On a recent visit to a tea shoppe which I now consider a standard for Chinese teas if you dont want to wait for China Post I looked at their Taiwan Oriental Beauty. Immediately I could see it was marble size rolled green tea stems similar to Dong Ding. My two versions of OB dont look anything like this. Mine is elongated twisted black leaf of protruding white hair which accounts for the alternate name of Bai Hao or White Fur. I didnt buy any but the store clerk assured me the leaves were eaten by the special bug and mine show no signs of that. I know OB was the favorite of Queen Elizabeth. I dont know why but if I didnt know better Id think by taste I was drinking an Indian tea. Im curious how your OB compares.
Jim