The tea farmers cultivated a batch of high-quality tea leaves. However, they were worried that due to their excellent quality, these tea leaves might be stolen by others. So, they deliberately named it Duck Shit Aroma to hide its preciousness. Nevertheless, the outstanding quality of the tea leaves was still known by more and more people, and this name has been passed down ever since.
The Duck shit Dancong variety is cultivated through the hybridization of multiple maternal Fenghuang Dancong tea varieties. As a result, it incorporates the characteristics of many excellent tea aroma types, and its taste is extremely rich. Its name has the widest spread around the world, and it is a must-try tea for tea enthusiasts who are new to Chinese oolong tea.
The tea strips are thick, tightly curled, dark brown in color, and full of luster. After brewing, the tea gives off a lasting delicate fragrance, with a unique natural orchid aroma. It also has a complex aroma that combines the scents of almond, gardenia, honeysuckle, milk, and ginger flower. The tea soup is bright golden yellow or bright orange-yellow, clear and shiny.
In 1955, the master tea maker (WEN) led the tea farmers to carefully process the tea. They selected the finest-quality Fenghuang Dancong tea and made 1 kilogram of it to present to Chairman Mao Zedong. Chairman Mao liked it very much and expressed his gratitude. In commemoration of this event, the tea farmers named this tea "Dongfanghong" (literally "The East is Red"), which is also known as the "Chairman's Tea".
And the tea tree is tall. The old clump mother tree is 5.8 meters high and has a crown width of 7.8 meters. The leaves are long and oval in shape, light green in color, and rich in luster. After being processed into finished tea, its color is yellowish-brown . The tea strips are tightly and evenly knotted, firm and heavy.Its aroma is rich, long-lasting, quiet and elegant. When you smell the tea lid, you can sense the charm of the mountain. The tea soup is orange-yellow and bright, clear and shiny. After three to five infusions, the flavor is gradually released. It tastes mellow, fragrant, rich, smooth and delicate when sipped.
It is said that during the Song Dynasty, Emperor Zhao Bing of the Song Dynasty was chased by the Yuan soldiers and fled southward to Wudong Mountain in Chaozhou. When he was extremely thirsty, the local mountain people presented him with the tea soup of Fenghuang Dancong. After drinking it, the Emperor praised it as a good tea, and later generations called it "Song Tea".
In 1954, tea farmers discovered a dead tea tree. The age of the tea tree was about 900 years, and it was indeed left over from the Song Dynasty. And now, the existing mother tree of the "Song Variety" tea tree has a history of more than 600 years.
The plant is tall, and the tree posture is mostly semi-open or relatively upright. The leaves are generally long oval in shape, with a light green or yellowish-green color. After being processed into finished tea, the tea strips are thick, evenly and straightly formed, with a yellowish-brown color, oily and glossy.According to the planting conditions in different regions, it has natural aromas such as the fragrance of gardenia flower and honey, orchid fragrance, and honey fragrance. The aroma is rich and long-lasting. You can sense the charm of the mountain.
The Mi Lan Xiang is one of the ten precious flower and honey fragrance type famous tea varieties of Fenghuang Dancong. Its mother tree has a history of more than 200 years. The plant is tall and big. Later, due to its special and rich aroma characteristics, it is deeply loved by tea lovers who prefer strong fragrance-type teas.
The characteristics of its raw leaves are that the plant leaves are in a long oval shape, the leaf body is folded inwards, and the leaf texture is thick and soft. After being processed into finished tea, the tea strips are thick, tightly knotted and relatively straight, with a dark brown and shiny appearance. The tea soup is orange-yellow and bright, resembling the color of tea oil. Its most typical feature is that the taste presents a sweet honey aroma similar to that of sweet potatoes. The flavor is rich and mellow, and it has a strong aftertaste.
Local tea farmers discovered eight tea trees of excellent quality in the past. All of these tea trees have a tree age of over 300 years. Through the generations of inheritance among local tea farmers, they combined with the Chinese legend of "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea", and gradually formed the unique variety of Fenghuang Dancong "Eight Immortals".
The plants are relatively tall, and the tree posture is semi-open. The aroma is high and sharp, with a unique flower and honey fragrance. The aroma is rich and long-lasting, with an obvious alpine charm. When brewed, the aroma is so strong that it can be smelled from afar, which is really intoxicating.
The tea soup is smooth when sipped. The tea flavor is rich and has a sense of layering. The fragrance lingers in the mouth for a long time after drinking. Even after being brewed many times, it can still maintain a certain taste and aroma. Its extreme resistance to multiple brews is a very prominent feature.
Its original mother tree grows behind the mountain depression at an altitude of about 900 meters. Therefore, it was initially called "Aobei" (Concave Back). Later, it gradually became as "Aofuhou". This name implies beautiful visions such as bringing wealth and good luck after drinking this kind of tea, and it also reflects the love and beautiful expectations of tea farmers for this tea variety.
Its tea strips are tightly knotted, strong and straight, with a dark brown and oily luster, good uniformity. Some white frost can be seen on the surface of part of the tea leaves, which is a manifestation of the rich internal substances of the tea.
Its taste is mainly dominated by a strong gardenia flower fragrance, accompanied by a faint milk fragrance and a fresh grass fragrance. The aroma is high, long-lasting and persistent.The tea soup has a rich sense of layers. From the flower fragrance when first tasted, to the sweet aftertaste after swallowing, and then to the lingering charm in the mouth, people can clearly feel different tasting experiences.Its tea soup is orange-yellow, bright, clear and transparent, without any impurities.