Can anyone ID this?
My BF brought this back from China for me. He said he bought me oolong but didn't find out anything else about it.. I'm a huge fan of oolong but very uneducated regarding the different types. Please help me!
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Really hard to say from this picture alone. Is there any packaging? Can you post pictures of the wet leaves and brewed tea broth? What kind of aroma and taste does the brewed tea have?
If I had to guess based on that picture alone, I'd say a Phoenix Mountain (fenghuang shan) tea of some sort (maybe sold as a Dancong).
If I had to guess based on that picture alone, I'd say a Phoenix Mountain (fenghuang shan) tea of some sort (maybe sold as a Dancong).
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Here are those additional pictures. The only packaging it has is a souvenir tin from the university my bf studied at.
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Jan 10th, '11, 20:35
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Hmm I googled pictures (http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4750 ... 20032s.jpg) and it looks very similar to my tea although it does all seem to be a little darker than what I have..IPT wrote:It could also be Shuixian 水仙, but the brewed leaves look too light.
Jan 11th, '11, 09:57
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it could be just a lighter roast.. i have some light roast Shui Xian now and it looks quite similar if not as whole of leafandie923 wrote:Hmm I googled pictures (http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4750 ... 20032s.jpg) and it looks very similar to my tea although it does all seem to be a little darker than what I have..IPT wrote:It could also be Shuixian 水仙, but the brewed leaves look too light.
Jan 11th, '11, 20:44
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That's very true. I didn't think about that.iannon wrote: it could be just a lighter roast.. i have some light roast Shui Xian now and it looks quite similar if not as whole of leaf
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Those long twisted leaves look like dancong to me. So does the roast level. Is it fruity?andie923 wrote:My BF brought this back from China for me. He said he bought me oolong but didn't find out anything else about it.. I'm a huge fan of oolong but very uneducated regarding the different types. Please help me!
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Tead Off wrote:Those long twisted leaves look like dancong to me. So does the roast level. Is it fruity?andie923 wrote:My BF brought this back from China for me. He said he bought me oolong but didn't find out anything else about it.. I'm a huge fan of oolong but very uneducated regarding the different types. Please help me!
It is actually a little bit fruity.
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