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Contents 1 Overview 2 Types of Dancong 2.1 Famous Bushes 2.2 Other Varietals 3 Song Zhong Dancong 4 Brewing 4.1 Padre's Brewing Method 5 Vendors 6 Reviews

Overview

A family of stripe-style oolong teas from Guangdong Province. The doppelganger of teas, Dancong teas are noted for their ability to naturally imitate the flavors and fragrances of various flowers and fruits, such as orange blossom, orchid, grapefruit, almond, ginger flower, etc.

As the name implies, Dancong ("single bush") teas are clonal or single-bush productions.

Types of Dancong

Famous Bushes

• Yu Lan Xiang (玉蘭香 "Magnolia Flower Fragrance")

• Xing Ren Xiang (杏仁香 "Almond Fragrance")

• Zhi Lan Xiang (芝蘭香 "Orchid Fragrance")

• Po Tou Xiang (Ginger Flower Fragrance)

• Huang Zhi Xiang (黄枝香 "Orange Blossom Fragrance")

• You Hua Xiang (柚花香 "Pomelo/Grapefruit Flower Fragrance")

• Mi Lan Xiang (米蘭香 "Honey Orchid Fragrance")

• Rou Gui Xiang (肉桂香 "Cinnamon Fragrance")

• Gui Hua Xiang (桂花香 "Osmanthus Fragrance")

Other Varietals

• Zei Shi (Thief Shit)

Song Zhong Dancong

Brewing

Padre's Brewing Method

I use somewhere between about 3 grams in a 150 ml yixing clay pot on the low end, up to half a pot of leaf on the high end.

I preheat the pot thoroughly and steep in boiling water for about a minute. This may be repeated for numerous infusions spread out over several hours.

Vendors

• Tea Habitat
• Jing Tea Shop

Reviews

• Andrews, Rob. "(Blogger entry: "Feng Huang Dan Cong from Teaspring"). 24 September 2008
• "Asoka1944". "Untitled (Dan Cong Review)". Puerh Tea Community. 24 December 2007. URL. Accessed: 2008-02-12. (Archived by WebCite® here)
• "Corax". "Corax on Two Organic 2007 Dan Congs". Cha Dao. 9 January 2008. URL. Accessed: 2008-02-12. (Archived by WebCite® here)
• Dodd, Steven. Tea Spring Dan Congs. Steven Dodd's Journal. 2007-11-27. URL. Accessed: 2008-02-12. (Archived by WebCite® here)
• Fasi, Jason O'Connor. "A Dancong Tasting". [1]. 2007-12-07. URL. Accessed: 2008-02-12. (Archived by WebCite® here)
• "Hobbes". 2007 Milanxiang "Gold Medal" Dancong. The Half-Dipper. 2008-01-27. URL. Accessed: 2008-02-12. (Archived by WebCite® here)
• Hughes, Brent. "2007 Ao Fu Hou Phoenix Dan Cong from Tea Habitat". Tea Nerd. 2008-02-09. URL. Accessed: 2008-02-12. (Archived by WebCite® here)
• "MarshalN". All Dancong Posts (listing). Not archived.