Parasol Dancong

Tea type
Oolong Tea
Ingredients
Oolong Tea
Flavors
Grapefruit, Honey, Jasmine, Milk, Orange Blossom, Floral, Perfume, Violet
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Loose Leaf
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  • “The dry leaves smell surprisingly sweet, with notes of jasmine and grapefruit. Subtle and complex flavor, like wildflower honey; there’s even a milky undertone in there bringing it all together....” Read full tasting note
  • “After the wild journey of trying to get this tea across the water during the pandemic, it’s finally here. Am I waiting two weeks to let it rest? …The puerh, sure, but I couldn’t keep my hands off...” Read full tasting note

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From the Guangdong province of China, our Parasol Dancong oolong tea is made from niangzaisan varietal.

The name Niangzaisan roughly translates as “young girl with an umbrella”. It’s a varietal named for the parasol shape of the trees. Rarely sold in the west, this is a varietal that is not very well-known or widely produced. It’s an elegant tea, bursting with flavors of overripe fruit. If you’ve made the rounds with all of the usual Dancong suspects, you can’t skip this.

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The dry leaves smell surprisingly sweet, with notes of jasmine and grapefruit.
Subtle and complex flavor, like wildflower honey; there’s even a milky undertone in there bringing it all together. It’s a quieter experience than I usually go for – delicious, but the tea really demands all my attention or I’ll miss something.

Flavors: Grapefruit, Honey, Jasmine, Milk, Orange Blossom

gmathis

That sounds like a welcome little dose of spring!

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After the wild journey of trying to get this tea across the water during the pandemic, it’s finally here. Am I waiting two weeks to let it rest? …The puerh, sure, but I couldn’t keep my hands off of the oolong.

Holy balls is this aromatic and perfumy. I flash-steeped this, 90ml gaiwan about 3/4s full, just-boiled water, second or two, dump. Drank the wash. You can taste what feels like the usual astringency with some harsher, longer-steeped dan congs, but is transformed into a pervasive perfume. Smooth, not sharp, not bitter—jasmine, violet is what I’m getting. Not quite fruit. Maybe in the finish, when I hold it in my mouth, but afterwards just the aroma remains, and it sticks on the tongue and roof and the back of my throat as if I’d walked through a perfume aisle, but y’know. More pleasant.

Third flash steep was almost thick, not quite roasty—this is a pretty smooth dan cong. One of these days I will properly sit down and compare some of my favourite dan congs side by side. I can have trouble describing them in isolation.

By about the fifth steep the aroma’s trailed off; upped to 15 seconds brought some bitterness, dropping back to 5-10.

Flavors: Floral, Jasmine, Perfume, Violet

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