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Dan Cong Huang Zhi about an inch and half long. It is very stout
twisted leaf almost like a twig ergo Zhi or Sprig. If you were measuring this tea for brewing you could use a pharmaceutical tray and count. The infused leaf is green, the taste astringent but a constant through several infusions. The leaf slowly gives up its geometry and taste. I would easily drink this tea in lieu of eating greens at a bbq. Generally I can pigeon hole most Chinese greens. This one I cant. I'll go back to the Chinese tea shoppe and get some more Dan Congs to see if they are in a class by themselves. I've never drank anything before that simply says I Am Tea. Jim PS I remember the store had Dan Congs to one side, and the Rock teas to another. |
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On Aug 27, 9:37*pm, Space Cowboy > wrote:
> Dan Cong Huang Zhi about an inch and half long. *It is very stout > twisted leaf almost like a twig ergo Zhi or Sprig. *If you were > measuring this tea for brewing you could use a pharmaceutical tray and > count. *The infused leaf is green, the taste astringent but a constant > through several infusions. *The leaf slowly gives up its geometry and > taste. *I would easily drink this tea in lieu of eating greens at a > bbq. *Generally I can pigeon hole most Chinese greens. *This one I > cant. *I'll go back to the Chinese tea shoppe and get some more Dan > Congs to see if they are in a class by themselves. *I've never drank > anything before that simply says I Am Tea. > > Jim > > PS *I remember the store had Dan Congs to one side, and the Rock teas > to another. Dan Chongs are Wulong teas from the Chaoshan area in Guangdong. If you are looking for seriously long leaves, you should try to check out those long, twisted Kuding tea leaves from Hainan. What you describe is closer to that style of tea anyway. |
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Mydnight > writes:
> On Aug 27, 9:37*pm, Space Cowboy > wrote: > > Dan Cong Huang Zhi about an inch and half long. *It is very stout > > twisted leaf almost like a twig ergo Zhi or Sprig. *If you were > > measuring this tea for brewing you could use a pharmaceutical tray and > > count. *The infused leaf is green, the taste astringent but a constant > > through several infusions. *The leaf slowly gives up its geometry and > > taste. *I would easily drink this tea in lieu of eating greens at a > > bbq. *Generally I can pigeon hole most Chinese greens. *This one I > > cant. *I'll go back to the Chinese tea shoppe and get some more Dan > > Congs to see if they are in a class by themselves. *I've never drank > > anything before that simply says I Am Tea. > > > > Jim > > > > PS *I remember the store had Dan Congs to one side, and the Rock teas > > to another. > > Dan Chongs are Wulong teas from the Chaoshan area in Guangdong. If > you are looking for seriously long leaves, you should try to check out > those long, twisted Kuding tea leaves from Hainan. What you describe > is closer to that style of tea anyway. Well, yes, but Kuding isn't tea: it's a member of the holly family. It isn't unusual to see Pu'er leaves longer than 1-1/2 inches, though; the name of the cultivar used for Pu'er, in fact, means "big leaf". /Lew --- Lew Perin / http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html |
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What are you brewing with puer pieces longer than say 2 inches? Id
have to brew a whole tuo or beeng in a barrel which I will call the SquarePeg method :-) to see the leaf size. Im also dont sweat anything. I have some sheets of wild puer pressed by some tribe on the forest floor (supposedly) which conveniently peels but I've never noticed large intact whole leaf which could be the grain problem. I have some other wild puer beeng but in practice the whole leaf wont make it to the pot. I think puer is a mangling process. Jim PS Okay make me get out a ruler and measure the longest leaf I could pick from the top of the bag, 2.5 inches. Lewis Perin wrote: > Mydnight > writes: > > > On Aug 27, 9:37?pm, Space Cowboy > wrote: > > > Dan Cong Huang Zhi about an inch and half long. ....woo... > > > > Dan Chongs are Wulong teas from the Chaoshan area in Guangdong. ....ssh... > It isn't unusual to see Pu'er leaves longer than 1-1/2 inches, though; > the name of the cultivar used for Pu'er, in fact, means "big leaf". > > /Lew > --- > Lew Perin / > http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html |
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Lets talk about 'style'. I dont think Huang Yellow means the method
but this tea is classified as a oolong but taste more like my Yellow teas, ie I fell off the bush, dried out in the shade while twisting myself into a popsickle, put myself in a bag. I cant see or taste any oxidation. Thats the reason I want to get some more Xiangs to compare. Jim PS I have a Dan Cong Feng Huang of smaller 1.5 inch length but definitely oxidized. Mydnight wrote: > On Aug 27, 9:37?pm, Space Cowboy > wrote: > > Dan Cong Huang Zhi about an inch and half long. It is very stout > > twisted leaf almost like a twig ergo Zhi or Sprig. ....up in smoke... > > Dan Chongs are Wulong teas from the Chaoshan area in Guangdong. If > you are looking for seriously long leaves, you should try to check out > those long, twisted Kuding tea leaves from Hainan. What you describe > is closer to that style of tea anyway. |
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Space Cowboy > writes:
> What are you brewing with puer pieces longer than say 2 inches? Most recently it was a bingcha a friend of mine got from Silk Road Teas several years ago: a loosely compressed bingcha of much bigger than normal size, wrapped in a bamboo basket, with very long stems and the occasional tea fruit mixed in. /Lew --- Lew Perin / http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html |
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>> What are you brewing with puer pieces longer than say 2 inches? > Most recently it was a bingcha a friend of mine got from Silk Road Teas > several years ago: a loosely compressed bingcha of much bigger than normal > size, wrapped in a bamboo basket, with very long stems and the occasional > tea fruit mixed in. > /Lew --- Lew Perin / > http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html In addition, an unscathed Hou Kui (sp? - sorry) -- that is, "Monkey Leader" -- will give you some real long leaves. Unfortunately, so many vendors mail it in a broken condition, which ruins the presentation for sure, and perhaps the flavor as well. Michael |
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On Aug 27, 6:23*pm, Lewis Perin > wrote:
> It isn't unusual to see Pu'er leaves longer than 1-1/2 inches, though; > the name of the cultivar used for Pu'er, in fact, means "big leaf". > Not out of a packet I admit, but the largest whole "big leaf" I found on a bush long ago in Yunnan (and now framed on my office wall) is 27.5 cm long (10.63 inches) excluding stem. The longest Assam leaf I have is 21.7 cm (8.54 inches) long. Nigel at Teacraft |
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I got a 2001 MenKu whole leaf cake which looks like a burlap wrap.
However Id have to break off a huge piece to see any leaf intact. The display cake in the store had a whole unfolded leaf on top of the cake. It probably took up 50% of the face. Mine didnt have a leaf layed out as such. Im glad I just bought the Rou Gui sampler instead of the expensive 50g pouch. It taste like my inexpensive generic Fujian Wuyi. Jim PS The Feds at AIG called me and said they can no longer insure my 2001 Puer. They suspected it was some kind of derivative. Lewis Perin wrote: > Space Cowboy > writes: > > > What are you brewing with puer pieces longer than say 2 inches? > > Most recently it was a bingcha a friend of mine got from Silk Road > Teas several years ago: a loosely compressed bingcha of much bigger > than normal size, wrapped in a bamboo basket, with very long stems and > the occasional tea fruit mixed in. > > /Lew > --- > Lew Perin / > http://www.panix.com/~perin/babelcarp.html |
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