The Wen Family's Song Zhong Black

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Black Tea
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Blackberry, Bright, Brown Toast, Cedar, Cinnamon, Citrusy, Dark Chocolate, Dates, Fruity, Geranium, Jam, Lavender, Lemon, Malt, Mango, Mineral, Oak, Osmanthus, Pine, Pineapple, Plum, Rosewood, Spicy, Strawberry, Tangerine, Tangy, Thin, Woody
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  • “Complex fruity, woody and spicy aromas that Dancong cultivar black teas are known for but for my preferences, the tea was lacking in depth of taste and texture no matter how it was prepared. ...” Read full tasting note

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A tea that is as sensuous as it is mysterious, Song Zhong Black originated as an esteemed Phoenix variety with mythos of its elegant repute dating back to the Song Dynasty. One of the Dancong mother trees dating back hundreds of years, it’s typically processed as a medium-roast oolong to heighten its legendary caramelized sugar and melon notes. One of our long-time producers of the distinguished Wudong region, the Wen family, experimented with its processing to create a beautifully modern black tea, pronouncing its roasted dark fruit notes with candied sugars and delicate florals. This is a tea still revealing new dimensions of its enigmatic character with every steep. Notes of rosewater, cinnamon and plum jam.

Region: Wudong, Guangdong, China
Variety: Song Zhong
Elevation: 1,100 meters above sea level
Harvest Date: April 2021
Producer: The Wen Family
Brewing Recommendation: 5g tea | 340 mL water | 205°F | 2:00

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Complex fruity, woody and spicy aromas that Dancong cultivar black teas are known for but for my preferences, the tea was lacking in depth of taste and texture no matter how it was prepared. Always thin and tangy with a dominant and bright lemony woody-malt taste kind of like some Taiwanese black teas. Good fleshy and fruity aftertaste like candied mango or osmanthus. The tea also had this very cooling character like pine-blackberry-lavender. Because of this, I opted to brew the remainder of the leaf as iced tea which was quite nice but a waste for the price.

One thing that threw me was sometimes I’d get the faintest whiff of rancid coconut oil. That combined with the disjointed character makes me wonder if this tea was flavored. I’ll give the benefit of the doubt :) It’s likely this tea was simply past its prime before I really started digging in.

Feeling: confusion

Flavors: Blackberry, Bright, Brown Toast, Cedar, Cinnamon, Citrusy, Dark Chocolate, Dates, Fruity, Geranium, Jam, Lavender, Lemon, Malt, Mango, Mineral, Oak, Osmanthus, Pine, Pineapple, Plum, Rosewood, Spicy, Strawberry, Tangerine, Tangy, Thin, Woody

Leafhopper

Sounds like an interesting tea! I have a feeling you gave me a sample of it that’s somewhere in my tea museum.

Also, let me know if you’re getting my messages.

Daylon R Thomas

I was very tempted to get this one from Spirit, but the pricing and amount of black tea was too much. I’m happy someone else wrote about it.

derk

It’s a tea I can see others appreciating but it’s not really my style. I hope you enjoy when you get around to it, Leafhopper. Check your inbox – I’ve neglected my inbox the past month and a half.

And Daylon, I have a foggy memory of sending you a sample of this, too. There was one Random Steeping note you made for an unlabelled tea or something in 2022 that made me think it was this one. shrug It is kind of a bummer Spirit Tea sells only 50g and up now.

Daylon R Thomas

Oh! So that could have been this one? Darn. And yeah. It irritates me because I like variety and want to try more than just two teas, and you’d have to have highly informed customers who know what they are looking for and buying. The sampler packs also give you no input, and only pick the staples from the company with maybe one or two of the newer rotations, and that’s it.

Daylon R Thomas

Don’t get me wrong, I love their teas and will likely buy a order this year, especially the Shuixian and Taiwanese blacks they’ve got, but it takes me forever to finish the 50 grams of the teas that are just okay for me.

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