Shi Gu Ping Wu Long5CSW Harvest: April 2020
Origin: China / Guangdong / Chaozhou / Shiguping
Height: 900 m.a.s.l
Tea plant varietal: Shi Gu Ping Wu Long
Shiguping Wulong is a very particular and rare tea from an old variety. It is an old local variety from the village of Shiguping and one of the oldest Oolong-varieties. It is NOT a sub-variety of the Shuixian variety, hence it is, strictly speaking, not a Feng Huang Dan Cong. Shi Gu Ping has much thicker leaves than Shuixian and it can thus be shaken more vigorously before the process of oxidation. On the other hand, this tea is less intensely roasted than Phoenix tea made from the Shuixian plant.
Character:
Green and intense, the taste of this tea moves along a small still water, with reed and grass while once in a while, the smell of a delicate flower passes by in the wind.
Category:
Phoenix Single Bush (Feng Huang Dan Cong) Phoenix Single Bush, Feng Huang Dan Cong in Chinese, are being produced near the village Fenghuang on the slopes of Mount Wudong that culminates at 1200m above sea level, as well as in the neighbouring village Shiguping. The region is situated in the very east of Guangdong province. It was probably there that the method of producing Oolong was invented in the 16th century. Still today, the local teas are produced in a very traditional way, and up on Mount Wudong there are still many tea trees which are several hundred years old. In the present case, the term Single Bush does not refer to a literal single tea bush, but to a multitude of bushes that all stem from cuttings of one single so-called mother bush, which makes them all genetically identical. All of these tea plants are sub-varietal of the Shui Xian varietal. The individual teas differ from each other through the sub-varietal, the age of the tea plants, the exact location, respectively height above sea level, and of course, through the manufacturing and finishing, particularly the blending of different sub-varietals and the degree and quality of the roasting. Phoenix Single Bush teas always have a taste composed of two parts: on the one hand fruity and sweet, on the other hand bitter and tart while the roasting creates a balanced, round aroma.
