traditional Chinese: 烏龍茶; pinyin: wūlóng chá), meaning"black dragon tea". In Chinese, oolong teas are also known as qingcha (Chinese: 青 茶; pinyin: qīngchá) or"dark green teas". read more