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1978 Vintage Dan Cong from Tea Habitat

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1978 Vintage Dan Cong

Oolong Tea by Tea Habitat

This 31 years old Dan Cong tastes like a 40 years old Pu-erh, forest bark with along lasting sweet flavor even when the tea is clear white, 20+ infusions and still sweet.

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Christeana
Christeana 3 tasting notes

Earthy, full, and grounding. 10 plus infusions still yielded a tea that still had wonderful flavor, as it lessened in color. Brewed Gongfu style in a Yixing tea pot, it is said to be able to take 20 plus infusions and still be flavorful, even when brewed clear in color. The effect of this tea is felt on the whole body, as you drink each infusion you may notice different effects.

I have tried all different ways of brewing and drinking this. The flavor I brought out was wonderful, but nothing like the depth and richness brewed into it by Imen, at Tea Habitat. I clearly haven’t learned to brew tea yet.

Brewed from water stored in a clay vessel, and into a clay water pot, over a small clay charcoal stove, into a teapot made from clay from the same region as the tea…..well, it creates a layer of flavor and depth to the tea that must be tasted to be believed.

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