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
Ya Shi Xiang
鸭屎香
Phoenix Dancong oolong tea from Chaozhou, Guangdong.
- Tea ID
- LBT0004
- Tea identity
- Ya Shi Xiang
- Origin
- Chaozhou, Guangdong
- Published lots
- 1
- Published logs
- 4
How to brew
Use these recommendations as starting points, then adjust for your water, vessel, and taste.
WESTERN: MUG & INFUSER
5 g tea · 250 ml water · 100 °C · 90 sec first steep
Re-steep · adding 1 min each time · Remove leaves inbetween steep
GAIWAN / SMALL TEAPOT
5 g tea · 100 ml water · 95 °C
10 s first steep · add 5 s each steep
Published lots
Lot facts describe a specific producer, year, source, or physical tea. They are not universal claims about the tea identity.
Lot
Published lot 1
Producer: Not specifiedOrigin: Chaozhou, GuangdongHarvest / material: 2026Production: UnknownForm: Loose leaf
Latest tasting logs
TN00034
2026-09-16
Durable tea. It faded around steeps 4–5, recovered some floral character at steep 6, and still retained fragrance at steep 10 and flavor in the cold-steep extension.
Wet aroma: Floral and slightly malty early; fragrance remained at steep 10
Taste: Floral and slightly malty; maltier steep 2; rounded, mellow floral return at steep 6; very long late steeps became less aromatic and more bitter
Mouthfeel: Velvety in steep 1; coating in steep 2
Finish: Strong finish and salivation early; spent leaves still tasted like tea after a cold steep
TN00013
2026-08-12
This is closer to the flavor I had when I tasted this tea at the store in Shanghai. Just need to remove the bitterness.
Dry aroma: malt
Wet aroma: malt + hint of honey + faint duck shit in the beginning + hint of dessert on 3rd steep
Taste: sweet body, stronger entry with strong malt, floral taol and honey mid
Mouthfeel: velvety and smooth
Finish: have a slight bitter finish on 2nd steep, floral end and malt after taste
TN00012
2026-08-11
I think I used the wrong ratio, it gaves a slight bitter after taste, and it's sweetness are not rounded off. lowered to 92 and it becomes less bitter on the 4th steep but losing a bit of body. Lowered to 90 on the 5th brew, less bitter body is the same but aroma is diminished, maybe because it's 5th brew.
Dry aroma: malt
Wet aroma: wet soil + malt + the duck shit towards the end
Taste: sweet body, clean entry with a slight malt aroma
Mouthfeel: fresh and clean
Finish: have a slight bitter finish 6th steep ran 90s instead of 40s, it now gives a good coat on the tounge but a bit tingling.
TN00003
Date not specified
Very fragrant, floral and velvety.
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