Duck Feces Dancong 鸭屎香 aka as Black Leaf Dancong

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  • “This teas was part of a sample set of Dancongs I got on aliexpress after really enjoying my first one (an Osmanthus Dancong). I was hoping it might help me get an idea of what Dancings I prefer. ...” Read full tasting note

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A 2013 Chaozhou Phoenix Dancong
Brewing
Tea set—medium tureen made of purple sand or ceramic
Amount of tea—put 7-10g tea leaves into 150ml tureen; because good tea does not need too much tea leaves, otherwise, tea water may be too bitter or thick.
Water—boiled water (above 95 degree); Pure mineral water or pure water is the best choice.
Time of infusion—Dancong tea cannot be infused too long, it should be in 20 seconds. And Dancong tea could be infused 10 times.

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This teas was part of a sample set of Dancongs I got on aliexpress after really enjoying my first one (an Osmanthus Dancong). I was hoping it might help me get an idea of what Dancings I prefer. So far I have the Osmanthus I love and a honey orchid which is OK but that I prefer to brew western style.

The name of this one is a little off putting , but there is an explanation of it here https://www.peonyts.com/what-is-phoenix-dancong-xing-ren-xiang/ and no, it does not smell or taste like its name. For English speaking markets it is often called Black Leaf Dancong. I’m glad I got this sample because the first few steeps are quite good and interesting and afterwords it tastes very similar to a Tieguanyin with slightly different spice notes.

I followed a sellers recommended temperature and brewing times of >95°C for 20s and probably used about 3-3.5 g of leaves so that they loosely covered the bottom of my 150ml Gaiwan.

The dry leaves of this tea are large bars of forest green to dark almost black green. The scent is a very clean, green floral with a hint f orange. It is very fresh, clean scent.

The broth is a hay toned yellow,

The scent is of a soft fruit and floral like some rolled green Oolong’s. There is magnolia, a hint of cinnamon, peach and a touch of orange juice. A soft floral is the dominant sent.
20s after rinse.
Magnolia, light mineral tone, orange juice, hint of cream, fairly dense mouthfeel, sweet underneath like it has a tinge of cane sugar.. Aftertaste of magnolia and oranges. becomes sweeter as it cools the orange also gets this orangina like tang that seems tinged with ginger.
15s. Magnolia with spice, hint of honey cream and orange.
Slightly sweeter than last steep, honeyed orange with a tint of peach meld into magnolia flavour which is less distinct. Very creamy. hint of woodiness, mixed with cooked spinach. The sweet orangey, floral scent is dominant and finishes in fresh ginger.
Gradually develops a warming feeling at the top and back of the mouth.

20s. Cream magnolia spice,orange
Creamy texture and taste orange tone to the forefront, with ginger, fading magnolia, honey, with spinach woody tone underneath very faintly. Flavour still quite rich at short steep.

30 s cream , strong orange, mineral notes, spinach, finishing with ginger.

40s very much like tgy soft gardenia/magnolia, cream spicy tones from fading orange ginger, light spinach, mineral notes and a touch of form. Still ginger in the aftertaste

60s cream honey magnolia, ginger spice and faint tinge of fresh orange rind. The tea still has a nice body.

90s more gardenia than magnolia, floral spice with a bit of nutmeg, cream, hint o sweetness, mineral tones and spinach.

140s. Similar

240 fading remnants of spice and floral, and vegetal notes.

I really liked the first few steeps of this tea, enough that I would like to try more of it and would even consider purchasing this one. I’m glad I picked up the sampler or I would have never tried it.

TheTeaFairy

Incredible! And about the name, that story is hilarious, never would have guessed! When I first read “feces” I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me!!

madametj

duck feces? is that real?

yyz

That’s the translation, the original developer of the cultivar apparently gave it that name to deter tyheives and imitators. Made me hesitant at first, but it has nothing to do with the flavour or scent of the tea. The more I read about tea in China, the more of these types of stories I here. I like Rizhao green teas and apparently there is a big problem with counter fitters because the teas in Rizhao tend to have a higher level of plant polythenols and cathecins and can demand a higher price. Crazy name though. No wonder they are trying to market it as Black Leaf Dancong here.

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