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2023 Xing Hua Xiang Dancong

2023 Xing Hua Xiang Dancong

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Dancong Named For
Apricot Blossom Aroma
"Apricot Blossom" Dancong is one of Huang Ruiguang’s rare old-growth high elevation Wudongshan varietals, given over 20 hours of hand-finishing to bring out complex notes of apricot, elderflower, whipped cream and redwood.
Spring 2023 ♦ Wudongshan, Guangdong
Dancong Named For
Apricot Blossom Aroma
"Apricot Blossom" Dancong is one of Huang Ruiguang’s rare old-growth high elevation Wudongshan varietals, given over 20 hours of hand-finishing to bring out complex notes of apricot, elderflower, whipped cream and redwood.
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
    • Xing Hua XiangTea Varietal

    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.

  • true
    90
    apricot
    true
    90
    elderflower, vanilla
    true
    60
    star anise, redwood, spearmint
    true
    65
    whipped cream
    true
    lingering aftertaste, aromatic, powerful

    Tasting Profile

    • fruit - apricot
    • floral - elderflower, vanilla
    • spice - star anise, redwood, spearmint
    • savory - whipped cream
    • texture - lingering aftertaste, aromatic, powerful

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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