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2023 High Elevation Mi Lan Xiang

2023 High Elevation Mi Lan Xiang

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Old Growth Mi Lan from
High on Wudongshan
The tiny Wudongshan microclimate that yields this aromatic masterpiece is the Huang Family's favorite mountainside for a powerful lingering Mi Lan with notes of melon, orchid, pine, and a cooling aftertaste.
Spring 2023 ♦ Wudongshan, Guangdong
Old Growth Mi Lan from
High on Wudongshan
The tiny Wudongshan microclimate that yields this aromatic masterpiece is the Huang Family's favorite mountainside for a powerful lingering Mi Lan with notes of melon, orchid, pine, and a cooling aftertaste.
Spring 2023 ♦ Wudongshan, Guangdong
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Crafted by the Huang Family

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 2023
    • Wudong ShanGuangdong Province
    • ELEVATION1000 METERS
    • Mi Lan XiangTea Varietal

    This high elevation Mi Lan Dancong comes from older trees on the Huang family's favorite plot of land high up the mountain in Wudongshan. The orientation to the rising sun and the microclimate are well suited for rich, powerful Dancong. The Huang family's expertise and leadership in agriculture across Fenghuang have won them dozens of awards, such as the recent gold medal for Mi Lan at the Guangdong Tea Expo 2015. Mi Lan varieties is naturally one of the most luscious, juicy and floral teas out there. The perfect microclimate of Wudongshan and Huang Ruiguang’s masterful craftsmanship during the meticulous 16 hour yaoqing process bring out unprecedented complexity in this reserve offering.

  • true
    95
    peony, orchid
    true
    95
    pine, rosemary
    true
    60
    melon, crisp apple
    true
    60
    sesame brittle, oak
    true
    juicy, cooling, minerality

    Tasting Profile

    • floral - peony, orchid
    • spice - pine, rosemary
    • fruit - melon, crisp apple
    • savory - sesame brittle, oak
    • texture - juicy, cooling, minerality

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  1. 2023 Mi Lan Black Tea
    2023 Mi Lan Black Tea

    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 Mi Lan awards such as the recent 2015 Gold Medal at the Sixth Guangdong Tea Expo. This Mi Lan is allowed to naturally oxidize for over 24 hours before being carefully spread, baked and tumbled. The oxidation creates a deep rich black tea flavor, but Mi Lan varietal’s natural juicy floral honey flavor still comes through strong.
  2. 2023 Mi Lan Xiang Dancong
    2023 Mi Lan Xiang Dancong

    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.
  3. 2023 Ya Shi Dancong
    2023 Ya Shi Dancong
    Ya Shi is infamous for its name- which translates to "Duck Droppings." The story is that this varietal was so delicious and so scarce that the locals wanted to think of a name that would stop anyone from trying the tea to keep the secret for themselves. Naming aside, Huang Ruiguang's family Ya Shi Dancong is picked once a year from well-situated mature stock in the famous Wudong Shan region, and brews with a startlingly consistent ginseng-dominant focus and intense sweetness.

  • '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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