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The Phoenix Mountains are located at the bottom of the map in the Guangdong province.
This is the region that produces the complex floral and extremely fragrant Oolongs labeled
Golden Phoenix.
Dan Cong is a single (trunk) tea tree, unlike most tea bushes having multiple branches coming out of the soil and fusing together. Generally, these trees are old, take longer for the leaves to mature, and produce a small yield per tree.
The Pomello name comes from its association with the Citrus plant and flower of this name. Roughly the equivalent of a grapefruit. You Hua Xiang is the varietal of this plant. It most certainly has at perfume and more specifically the taste of the pithy pomelo rind.
Really large leaves unfurl after at least the 4th or 5th steep.
The leaf color when dried is dark green/blue. Although reported to be leaves from a single tree, this may in fact be questionable. Even the name Dan Cong is misinterpreted to mean single bush when in fact it refers to the single trunk. This tea was from 'In Pursuit of Tea' and was bitter compared to other Dan Cong varieties I have had in the past. Its citrus flavor was pronounced yet fleeting.
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