Particularly who live in North America or Europe often call Phoenix Oolong as "Dan Cong Tea". The name "Dan Cong" refers to the semi-wild bush. The meaning of Dan Cong is opposite to Garden Tea. In the tea garden, tea is planted in columns and the tea trees are trimmed regularly in order to maintain the desired height, shape and size.
As for Dan Cong, it is the tea tree that grows independently and randomly in the wild. It usually grows at the slopes of mountain, just like other native trees. In addition, Dan Cong refers to the tree that is not taken care and not to mention that trimming is not conducted at all. The similar terms in English for "Cong" should be "Bush". The "Dan" means single. Originally Dan Cong also means for identical single bush. In a way, the term Dan Cong is not only used for Phoenix Oolong, but also for Wu-yi oolong. The high end Wu-yi tea is also supposed to be made from Dan Cong (single bush).
Essential to Manage Brewing Temperature
If you want to enjoy a nice cup of oolong, it is important to keep the brewing temperature as high as you can. Usually the temperature of boiling water (95-100 degree C) might cool down to about 20-30 degree C as soon as it is poured into a teapot. The drop of water temperature depends on the season and the material of teapot. In winter, a clay teapot can reduce the temperature of hot water down to more than 30 degree C. If you brew tea without warming up the teapot, you may be brewing your tea at 60-70 degree C. To make a nice cup of oolong tea, it is essential to warm up your teapot with boiling water. At first, pour boiling water into teapot, place the lid and leave it for about 10 seconds. Only after draining off this water, you can start brewing tea.
Suitable tea ware for Phoenix Oolong
Phoenix Dan Cong tea is the oolong tea that is very peculiar. It does not get along with many kinds of material used for teapots. For example, it is not suitable to use Banko, Shigaraki, Watanabe Tozo's Sado clay tea pot. As far as I ascertain, the clay in my lineups that works very well with Phoenix Dan Cong tea is Tokoname red clay made by Gisui, Sado Oxidation and Reduction Clay by Shimizu Ken and Nigata Tsuiki-Doki Teapot. As for reduction Sado red clay by Shimizu Ken, it increases the intensity of after taste. But it reduces the flavor. Thus oxidation clay is more suitable unless you are very particular about the after taste. Based on my experiments, the Phoenix Oolong produced from the garden tea can be used with any kind of clay teapot.
Health & Well-Being Benefits
As a Chinese warming tea, Feng Huang Dan Cong has traditionally been used to speed up metabolism, help with digestion, and act as an antiviral. Scientific evidence suggests that this tea could also aid in controlling obesity.
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