After picking and processing into “mao cha” (lit. unfinished tea), the tea is roasted, stored and then roasted two more times at low temperature.  This roasting is very gentle and you will notice that even though the dry tea leaves are black, when the tea is brewed the infused leaves are still mostly green in color.  It is also called “Xing Ren Xiang” (Almond Aroma), although most Dan Cong processed into “Almond Aroma” style is not the Ju Duo Zai varietal.

The taste is sweet and fruity with a slight bitterness and no astringency.  There is a slight roasted marshmallow sweetness and the tea lingers in the mouth and throat lubricating it even after you’ve completed your tea session.

Late April 2016 Harvest

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After picking and processing into “mao cha” (lit. unfinished tea), the tea is roasted, stored and then roasted two more times at low temperature.  This roasting is very gentle and you will notice that even though the dry tea leaves are black, when the tea is brewed the infused leaves are still mostly green in color.  It is also called “Xing Ren Xiang” (Almond Aroma), although most Dan Cong processed into “Almond Aroma” style is not the Ju Duo Zai varietal.

The taste is sweet and fruity with a slight bitterness and no astringency.  There is a slight roasted marshmallow sweetness and the tea lingers in the mouth and throat lubricating it even after you’ve completed your tea session.

Late April 2017 Harvest

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Most importantly, the taste and experience of Ji Long Kan is both unique and elegant! The aroma is floral with notes of cream and stone fruit.  The tea soup is thick and creamy, coating the tongue with it’s elixir-like essence!

April 2017

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Zhu Ye “Bamboo Leaf” Dan Cong is a special sub-varietal of Zhi Lan Xiang.  Our offering is from 100+ year old trees growing naturally. The name Zhu Ye or Bamboo Leaf was given to this tea because of its spindly long green leaves and fresh green feeling.  The aroma is that of orchids, the taste is creamy, sweet with notes of honey and flowers.

Incredibly complex and tasty tea!  Must be experienced!

April picking

Area:  Wu Dong Mountains

Altitude:  1150 meters

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The plants are taller, the tree posture is half open, and the leaves are horizontal. Leaves oval, green leaves, rich luster, micro-uplift leaves, leaf edge is serrated, flat leaf, tip acuminate, leaf teeth more blunt and shallow thin, thick and crisp leaf quality. Yellow, green shoots, less hair, a bud of three-leaf hundred bud weight 65.0g. Corolla diameter 4.4cm, petals 6-7 petals, ovary with few hairs, styles 3-lobed.

The buds have strong fertility, dense germination, and strong tenderness. One sample of two buds of spring tea contains about 3.5% amino acids, 32.8% of tea polyphenols, 18.4% of catechins, and 5.2% of caffeine. Suitable for making oolong tea and green tea. The production of oolong tea and spring tea is suitable for mid-April, and the tight cords are densely packed and the color is brownish green. It has the characteristics of the “Qi Lan” variety, which is mellow, fresh and cool, and has a high production rate, when planted in deep garden soil.

Our “Huang Qi” offering is harvested from 12 to 16 year old tea bushes growing naturally in Wu Yi Shan area.  The tea is painstakingly processed over two months with several stages of roasting and resting.  The result is a full bodied tea with sweet and mineral character and lovely penetrating honey aroma.  This is a tea that is suitable for longer term aging and can be stored is kept airtight and in a cool dry place.

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“Que She” aka Sparrow’s Tongue, is natural mutated offspring of a Da Hong Pao varietal growing in Jiu Long Ke for centuries.  It was discovered in the 80’s but a Wu Yi local who noticed a couple of the Da Hong Pao bushes in the Jiu Long Ke garden yielded considerably smaller leaves and were also slightly darker in color.  He single batch processed the tea and the result was something quite different from the other Da Hong Pao bushes.  He took cuttings from these two bushes and naming them “Sparrow’s Tongue” he propagated them in several other Wu Yi gardens as a distinct varietal.

Our “Que She 928” is from F1 (first generation) bushes growing for about 20 years already.  The tea is expertly processed with medium level of oxidation.  The result is a lovely complex tea with notes of vanilla, carob, and lychee.  This is a tea that can be aged with excellent results.

April 2012 Harvest

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This particular tea grows in Tian Zhu Keng village at an altitude of about 800 meters， and is grown by the same family who grows our . The year round cool temperatures combined with fog and mist gives this middle mountain Dan Cong a strong character.  Tea trees are mix of younger (25 years) and older (up to 80 years) growing naturally.

This is an interesting varietal with unique character but without a high price tag.

Late April 2018 Harvest

Roast Level: Light-Medium

Elevation: 800 meters

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The early brews have a strong vanilla and roasted currant aroma.  The taste has some roast, some vanilla and mineral rock sweetness.  In the later infusions the roasted taste fades more and the fruit, mineral sweetness and velvety smoothness takes center stage.  The tea goes 10+ infusions and remains complex and interesting.

This tea was harvested in 2006!

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