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2023 Ya Shi Dancong

2023 Ya Shi Dancong

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Infamous Dancong Cultivar
with Deep Spiced Flavor
Legend says Ya Shi was so good, it got its name to keep this tea an inside secret. Ya Shi means “duck droppings” literally. Instead, the name made this tea even more famous! Notes of ginseng, lotus, strawberry and chestnut
Spring 2023 ♦ Wudongshan, Guangdong
Infamous Dancong Cultivar
with Deep Spiced Flavor
Legend says Ya Shi was so good, it got its name to keep this tea an inside secret. Ya Shi means “duck droppings” literally. Instead, the name made this tea even more famous! Notes of ginseng, lotus, strawberry and chestnut
Spring 2023 ♦ Wudongshan, Guangdong
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Crafted by the Huang Family

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
    • ELEVATION600 METERS
    • Ya ShiTea Varietal

    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, the Huang Family's 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.

  • true
    90
    ginseng, licorice
    true
    80
    chestnut, meringue
    true
    75
    lotus, honey
    true
    55
    strawberry
    false
    true
    tingling, juicy, energetic

    Tasting Profile

    • spice - ginseng, licorice
    • savory - chestnut, meringue
    • floral - lotus, honey
    • fruit - strawberry
    • texture - tingling, juicy, energetic

the Huang Family also recommends:

  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 Xing Hua Xiang Dancong
    2023 Xing Hua Xiang Dancong
    Xing Hua Xiang, or Apricot Flower Aroma is an extremely rare varietal hand picked and hand processed by Huang Ruiguang and his sons on their high elevation plot in Wudongshan. Huang Ruiguang has selected this as a standout representation of his reserve collection, the limited old growth teas he cultivates on his favorite tiny Wudongshan plot that is perfectly situated for the right amount of sunlight hours per day. The result is a deeply aromatic, but mineral-rich tea with a well-balanced profile and a luscious sweet aftertaste that lingers for hours. Huang Ruiguang and his sons treat this tea to meticulous yaoqing finishing without the use of any machinery using traditional techniques and a bamboo basket. 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.

  • '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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