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2022 Mi Lan Xiang Dancong

2022 Mi Lan Xiang Dancong

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Iconic Juicy Honeyed Oolong
Mi Lan Xiang is the most famous Dancong, and Huang Ruiguang sets the standard for this tea’s aromatic complexity. He wins gold every year at the Guangdong Tea Expo thanks to this tea’s luscious notes of jasmine, melon and pineapple, and the tingling aftersensation.
Spring 2022 ♦ Wudongshan, Guangdong
Iconic Juicy Honeyed Oolong
Mi Lan Xiang is the most famous Dancong, and Huang Ruiguang sets the standard for this tea’s aromatic complexity. He wins gold every year at the Guangdong Tea Expo thanks to this tea’s luscious notes of jasmine, melon and pineapple, and the tingling aftersensation.
Spring 2022 ♦ Wudongshan, Guangdong
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Crafted by Huang Rui Guang

Huang Ruiguang is an award-winning nationally-recognized master & published author. He is respected for his work expanding and modernizing tea agriculture in Fenghuang. He is devoted to tending his old-growth tea and has set the modern standard for competition-level Dancong aromatics and texture.
    • DATE OF PICKINGSpring 2022
    • Wudong ShanGuangdong Province
    • ELEVATION600 METERS
    • Mi Lan XiangTea Varietal

    Huang Ruiguang's family Mi Lan Dancong is picked only once a year from single trees that are not pruned back to encourage deeper roots & more robust flavor, year after year. His mountain plot and decades of work in improving agriculture techniques for the region have earned Huang Ruiguang's Milan awards such as the recent 2015 Gold Medal at the Sixth Guangdong Tea Expo. Mi Lan varietal is set apart with its distinctive golden green leaf color in early spring & its luscious deep aromatics.

  • true
    70
    currant
    true
    75
    lilac, orchid
    true
    75
    sandalwood
    true
    55
    brown sugar
    true
    juicy, deeply aromatic

    Tasting Profile

    • fruit - currant
    • floral - lilac, orchid
    • spice - sandalwood
    • savory - brown sugar
    • texture - juicy, deeply aromatic

Huang Ruiguang also recommends

  1. 2022 Da Wu Ye Dancong
    2022 Da Wu Ye Dancong
    Da Wu Ye is a truly unique varietal in its intense savory and spicy notes. While most Dancong is all about perfumed floral aromatics, this tea is about texture and flavor. Da Wu Ye varietal takes its name from the unusually large deep green leaves. This harvest comes from mid-elevation Wudongshan stock, picked once a year and processed over 24 hours to bring out the deep savory undertones.
  2. 2022 Ba Xian Dancong
    2022 Ba Xian Dancong
    八仙 or Ba Xian references the eight Taoist immortals, a truly evocative name for a truly unique tea. Huang Ruiguang says that originally, there were eight trees growing next to each other, each with a different flavor and appearance, like the Taoist Immortals. Today, five of the eight original trees still remain. Huang Ruiguang’s tree has one of the most perfectly situated east-facing high elevation slopes on Wudongshan, earned for a lifetime of contribution to Fenghuang as an agricultural pioneer and master taster. His Ba Xian Dancong is lush and juicy, full of tropical flower and fruit flavors, coaxed out over 24 hours of intense hand processing.
  3. 2022 Xing Ren Xiang Dancong
    2022 Xing Ren Xiang Dancong
    Xing Ren Xiang, or Almond Aroma is a uniquely savory nut-forward varietal that Huang Ruiguang and his family pick once a year from single bushes cultivated in Wudongshan. These bushes are not pruned back and picked sparingly to encourage deeper roots and more robust flavor year after year. The Huang Family’s meticulous hand processing yields a distinct roasted almond flavor, with notes of cooling pine.
  • 'Dancong is an alluring, deeply aromatic tea that changes over each steeping and lingers on the palate for hours. Properly brewing Fenghuang Dancong requires more care than many other teas, but the extra attention is worth the reward'

  • 5-10
    6-8
    208
    20 seconds
    10
    10
    6
    208
    6 seconds
    4
    5
    12
    room temp
    8 hours

    Steeping Instructions

    Western

    5-10 g.6-8
    oz.
    use 208° watersteep 20 secondsresteep many times
    add 10 sec. each infusion

    Gongfu

    10 g.6 ozuse 208° watersteep 6 seconds
    add 4 sec. per steeping
    enjoy many steepings

    Iced/Cold

    5 g.12
    oz.
    use room temp. waterrefrigerate overnight
    8 hours
    add ice & enjoy

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