Phoenix Dancong (Duck Sh!t Scent) 鳳凰單叢(鴨屎香)

Type: Oolong Tea 青茶

Oxidation: ●●●○○

Cultivar: Shui Xian – Ya Shi Xiang sub-cultivar

Origin: Ping Keng Tou village, Phoenix Mountains, Chaozhou, Guangdong, China

Elevation: 850m

Method: Up to third of fourth leaves

Harvest: 2022 Spring

Tasting Notes: Sweet floral, light peach, mineral, roasted.

Western Brewing
3g | 95°C | 250ml | 3mins

Gongfu Brewing
6g per 100ml | 95°C | 20 secs
+5sec for each extra infusion

*Brewing instruction is just for your reference, experiment yourself and find the best brewing method which fits you!

About

Phoenix Dancong (Duck Sh!t Scent) | 鳳凰單叢(鴨屎香)

Villagers discovered a tea cultivar in Ping Keng Tou village producing a unique and delicious taste and did not want this cultivar to be exploited by other outsiders. So they made up stories that the soil in this area was covered in duck poo (which in fact is a light, yellow-brown colour soil) in order to keep other producers away from their unique bushes. The light golden liquor has a pronounced floral profile, fruity citrus notes, and a tangy, creamy aftertaste.

“Dancong”, refers to an individual tea plant (single bush) cultivated from a variety of Shui Xian cultivars. As the sub-varietals of Shui Xian cultivars grown in the region have very different characteristics in terms of leaf and tree shape, teas made from different individual shrubs happened to develop very distinctive aromas and flavour profiles from one to the other, which explains why the oolong teas produced in the region are called as “Dancong Oolong”.

村民在屏坑頭村發現了一顆非常獨特的茶葉品種，為了要珍藏好不被外人發現，他們向別人說這個地域的泥土都被鴨屎薰著，但實際上只是茶樹下的只是淺黃色的泥土，這好令人感到嘔心而對茶葉及其價值不感興趣。

“單叢”是指由水仙茶樹種培育出來的單株栽培茶樹品種，該地區種植的水仙品種在葉子和樹形方面都與別不同，因此不同單株製作的茶葉都會形成非常獨特的香氣和味道。我們的鳳凰單叢鴨屎香有著淡金色的茶湯，明顯的花香和果香柑橘的味道，以及濃郁的奶香回味。