... 22, 11:39 am, Shen <ilu...@gmail.com> wrote: Okay. I've gone full-tilt-bozo for Dan Congs lately, especially Feng Huang Dan Cong from Teaspring. I'm wondering what everyone else likes or dislikes about the Dan Congs and from where and what flavour prominence you prefer - vendor, Taiwan, Fujian??? Peachy? Orchidy? Toasty? ...

... wrote: Okay. I've gone full-tilt-bozo for Dan Congs lately, especially Feng Huang Dan Cong from Teaspring. I'm wondering what everyone else likes or dislikes about the Dan Congs and from where and what flavour prominence you prefer - vendor, ...tea-obsession.blogspot.com/2008/01/ current-stocks-of-phoenix-dan-cong.html) and Jing Teashop (http:// www.jingteashop.com/cat_feng.cfm) ...

.... I've gone full-tilt-bozo for Dan Congs lately, especially Feng Huang Dan Cong from Teaspring. ...what everyone else likes or dislikes about the Dan Congs and from where and what flavour prominence you prefer...charcoal/raisin and I absolutely love it. Dan Cong I can take or leave. The peachy-er ...> - Dominic I've had two aged Dan Congs from Imen (of Tea Obsession) that I really ...

...com> wrote: Okay. I've gone full-tilt-bozo for Dan Congs lately, especially Feng Huang Dan Cong from Teaspring. I'm wondering what everyone else likes or dislikes about the Dan Congs and from where and what flavour prominence you prefer - vendor, ...bit peachy with hints of charcoal/raisin and I absolutely love it. Dan Cong I can take or leave. The peachy-er ones I like more ...

Okay. I've gone full-tilt-bozo for Dan Congs lately, especially Feng Huang Dan Cong from Teaspring. I'm wondering what everyone else likes or dislikes about the Dan Congs and from where and what flavour prominence you prefer - vendor, Taiwan, Fujian??? Peachy? Orchidy? Toasty? Shen

One more Dan Cong from Teaspring, next will be the last of this order (Shui Xian) and then I'll be... Feel free to reply to this post or email me if you choose. Another Dan Cong from teaspring is on the docket today, this time the Song Zhong. I'll ...more than that. Well worth a try for fans of the fruity notes of Dan Cong's... or those who enjoy a Snapple peach tea. Next up is the final tea...

... discernment thereof. No need to apologize for this important question, which bothers me too. I liked dan cong oolongs from first taste, not too many years ago. Haven't yet tasted more than 50-60, I'... in the first place. What I *have* tasted is at least two or three dozen dan congs that were (to my taste) significantly under-oxidized. For this, of course, there is no easy ...

... to repetition: the distinction between fermentation and roasting, and the results and discernment thereof. I liked dan cong oolongs from first taste, not too many years ago. Haven't yet tasted more than 50-60, ... to restore some grace.) What I *have* tasted is at least two or three dozen dan congs that were (to my taste) significantly under-oxidized. For this, of course, there is no ...

> Midnight, without doubting you or Lew, I've tasted plenty of very lightly roasted Feng Huang Dan Cong, but never a wholey unroasted one. While those light roasts allowed the vanilla-green flavor to peek through, they lacked fruit and spice and, to me, style. They taste green, not surprisingly. More important perhaps, they are unstable. Roasting stabilizes tea, and they new fangle entries ...

... mainland Wulong has followed for the past few years. It was pretty well roasted for years... Midnight, without doubting you or Lew, I've tasted plenty of very lightly roasted Feng Huang Dan Cong, but never a wholey unroasted one. While those light roasts allowed the vanilla-green flavor to peek through, they lacked fruit and spice and, to me, style. They taste green, not surprisingly. More...