Rare Leaves Black Pearl - Single Estate Taiwanese Dark Roasted Oolong Tea

A charcoal roasted Taiwanese oolong — deep, smooth, and quietly floral, made to be steeped again and again.

Some teas are rare because they're hard to find. Rare Leaves Black Pearl is rare because it's exceptional: a single estate, charcoal roasted oolong from Taitung, Taiwan, grown at 400 meters. The roast gives it a comforting depth — notes of sticky rice with an orchid-like floral lift that keeps the cup from ever feeling heavy.

Oolongs like this are prized among tea lovers for a reason. These are mature leaves, rolled into pearls and crafted for complexity — and they're meant to be brewed multiple times, unfurling a little more with each steep and releasing new layers as they open.

What It Tastes Like

Sticky rice and orchid. Roasted warmth up front, a smooth, faintly honeyed finish, and florals that surface as the pearls open.

How to Brew

Use your favorite method — a mug infuser, gaiwan, or small teapot. Brew, sip, then re-steep the same leaves; balled oolongs can be reinfused up to 4 times, and the flavor shifts each round. If you only steep once, you're leaving most of the experience in the pot.

The Rare Leaves Tin

Rare Leaves are packed like the precious things they are: a premium tea caddy CNC milled from a solid block of aluminum, airtight and light-tight to preserve freshness, fully recyclable, and delivered in a sleek magnetic-closure gift box. It's a genuinely beautiful gift, ready to hand over as-is.

Product Details

Single estate loose leaf oolong from Taitung, Taiwan (400 m elevation), selected by August Uncommon Tea. Ingredients: 100% Taiwanese oolong tea — nothing else. Naturally caffeinated. Available as a 150 g tin or 250 g refill bag. Please note: Rare Leaves teas are final sale and excluded from the money-back guarantee due to the cost of producing this tea.

Ideal For

Oolong lovers ready to splurge once and remember it. Slow weekend mornings and unhurried evening cups. Multiple-infusion brewers. A serious, beautiful gift for the tea person in your life.

Rare things ask to be enjoyed slowly. This one gives you four steeps' worth of reasons to.

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