There are many sellers on eBay and outside eBay warning you about buying cheap immitation of wulong tea, poor quality tea or that tea isn't even Wulong. They state that they are only 'official sellers' of wulong tea in the world and that anyone else selling this tea should not be considered seriously. Lastly, they point out that Wulong tea is a very rare tea and there is very small supply for tea; therefore, prices must stay high to satisfy the demand.

Well, let us take this matter further and answer some of the questions that I always get.

•  Is your tea real, authentic, genuine?
• What is the different between XXX Wulong Tea and your tea?
• This website states that they sale only Authentic Wulong tea and say that others are fake, can you prove that yours is also authentic?
• Official Wulong website says: Accept No Cheap Immitation, why your tea is so cheap.
• Is the Wulong Tea really that rare?
• Their Wulong Tea is from China while youra is from Taiwan, is that the same?
• Your tea is called oolong tea while theirs wulong - is that a scam?

To answer first question, let us first consider another very similar situation.
A customer asks: Is your green tea authentic?
Seller replies: Well, have you ever heard of fake green tea?
Customer: Well, not really - why would anyone want to make fake green tea when the tea is not expensive and abundant?
Seller: Exactly - there would be no point of doing that.

Now, what does green tea has to do with wulong tea? Well, they are quite similar. The main difference is their fermentation and baking process, and altitude (wulong tea requires high altitude for the tea to grow.
So really, would there be a point of making a fake wulong tea? No, wulong tea is quite abundant, just not well known yet.

Let me answer the second question. What is the difference between my wulong tea and XXX wulong tea.
Well, as I said, wulong is wulong, cannot be changed. It's either wulong tea inside the bag (or tea bag) or it's either black or green tea - easily to recognize that. So what would be the main difference between someone else wulong tea and my wulong tea? Most likely the quality of tea bags (tea leaves.) Many of you might be surprised that you can buy wulong tea in your local supermarket; however, the quality (might) be low. If someone charges you about $40 for 50 or so Wulong tea bags, their tea bags should be one of the best in the world.

Nobody should ever charge you more than $15-$20 for 50 WuLong Tea Bags, even if the quality is superior.

I currently charge approximatelly $13 for 40 Superior Tea Bags with large sample and 200% guarantee that these tea bags are better than anyone else can sell - or double money back. If someone charging about $40 for that many tea bags cannot provide that guarantee, then maybe that seller(s) doesn't believe in his/her own product.

So why someone charge about $40 for 50-60 tea bags? Internet marketing costs a lot of money....

The third question is almost answered - we got to the point to state that there is no point of making fake wulong tea. Now how to prove it that a person's wulong tea is not fake? Very simple - ask seller a question :). In reality, to produce tea, the tea has to pass bunch of examination process to be able to go on the market - including health certification (in USA its FDA - Food and Drugs Administration.) If seller is not able to provide that, well - just move on and buy from someone else. A seller should be also able to give you all the detailed information where the tea originated - saying only "Fujian province" is not enough. Fujian province is a size of a large country in Europe - we talk about more specific - a region, a mountain name, even a specific farm.

The fourth question is even simpler to answer. Official Wulong website says: Accept No Cheap Immitation, why your tea is so cheap.
Firstly, why say Official Wulong Website? Who say that they are official? I just started to sell Matcha, am I official seller of Matcha? In some sense yes, but that's simply to confuse people.
Secondly, why seller A has cheaper tea than seller B? Well, like I said - Wulong Tea is not expensive and there will be times that it will costs just few dollars to enjoy this lovely tea - for now there are not many distributors of tea, nothing on global scale; therefore, export is expensive.

Next, is wulong tea really that rare? For example, in Taiwan, most of the people drink wulong tea every morning, every afternoon and often at evening. That's not rare at all - it's their national drink. As I mentioned before, you can buy some kind of wulong tea in your local supermarket. It's funny to say, but recently I see wulong tea even in the 7-11 chain stores.

Wulong Tea is mainly produced in China and Taiwan (and few other Asian countries.) High elevation is required for good quality of wulong tea. Although Wulong Tea originated in Fujian province of China, currently Taiwan produces the best wulong tea in the world due to their climate (sub tropical climate with high elevation mountains.) You can visit wikipedia and search under wulong or oolong and see the statistics for wulong tea.

Lastly, what is the difference between wulong and oolong tea? There is non - different romanization system is used to translate from Chinese to English. You can read more about this in my other guide at:

http://reviews.ebay.com/Wulong-or-Oolong-Are-these-teas-the-same_W0QQugidZ10000000003219924

Article is called: Wulong or Oolong? Are these teas the same?

Before I end this, I would like to state that there is expensive wulong tea, especially hand picked wulong tea. Competition winners, high altitude teas and rare teas (such as Ali Shan Wulong Tea) are very expensive. Please do not assume that all teas are cheap - that's not the point. This article is mainly talking about wulong tea in tea bags forms.

I hope that my guide clarified any question you had about Wulong Tea. If you find any errors within my guide, or have any more questions, please feel free to contact me via eBay email forum.

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