Dan Cong advice

Melinda,

I have 3 or 4 Dancongs at the moment, but my favorite is the Milan dancong I got from Jing perhaps 6 months ago. I also have a Phoenix Bird from Silk Road (within the last 2-3 months) which is pretty good too. I love the peachy aroma and flavor that come out of these the first few steeps, and that quality seems more intense in the Milan.

Regards, Dean

Dancongs from the Best Tea House of Hong Kong are really quite good, I think if you call them they might do mail order...

MarshalN

Which reminds me that I gotta taste Best Tea House's Songzhong Dan Cong that I just received. The reputation of BTH's Dan Cong seems to precede itself.

Phyll

MarshalN wrote:

Thanks Marshall, I found an email for them, I might give them a try.

Melinda

Thanks for the specifics Dean, I was looking at Jing since I got a sample from them recently. I remember that when I first tried a Phoenix Bird when I first started drinking tea seriously, I wasn't very taken with it, it was the basic one (I think) from Silk Road Teas. I seem to remember it was more heavily roasted than I cared for at the time, but I imagine that a good part of that was just my newbie-ness.

Melinda

Phyll,

Where might one find the Dancong on the Best Tea House web-site? They use translated names, which is a little frustrating. The closest that I can find to the meaning of dancong on the wulong page is "Golden Bush" and "Supreme Golden Bush". Are these they?

Many thanks,

Hobbes

Melinda, the first time I purchased from SRT I got a fairly expensive Phoenix Bird, and although I liked it I was only using a pot to brew in at the time. I found the tea very fussy as to brewing time - it got bitter very quickly if over-steeped. Later I got my first gaiwan and still had a little of this tea left, so I tried it in the gaiwan. A revelation - using basic gongfu (lots of tea/multiple short steeps) this tea just stood up and sang for me. So I learned a lesson: proper brewing technique can make all the difference.

I've only ordered once from Jing; I got a few greens which were OK, and two oolongs (the MiLan Dancong and a Wuyi Da Hong Pao) that I really love. As soon as I drink my stash down a bit I'm definitely going back for more!

Regards, Dean

No, that's Huang Jin Gui, not what you want.

Paradise Bush is one of the many they carry. Alas, they don't list them all on the webpage.

MarshalN

HobbesOx> Phyll,

Thanks, MarshalN. I'll contact them.

Toodles,

Hobbes,

I just read your inquiry, and I trust MarshalN has helped you. Being a BTH regular, he knows better about their selections and how to navigate BTH's website. BBB helped obtained 100gr of SZ Dan Cong when he was in Hong Kong and visited BTH...I paid around HK$700 for the 100gr.

Best,

Phyll

HobbesOx> Thanks, MarshalN. I'll contact them.

I think the single bush dancong from Jing and M&Js are the best I've tried.

J> Is anyone drinking a dan cong they are particularly fond of at the moment

Thanks Danica. I'll keep the Jing recs in mind. I don't do any business with M and J's, I had a bad experience with non-existant communication with them a couple of years ago, and gave up. I only deal with people that in my experience answer my emails. But good for you if you like them.

Melinda