2021 Ya Shi Dancong

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.

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spice
95
ginger, ginseng, licorice root
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vegetal
60
fresh cut sweet grass
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savory
50
toasted sunflower seed
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fruit
65
mandarin orange
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floral
65
gardenia
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creamy, tingling spice
Tasting Profile
- spice - ginger, ginseng, licorice root
- vegetal - fresh cut sweet grass
- savory - toasted sunflower seed
- fruit - mandarin orange
- floral - gardenia
- texture - creamy, tingling spice

- DATE OF PICKINGSpring 2021
- Wudong ShanGuangdong Province
- ELEVATION600 METERS
- Ya ShiTea Varietal
The new 2021 harvest is now available!
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.

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'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 steepingenjoy many steepings
Iced/Cold
5 g.12
oz.use room temp. waterrefrigerate overnight
8 hoursadd ice & enjoy