“Here is yet another recent sipdown of mine. I finished what I had of this tea at the start of the week. It was another unfamiliar Dan Cong oolong for me. I had heard good things about Lao Xian...” Read full tasting note
Lao Xian Ong (“Ong” is local dialect for “Weng”) 老仙翁 (meaning is Old and Venerable Immortaln) is a varietal of Dan Cong with more than a 1000 years of history. The oldest living tree is in Li Zai Ping, this “Mother Tree” is 400 years old and still producing. Our offering was grown at 1150 meters (this is considered “High Mountain”) and comes from bushes and trees between 40 and 100 years old.
Lao Xian Ong is a medium-small leaf size, with dark-olive pigmentation. During rolled tight during processing and. The tea is sweet, bitter, with a strong pungent taste and strong huigan. The aroma is more subdued when compared with Song Zhong or Xing Ren Aroma Dan Cong’s. It makes up for that with it’s strong cha qi, huigan and buttery body.
April 2017 harvest
Lao Xian Ong/Weng Varietal 老仙翁
Altitude: 1150 meters
Area: Li Zai Ping Village, Wu Dong Shan, Guangdong
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