Funalliance Dancongs
Has anybody tried the Dancongs from Funalliance, Kam sells a lot of them and all have a great price, so I think it is a very good place to start out exploring Guangdong oolong, I had TGY from them and it was the best price vs performance sofar so if anybody sampled his Dancongs write down your opinion.
I've had the Honey Orchid which was quite good but not the best I've had, great price though. I've also had the Yellow Branch and it is quite horrible. It is totally impossible for me to get a good brew out of it, sadly. I love their Keemun. Tried a Bilochun from them last night but it was last years and stale.
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Jun 3rd, '09, 03:46
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I tried both the Snow Flake Lone Bush and the Honey Orchid one.
The Snow flake is excellent, very peachy and last quite a few brews, the smell of peaches is also clear when u sniff the dry leaf from the canister.
I've also come across some posts here on TC about people having trouble brewing their dan congs right, this turns out fine each time though...Perfect if you take care of brewing time etc, but if you brew it for 30 secs instead of 5 in the first brew, you wont really notice much.
The Honey orchid reminds me alot of Big Red Robe, though withouth the licorice taste from the Robe, the honey orchid is a full bodied tea, and if brewed right it has a very long staying taste.
Both are cheap, so those 2 and his TKY are my daily teas, whereas most of my other teas are more on when-I-feel-like-it basis.
I recently ordered 200grams of his 2008 winter TGY, and now I see he gotten hold of the 2009 crop, damn my timing.
The Snow flake is excellent, very peachy and last quite a few brews, the smell of peaches is also clear when u sniff the dry leaf from the canister.
I've also come across some posts here on TC about people having trouble brewing their dan congs right, this turns out fine each time though...Perfect if you take care of brewing time etc, but if you brew it for 30 secs instead of 5 in the first brew, you wont really notice much.
The Honey orchid reminds me alot of Big Red Robe, though withouth the licorice taste from the Robe, the honey orchid is a full bodied tea, and if brewed right it has a very long staying taste.
Both are cheap, so those 2 and his TKY are my daily teas, whereas most of my other teas are more on when-I-feel-like-it basis.
I recently ordered 200grams of his 2008 winter TGY, and now I see he gotten hold of the 2009 crop, damn my timing.
Jun 3rd, '09, 08:11
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I think Funalliance is an excelent place for me to start exploring chinese tea, the prices are more than fair, so for 60 $ I can sample a lot of teas.
As with Dancongs, I have seen sone really low priced, and some incredibly high priced, no middle priced ones, I should dedeicate a teapot to it and start exploring, but I am preocupied with green tea exploration.
As with Dancongs, I have seen sone really low priced, and some incredibly high priced, no middle priced ones, I should dedeicate a teapot to it and start exploring, but I am preocupied with green tea exploration.
I prefer this selection at only $34.90 per oz. 
http://www.teahabitat.com/store/index.p ... ktq19v24t2
http://www.teahabitat.com/store/index.p ... ktq19v24t2
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Her teas are expensive, but they are 'worth it' for a variety of reasons.sneakers wrote:I prefer this selection at only $34.90 per oz.
http://www.teahabitat.com/store/index.p ... ktq19v24t2
It is very difficult to get high quality dancong out of Chaozhou as there is significant demand for it there.
Lots of her stuff falls under the category of the "Legendary 30 steepings Dancong" I had a sample of one of her more expensive ones, and steeped it about 20 times. I wanted to keep going, but the people I was with were putting on the pressure to drink something else. I often tire of cheaper dancongs after 3-4 steeps. So I would estimate that many of her expensive teas can be 5-10 times as long lasting as cheap stuff.
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Somewhere along the road I will try high end Dancongs, but I need experience with lower quality in order to apreciate the best quality, and I observed that high end Dancongs are rare, even middle grade is rare, mostly those sold for 7 $/100g cannot be amont the best, but they are good for starters.
What type of yixing teapot do Dancongs prefer? I was thinking about a fan gu shape thin walled Zhu Ni.
What type of yixing teapot do Dancongs prefer? I was thinking about a fan gu shape thin walled Zhu Ni.
I just ordered some dancong from Funalliance. I don't know what to expect with these kinds of prices. Recently, I had some very fine dancong in Hong Kong. Exquisite tea but expensive. Light, fruity flavor with great aroma. The teamaster used a flatter red clay pot to brew it. What is fan gu shape?Oni wrote:Somewhere along the road I will try high end Dancongs, but I need experience with lower quality in order to apreciate the best quality, and I observed that high end Dancongs are rare, even middle grade is rare, mostly those sold for 7 $/100g cannot be amont the best, but they are good for starters.
What type of yixing teapot do Dancongs prefer? I was thinking about a fan gu shape thin walled Zhu Ni.
Jun 17th, '09, 07:39
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This one is described as 'Fang Gu'Oni wrote: What type of yixing teapot do Dancongs prefer? I was thinking about a fan gu shape thin walled Zhu Ni.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Yixing-140ml-Teapot ... 7C294%3A30
Yixing 140ml Teapot*Lao Zhu Ni*HLN Fang Gu 400g
Presumably Chen's "Archaised Style" would do, but they only do medium walled
http://www.zishateapot.co.uk/chinese-yi ... 6pr3sqnuh0
I hate to think what a quote for thin walled zhuni fully handmade would come in at
