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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

the Huang Family also recommends

  1. 2023 Xing Ren Xiang Dancong
    2023 Xing Ren Xiang Dancong

    Xing Ren Xiang, or Almond Aroma is a uniquely savory nut-forward varietal that the Huang Family picks 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.
  2. 2024 High Elevation Huang Zhi Xiang
    2024 High Elevation Huang Zhi Xiang
    This Huang Zhi Xiang Dancong is picked from Huang Ruiguang's favorite high-elevation plot in Wudongshan from older tree stock and meticulously hand finished by Master Huang's sons over 24 hours to bring out the deep, almost electrifying aromatics. Huang Zhi Xiang is an incredibly rich spiced varietal with natural cooling notes that come through with striking intensity with the perfect microclimate, careful hand-picking, and 24+ hour continuous hand processing and finishing. Only a few kilos are harvested every year, and we are excited for the privilege to share. Master Huang's work in Dancong tasting and agriculture has won him 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. Though he is mostly retired, he still works with his sons to produce limited quantities of fine teas like this one.
  3. 2024 Ya Shi Dancong
    2024 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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