Tuan Shu Ye5CTS Harvest: 05.04.2021
Origin: China / Guangdong / Chaozhou / Fenghuang / Lizaiping
Height: 1000 m.a.s.l
Tea plant varietal: Shui Xian Tuan Shu Ye (110jährige Teebüsche)
Wonderful Fenghuang Dancong from 110 year old bushes. The leaf shape is similar to one of a redbud plant called Neolamarckia, Chinese Tuanshu or Tuanhua - hence Tuanshuye, Neolamarckia leaf. The leaves are dark brown, the scent carries honey sweetness and the typical mossy smell of old tea trees. Very little is harvested from these 110-year-old bushes each year. The 260-year-old mother tree stands at 800 metres above sea level near the village of Yahou and died in 2006 due to termites and woodworms.
Character:
A tea of juicy richness; roasted, spicy, sweet, quite delicate, suddenly full-bodied, tropical, fragrant wood, forest and juicy fruit, then elegant again, delicate, floral scent, down to the earth, the undergrowth, the root. Truly unforgettable.
Category:
Phoenix Single Bush (Feng Huang Dan Cong) Phoenix Single Bush, Feng Huang Dan Cong in Chinese, are being produced near the village Fenghuang on the slopes of Mount Wudong that culminates at 1200m above sea level, as well as in the neighbouring village Shiguping. The region is situated in the very east of Guangdong province. It was probably there that the method of producing Oolong was invented in the 16th century. Still today, the local teas are produced in a very traditional way, and up on Mount Wudong there are still many tea trees which are several hundred years old. In the present case, the term Single Bush does not refer to a literal single tea bush, but to a multitude of bushes that all stem from cuttings of one single so-called mother bush, which makes them all genetically identical. All of these tea plants are sub-varietal of the Shui Xian varietal. The individual teas differ from each other through the sub-varietal, the age of the tea plants, the exact location, respectively height above sea level, and of course, through the manufacturing and finishing, particularly the blending of different sub-varietals and the degree and quality of the roasting. Phoenix Single Bush teas always have a taste composed of two parts: on the one hand fruity and sweet, on the other hand bitter and tart while the roasting creates a balanced, round aroma.
Storage:
This tea was heavily oxidized, roasted. He was aged for years, which initiated a spontaneous fermentation. This tea can further be aged.
