Gold Medalist Honey Orchid #2 07 Organic $30/oz (NEW)
There are 5 gold medalist honey orchid for 2007. This one comparing to the previous one I had in stock, the main difference is the clearity of the aroma and tea soup. Honey orchid is a powerful fragrance, the most up front in all DCs. The aroma is powerful, yet pure and clear without any "fire" taste. It will stamp a memory for those who have not had Dan Cong before. If you want to impress your guests, this little beast will do the job. Subtlety is not for every one. This tea is not subtle by all means.
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Aroma and flavor is up front, clove honey like taste with Li Chi fruit flavor. It's more fruity than floral in flavor, however both are present.
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Guo Ba Xian – Zhi Lan Xiang Orchid Fragrance 07 Organic $63/oz (NEW)
This tea is from one of the original 8 trees cloned in the 1700's. Oh boy, this tea knocked me out fast. Tasting tea while waiting on customer is not the best timing. I left the second infusion in the pot for 15 minutes, I thought oh boy, this could kick my behind. I seldom don't want to be right. :P After 3 infusions, I felt it coming and had an apple crumble pie, hoping I could ease my way out of it. Oh well, I didn't give my body a chance, and moved on to the next in 30 minutes. I didn't have a clear impression of this tea, first I screwed up and second I was a bit drunk to tell the flavor aside of sensation.
Second tasting: 2 grams, gaiwan 120ml, boiling water boiled in clay pot
First thing one would not miss is the aroma, Zhi Lan fragrance that is rich, creamy, clean, fresh and sweet. While sipping down the tea, I can feel the fragrance traveled through my nose, breathing the fragrant air. By the 3rd infusion, the texture is very buttery with substance. I felt a film of something on my lips. The aroma is all over the mouth even after the tea slipped down throat.
Huang Zhi Xiang - Orange Flower Fragrance 07 Organic $19/oz (Restock)
I am going to borrow Michael's description. My writing skill is no where near Michael's. :D
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Po Tou - Ginger Flower Fragrance 07 Organic $25/oz (Restock)
This tea is from a 200 years old tea tree grown organically, aroma is light, subtle yet strong and lingering. Ginger flower has a defined aroma that's powerful but not over powering. This is a BEAUTIFUL tea!
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Wu Dong You Hua – Pomelo Flower Fragrance 07 Organic $22/oz (NEW)
Lovely lovely tea, I can't quite express its uniqueness verbally at current mental state. I'll have to taste it again.
Xing Ren Xiang - Almond Aroma 07 Organic $28/oz (NEW)
Light fermented leaves, I had a hard time describing the flavor initially. After 5 or6 infusions, I said hey, this taste like chewing a raw almond nut with a tingling cool minty feeling all over the mouth. Raw almond is not rich in flavor, not like an almond cookie. It's some what milky sweet with a tad of nutty flavor. It was hard to detect initially because most of the DC do have a straight forward aroma. Compare to the previous Xing Ren Xiang, this one has more characters to it. That tingling sensation was not in the previous tree.
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Zhi Lan Xiang Lao Cong - Orchid Fragrance 07 Organic $28/oz (NEW)
Floral aroma is lovely and up front, taste is strong, top of mouth feels cool after drinking a piping hot cup of tea. After taste is strong, lingering sweetness induces salivation, and the cooling minty feeling also last for a long while.
Zhi Lan Xiang Ping Jai Tou - Orchid Fragrance 07 Organic $25/oz (NEW)
Ping Jai Tou is a village on Wu Dong Mountain where this tree is located.
I had this after the Guo Ba Xian, too drunk to tell. Will update later after 2nd tasting.
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Zei Shi - Thief Sh*t 06 Organic $28/oz
After almost 2 years of resting, this tea is easy to drink with round and full honey flavor, honey sweet taste combined with fruity aroma made it a perfect choice for any season and any time of the day. This tea emphasize on the taste and texture of tea, aroma takes a back seat.
Here is Michael's description again, does it sound tastier already? :P
Zei Shi 06 --
The fruit aroma is extraordinary with a gentle flower essence flowing in and out. The finish is soft, yet slightly astringent. As often happens I can't figure out which of the many fruits and flowers these might be. Was it my imagination -- let's hope so -- or did the aroma off the gaiwan lid echo this tea's name? I leave that to greater minds and more refined noses. (See the tea's name translated and better descriptions than mine under Bears3's post on the Dan Cong tasting at Tea Habitat.)
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86 Vintage Dan Cong $20/oz
Smooth flavor with forest bark taste, cool refreshing after taste leave mouth feeling clean and fresh. Aged Phoenix tea has healing effects which can treat colds, upset stomach, headaches and other minor discomfort. A cup of aged Phoenix tea a day keeps the doctors away!
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94 Vintage Dan Cong $12/oz
13 years of aging made this tea mellow and sweeter than most young DC. The smoothness and flavor is closed to aged pu-erh with full body and creamy texture.
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96 Wu Dong Da Ping $20/oz
This tea is smooth and strong at the same time, 11 years of aging is enough to mellow out the edges, fragrance of young Phoenix tea is still strong. A pinch of these leaves will go a long way with a lot of flavors.
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