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"Scented Orchid from the Solitary Tree"
Origin: China, Guang Dong, Chao An
Dry leaves:
Aspect: large, beautiful, regularly twisted leaves.
Colours: black and brown.
Scents: woody, toasted, fruity notes.
Brewed leaves:
Aspect: lovely, slightly open leaves.
Colours: dark green, brown and red.
Scents: toasted (coffee beans), woody, spicy (curcuma), with a touch of rose and black fruit.
Liquor:
Colour: orange-coloured, with brown and black glints.
Texture: full and round with a delicate astringency at the back of the mouth, giving this tea remarkable length.
Flavour: sweet.
Aromas: initially toasted (coffee beans), woody, spicy (ginger, curcuma), then opening up in the mouth with black fruit – blueberry, blackcurrant, blackberry, prune – and vanilla notes.
Aromatic profile and length in the mouth: the notes remain intense and rich for a long time. The complex characteristics last well, thanks to the toasted, fruity, floral (rose, geranium) notes, with a few planty, woody hints.
Our verdict:
The Solitary Tree teas come from plantations situated on the sides of the Fang Huang (Phoenix ) mountains in the far east of Guang Dong.
The wu longs grown on these plantations are among the rarest and most highly prized in China. Produced in very small quantities, their name means that each lot comes from a single tea bush. While this practice made sense in former times, when the teas were reserved for the emperor, today it is just a poetic souvenir from the time when the teas were first created. From the Sui Xian cultivar, the Feng Huang Dan Cong teas are wu longs that have undergone partial oxidisation (30%) and have powerful bouquets, evoking scents like cinnamon, orchid and black fruit. Mi Lan Xiang has a sumptuous floral scent.
Preparation for Gong Fu Cha: 6 to 8 successive infusions of 30 seconds each.
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