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Xinning Dān Cóng
Guangdong
Xinning Dān Cóng兴宁单丛
Xīngníng dān cóng
- Origin
- China, Guǎngdōng Province (广东省, Guǎngdōng shěng), Méizhōu Prefecture ...
- Tea type
- Oolong Tea
- Caffeine Level
- High
- Water Temperature
- 95.000000
Tea notes
Brewing, origin and taste.
Xingning Dan Cong — Guangdong oolong with a honey-orchid aroma and lychee wood roasting that gives it a unique sweetness.
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Brewing, origin and taste notes
Brewing
- Brewing Temperature
- 95.000000 - 100.000000
- Tea Amount
- 8 g per 110 ml (classic gongfu proportion — 1:20 by weight).
- Teaware
- White porcelain gàiwǎn (盖碗, gàiwǎn) — optimal choice: porcelain doesn't "steal" aroma and allows precise extraction control. For more roasted batches, Y&...
- Water Temperature
- 95.000000
- Brewing Notes
- High pour (高冲, gāo chōng) — pouring water from height of 10–15 cm — helps "activate" aroma, especially in first three-four pours.
- Water Temperature Detail
- 95–100°C. Boiling water is recommended for full revelation of dancong's voluminous aroma; for lighter spring batches, reduction to 92–95°C is acceptable.
Origin
- Tea Type
- Oolong
- Origin Country
- CN
- Province
- Guangdong
- Category
- Guangdong aromatic oolong, related to the Fènghuáng Dān Cóng (凤凰单丛, Fènghuáng Dān Cóng) family. Sometimes classified as "Meizhou dancong"...
- Coordinates
- Approximately 24°09′ N, 115°44′ E (center of Xinning County); tea mountains are located in the mountain belt at 300–800 m above sea level to the south and southeast of...
- Origin
- China, Guǎngdōng Province (广东省, Guǎngdōng shěng), Méizhōu Prefecture (梅州市, Méizhōu shì), Xinning County (兴宁市, Xīngníng shì). The protected zone of origi...
Taste
- Dry Leaf Appearance
- Tight, firmly twisted strips (条索紧结壮实, tiáosuǒ jǐnjié zhuàngshí), dark chestnut with oily luster (乌褐油润). Leaf is uniform, well-calibrated; granulated form (CT...
- Dry Leaf Aroma
- Intense honey-orchid note (蜜兰香, mìlán xiāng) — the tea's calling card. When warming the gaiwan, layers unfold: first pure floral sweetness, then peach and apricot ...
- Liquor Aroma
- High, persistent and multi-layered. Honey-orchid theme dominates with emergence of zhilan notes (芝兰香, zhīlán xiāng — cymbidium orchid aroma), fruity shades of water peach (...
- Liquor Color
- Golden-amber with crystal clarity (金黄莹亮, jīnhuáng yíngliang) for spring tea; autumn — slightly warmer, orange-yellow.
- Spent Leaves
- Whole, fleshy, soft and elastic leaves. Characteristic sign of quality dancong — "green belly, red edge" (绿腹红边, lǜ fù hóng biān): central part of leaf retain...
- Taste
- Rich, full (浓醇, nóng chún), with pronounced freshness (鲜爽, xiān shuǎng), provided by high amino acid content. Tea body is dense but not heavy. Astringency is soft, har...
Details
- Oxidation
- 25.000000 - 50.000000
- Leaf Shape
- Strip
- Oxidation Maximum
- 50.000000
- Oxidation Maximum Detail
- 50
- Cultivar
- The main cultivar is Bái Yè Dān Cóng (白叶单丛, Bái Yè Dān Cóng, "white-leaf dancong"), which accounts for about 70% of plantings. This is a ...
- Picking
- Four seasons: spring (清明 Qīngmíng — 谷雨 Gǔyǔ, March–April) — the most valuable harvest; summer (after 立夏 Lìxià, May–June); autumn (around 白露 Báilù, Septe...
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