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2023 Ye Lai Xiang Dancong

2023 Ye Lai Xiang Dancong

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Famously Aromatic
High Elevation Dancong
Perfectly-situated old-growth trees are hand-picked and rushed to the workshop for intensive hand-finishing to slowly coax the biggest aromatics possible. Notes of lychee, saffron, pistachio and aloeswood.
Spring 2023 ♦ Wudongshan, Guangdong
Famously Aromatic
High Elevation Dancong
Perfectly-situated old-growth trees are hand-picked and rushed to the workshop for intensive hand-finishing to slowly coax the biggest aromatics possible. Notes of lychee, saffron, pistachio and aloeswood.
Spring 2023 ♦ Wudongshan, Guangdong
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Crafted by Huang Rui Guang

Recognized by Chaozhou as a living cultural treasure, Master Huang Ruiguang is the grandfather of modern Dancong. His status and award-winning history give him and his family picking rights to one of the best old-growth Dancong plots in Wudongshan.
 
Huang Ruiguang is devoted to continuing his work as a steward of rare ancient Dancong and as a teacher to nearly every family in the village, setting the standard for what defines the very best in competition-level taste, texture and aroma.
    • DATE OF PICKINGSpring 2023
    • Wudong ShanGuangdong Province
    • ELEVATION1000 METERS
    • Ye Lai XiangTea Varietal

    Ye Lai Xiang is named after the tuberose flower which blooms at night. This flower’s heavy scent is used in perfumes and is the inspiration for the varietal name. This Ye Lai Xiang is picked from the Huang Family's favorite high mountain plot in Wudongshan from older tree stock and meticulously hand finished by Master Huang's sons over 24 hours to bring out the deep aromatics. The Huang Family's work in Dancong tasting and agriculture has won them countless awards and recognition, a biography in a 2015 published book on the history of Dancong, and leadership in every convention and tasting event in Guangdong. Expect deep aromatics that linger for hours on the palate, cooling almost electric tingling yun sensation and a deep juicy sweetness that sets this tea apart. Tasting notes rarely do justice to the complexity on offer.

  • true
    90
    rose, saffron
    true
    70
    pistachio
    true
    90
    Bosc pear, lychee
    true
    55
    aloeswood incense
    false
    true
    mouthwatering

    Tasting Profile

    • floral - rose, saffron
    • savory - pistachio
    • fruit - Bosc pear, lychee
    • spice - aloeswood incense
    • texture - mouthwatering

Huang Ruiguang also recommends

  • 'An accomplished technical master of tea, Huang Rui Guang is affectionately called a ‘modern tea sage’ by many. He likes to say that one love is enough in life, and his is tea. This excerpt is an attempt to portray a small piece of one man’s contributions to and love of tea'

  • 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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