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Feng Huang Shui Xian is also a kind of Phoenix Feng Huang Dan Cong Oolong Tea. People always being confused between “Feng Huang Shui Xian” and “Feng Huang Dan Cong”. In fact, there are three level of grading among the Feng Huang Shui Xian Variety, including Feng Huang Dan Cong(鳳凰單叢）, Feng Huang Lang Cai（鳳凰浪菜） , and Feng Huang Shui Xian（鳳凰水仙）. Feng Huang Dan Cong is the best grade among the three grades of Feng Huang Shui Xian Tea. In simple definition, Feng Huang Shui Xian is the mother of “Feng Huang Dan Cong”. Feng Huang Dan Cong is the Single bush being carefully selected from the Shui Xian Varietal, those selected bushes are then breed as different Dan Cong Trees, creating hundreds kinds of species like Ya Shi Xiang, Mi Lan Xiang, Da Wu Ye, etc. And the “Shui Xian Dan Cong” here is also a species/aroma of Feng Huang Dan Cong.
History and Origin:
Feng Huang Shui Xian is being grown since Nan Song Dynasty (1127-1279), the leaves are big and a bit twisted at the end of each leaves, which looks like the mouth of bird, so people called it as “Niao Zui Cha”, which means “Bird’s mouth Tea”. Feng Huang Dan Cong is the Single bush varietal being picked from the Phoenix Shui Xian Varietal. And Shui Xian Dan Cong become a popular kind of aroma among Feng Huang Dan Cong in 20 years ago, like other aroma such as Mi Lan Xiang, Huang Zhi Xiang and Ya Shi Xiang.
Characteristic:
The Shui Xian Dan Cong here is distinctive in its high aroma and natural floral and fruity notes, like other Feng Huang Dan Cong. It is sweet and lingering in its aroma, with some charcoal notes. The dry Leaves is tightly twisted, in dark brown colour. The liquor is in bright yellowish-orange.
Making process: Plucking leaves , Sun-drying (Shai Qing), withering, shaking (Yao Qing), Kill Green, Rolling, and Baking.
Tea Farm Location: Tea Farm at Phoenix Mountain, Chao Zhou, China
Harvest Time: Spring 2020
Tea Liquor Colour: Bright and clear Orange colour
Tea Taster Pack: 100g/pack
