WESTERN: TEAPOT
5 g tea · 400 ml water · 100 °C · 180 sec first steep
Re-steep · adding 1 min each time · Remove leaves inbetween steep
oolong tea · Phoenix Dancong
凤凰单丛
Phoenix Dancong oolong tea from Chaozhou, Guangdong, China.
Use these recommendations as starting points, then adjust for your water, vessel, and taste.
5 g tea · 400 ml water · 100 °C · 180 sec first steep
Re-steep · adding 1 min each time · Remove leaves inbetween steep
5 g tea · 250 ml water · 100 °C · 90 sec first steep
Re-steep · adding 1 min each time · Remove leaves inbetween steep
5 g tea · 100 ml water · 95 °C
10 s first steep · add 5 s each steep
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Lot
TN00027
2026-09-06
The rinse or first steep was compromised by excess heat and handling time. Steeps 3–4 were the peak. Steep 5 declined; steep 6 collapsed despite retaining a thin body. A 100-second seventh steep revived leaf fragrance but not liquor flavor.
Dry aroma: Malty and lightly toasty
Wet aroma: Malty with an herbal or vegetal tail; aroma faded by steep 5, but leaf fragrance returned after the 100-second seventh steep
Taste: Steep 2 malty and lightly toasty with fresh sweetness and no floral lift; steep 3 becomes sweeter and fuller; steep 4 holds; steep 5 fades; steeps 6–7 have no flavor
Mouthfeel: Medium body on steep 2; thicker and velvety on steeps 3–4; less velvety and drier, but not dry, on steep 5; thin body only from steep 6
Finish: Strong smooth finish at the peak; drier on steep 5; absent from steep 6
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