TN: Feng Huang Milan Dancong
SEb wrote:
can you explain me a little bit more about your last comment:
"Feng Huang Dancong began life in Chaozhou and were later introduced
into
Wuyi in the 1800s."
By Feng Huang Dancong you mean Shui Xian, right? I think that by that
time (1800) the only plants in Chaozhou were Shui Xian. If the Shui
Xian was taken to Wuyi, what tea was made with it?
Hey Seb, I hear from friends who vworked in Vietnam there's still a
lot of lingering french culure there! Cross over to Laos if you have
the time, where you can get a french baguette and pate for almost a
song...
Regarding "说茶" by 王草* (Wang Cao Tang's Talking About Tea), it
can be found usually in collections of old texts on tea. It can be
found in this book "*茶经" under the chapter "茶之*", towards
the end of the chapter. This book is currently repoduce beyond control
in China, so it is not difficult for Jing to get hold of it. Let me
know if you cant locate it...
I think it is a little melodramatic to say that Feng Huang Dancong
began life in Chaozhou, but you are right that it is possibly the
oldest cultivated tea from that region. I always thought Shuixian
varietal, which is the backbone of the Feng Huang cultivars, came from
Wuyi, since we were taught that Oolong as a tea was a process that
began in Wuyi. I met up with a Chaozhou vendor friend recently and was
told that it was the reverse. Oolong did began in Wuyi, but Shuixian
came from Chaozhou.
The 2 better known tea from Northern Fujian Shuixian are the Wuyi
Shuixian & Minbei Shuixian. Did I send you some samples of the former?
Thought I did...can't remember what I sent you the last time...
Danny
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