What is "Lao Cong" Phoenix Dong Cong Oolong?

The Phoenix oolong tea is often called as Phoenix Dan Cong oolong Tea. The "Dan Cong" means a single tea tree, and Dan Cong oolong means that tea is produced from the selected tea trees. Usually, the manufacturers do not make a single batch out of one tea tree; they combine a few tea trees and produce a batch of about 5-10kg as one batch. For teas that are grown in a garden meant for mass production, it is not called Phoenix Dan Cong oolong. A Dan Cong oolong must be from an identical tea tree.

What is "Lao Cong" oolong?

Out of "Dan Cong", there is another category called "Lao Cong" which means the old tea tree. The teas that are named as Lao Cong should be more than 300 years old, and these tea trees are symbolic teas in Wu Dong Shan. Unlike Dan Cong tea, this Lao Cong tea is rarely mixed with tea leaves from other trees, and batches often come from a single tea tree. Lao Cong tea is extremely limited; therefore, the price is quite high. The distinctness of Lao Cong Phoenix Oolong is that it gives an extremely smooth drinking feeling with a very deep aftertaste. Moreover, the flavor lasts a remarkably long time in the throat, and the tea flows very smoothly down the throat. Due to the high mineral content, the tea makes us feel warm and our face may blush. It is the so-called tea drunk.

More than five types of Lao Cong Phoenix Dan Cong Oolong

I have bought more than 5 types of Lao Cong Phoenix oolong this year. Although they are expensive teas, it is worthwhile to try them. At least, why not indulge in them on a special occasion or day?

For more on where Phoenix Dan Cong comes from, what Dan Cong and Lao Cong mean, and how it is made and brewed, see What Is Phoenix Dan Cong?.