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Middle Mountain “Hai Di Lao Yue” Dan Cong Oolong Tea

chyllax21@gmail.com — Wed, 07 May 2025 14:11:36 +0000

Hai Di Lao Yue (海底捞月) is a unique varietal that is grown in only one village in the Wu Dong mountains! Annual output is less than 60 kilograms for this varietal! It’s called “Hai Di Lao Yue” which means something like “Sea Fishing”. It’s called this because when brewing this tea only a small amount of tea is needed (much like the relationship of a single fish to the whole ocean!) to bring flavor and aroma to the water!

This varietal grows on Dayin Mountain near the Shenya Village in the Phoenix district of the Wu Dong mountains. Originally a cultivar from the Wu Yi area of Fujian this has been growing in the local area for more than a century. The tea plants from which our offering was harvested range in age from 40-100 years old and grow naturally without intervention.

Hai Di Lao Yue is a medium level of roast (for a Dan Cong) that was painstakingly charcoal roasted and then rested for a period of 3 months and then stored in clay urns (mostly airtight) until October of this year.

A unique Dan Cong with incredible flavor, aroma, and cha qi! Rare and beautiful!

Late-April Harvested tea

Elevation: 800 meters

Region: Shenya Village, Phoenix District, Guangdong

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Old Tree Shui Xian Varietal Dan Cong Oolong Tea from Feng Xi

chyllax21@gmail.com — Wed, 07 May 2025 14:11:22 +0000

Shui Xian is typically known as a Wu Yi varietal but in fact Shui Xia It’s been growing in the Wu Dong mountains since the Qing Dynasty. Our Old Tree “Lao Cong” Shui Xian Dan Cong is from 100+ year old trees growing naturally next to the river just above the Feng Xi Reservoir at about 750 meters altitude.

Taste just how special and unique a Lao Cong Shui Xian varietal processed in the traditional Dan Cong manner can be! Floral, creamy, sweet, bitter, and thick. Can be infused so many times and it just keeps delivering a stable thick and creamy mouthfeel and rich voluminous hui gan.

April Harvest

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Middle Mountain “Cinnamon Aroma” Dan Cong Oolong Tea

chyllax21@gmail.com — Wed, 07 May 2025 14:11:19 +0000

This Dan Cong is crafted from 60 to 120 year Dan Cong trees growing in the middle-high elevation (1150 meters) of the Wu Dong mountains. The family harvests just 8 kilograms per season of this lovely tea from a small cluster of older trees. The is processed entirely by hand into a kind of greenish “mao cha”, then roasted carefully in clay jars, stored for a week and then roasted 2 more time, each time with a rest time. The tea despite being roasted still maintains some green character which infuses it’s sweet character. The roasted brown character brings some fruit and spice to the tea which really does remind one of cinnamon. There is also a really strong cream taste (nai xiang) present in this tea.

Incredibly complex and tasty tea!

Late April picking

Area: Wu Dong Mountains

Altitude: 1150 meters (Middle-High Mountain)

Roast Level: Light-Medium

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