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Phoenix Mountain (Feng Huang Shan)
Location: Guangdong Province, China
Facts: Highest Peak at 1498 meters, Phoenix Feather Mountain
Tea Grown at: Wu Dong Mountain, 1391 meters
Over 50 mountain peaks, Phoenix Mountain range is the oldest in Guangdong
Average rain fall 140 days, 80 % humidity and fog year round
History:
Several
legends surround the first discovery of wild tea trees at Phoenix
Mountain. The oldest known culture of oolong tea was found here. Most
agree that the 'She' indigenous peoples made their homes there, and
were responsible for spreading the cultivation of tea and the
processing of oolong wherever they settled, such as in Fujian. Another
legend recorded that the Southern Song emperor(1100s), while fleeing
from the Mongols, hid inside a mountain and lacking beverages to quench
thirst, had some tea made with the leaves grown locally on some old
trees found nearby. Finding this brewed tea delicious, the emperor
named it Phoenix tea and Phoenix Mountain for the fact that the leaves
were beak like and pointy.
Phoenix
Village has had a historical record of over 1000 years as having
cultivated and processed tea. The local communities of Chao Zhou and
Shantou were the originators 'gong fu tea' .
Featured Teas:
Feng Huang Dan Chong: Phoenix Single Grove, Qiao Mu Tree Type, Heights to 40 ft.
One of the rarest and most highly prized teas in China.
Considered the Highest grades, grown at Wu Dong Mountain of over 800 meters, the best grades at 1150 meters or higher
Taste Notes:
Pronounced fragrance apparent in each grove, and so, rarely blended.
Woody and 'gan' taste, smooth and soothing aftertaste
Fragrances:
Mi Xian: Honey
Zhi Lan Xian: Orchid
Gui Hua Xian: Osmanthus
Ba Xian: Eight Immortals
You Xian: Pommelo
You Hua Xian: Pommelo Flower
Xin Ren Xian: Almond
Huang Zhi Xian: Yellow Branch
Song Zhong, Dong Fang Hong: Song Dynasty, East is Red
Jiang Mu Hua: Ginger Flower
Rou Gui: Cinnamon
Shui Xian: Water Immortal
Grown between 350 meters to 700 meters. Generally older leaves with heavier body and darker roast.
Featured Grower: Mr.Lin >>
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