Zhong Ping "Jasmine Aroma" Dan Cong Oolong Tea from Yunnan Sourcing

Zhong Ping "Jasmine Aroma" Dan Cong Oolong Tea

Tea type
Oolong Tea
Ingredients
Oolong Tea Leaves
Flavors
Floral, Lime, Milk, Rose, Cucumber, Grass, Green Pepper, Herbaceous, Jasmine, Lavender, Mineral, Orchid, Peach, Roasted, Vegetal, Alcohol, Bitter, Pleasantly Sour, Roast Nuts, Stonefruit, Apple, Astringent, Nutty
Sold in
Bulk, Loose Leaf
Caffeine
Not available
Certification
Not available
Edit tea info Last updated by eastkyteaguy
Average preparation
200 °F / 93 °C 0 min, 30 sec 6 g 4 oz / 110 ml

Currently unavailable

We don't know when or if this item will be available.

From Our Community

4 Tasting Notes View all

  • “Intensely floral and creamy scent which, despite the name, reminds me more of rosewater than of jasmine. Flavor is sweet and floral verging on overpowering, with a slight bitterness like lime peel....” Read full tasting note
  • “Here’s yet another spring 2018 Dan Cong from Yunnan Sourcing! The name and the low price convinced me I needed 25 g of this last year. I steeped 6 g of leaf in a 120 ml teapot at 195F for 7, 10,...” Read full tasting note
    84
  • “[Spring 2023 harvest] Returning to one of the best value Dan Congs I know, I am not disappointed. It is really a super tasty tea, with a strong floral and mineral presence. There are also notes of...” Read full tasting note
    90

From Yunnan Sourcing

This is a medium elevation Dan Cong grown at about 850 meters altitude near Zhong Ping Village in the Wu Dong mountains northwest of Feng Huang town. Picked and processed in April from 25-30 year old tea bushes, and then carefully processed to perfection.

The tea was processed like a traditional Dan Cong, but with minimal oxidation to preserve the teas creamy, floral jasmine-like aroma. Although this tea bears the name “Jasmine Aroma” (茉莉香) there was no use jasmine flowers or oils of any kind to achieve the effect. In reality, it’s not similar to a true jasmine tea, nor does it attempt to be. It just has the faintest, most subtle similarity. Most the tea is green, viscous, sweet, bitter, floral and slightly astringent. Good creamy body, pungent taste and aroma, and of course a pleasant calming cha qi.

April picking

Zhongping Village, Wu Dong Mountains, Guangdong Province of China

About Yunnan Sourcing View company

Company description not available.

4 Tasting Notes

64 tasting notes

Intensely floral and creamy scent which, despite the name, reminds me more of rosewater than of jasmine. Flavor is sweet and floral verging on overpowering, with a slight bitterness like lime peel. Texture is smooth and slightly oily. Well-priced for a dancong.

Flavors: Floral, Lime, Milk, Rose

0 comments
Edit

Login or sign up to leave a comment.

84
Recommended
435 tasting notes

Here’s yet another spring 2018 Dan Cong from Yunnan Sourcing! The name and the low price convinced me I needed 25 g of this last year. I steeped 6 g of leaf in a 120 ml teapot at 195F for 7, 10, 12, 16, 20, 25, 30, 40, 60, 90, 120, and 240 seconds.

The dry aroma is of orchids and jasmine. The first couple steeps have notes of pungent jasmine, orchids, cucumber, green pepper, light roast, herbs, and grass. Subsequent rounds add peach, nectarine, and lavender, although the aroma is stronger than the taste. As Togo mentioned, the aftertaste is long, herbaceous, and persistent. The fruity notes are slight and disappear when the tea cools down. By steep seven or so, this turns into an herbaceous, vegetal, floral Dan Cong with some roast, minerality, and astringency.

This is a good Dan Cong that lives up to its name. If the last part of my gongfu session was kind of boring, it’s a reasonable price to pay for the lovely first steeps.

Flavors: Cucumber, Floral, Grass, Green Pepper, Herbaceous, Jasmine, Lavender, Mineral, Orchid, Peach, Roasted, Vegetal

Preparation
195 °F / 90 °C 6 g 4 OZ / 120 ML
4 comments
Edit
LuckyMe
Delete

It’s been a while since I’ve tried any YS dan congs. From past experience, they are a good value but middle of the road in terms of quality. I haven’t come across any truly exceptional ones.

Leafhopper
Delete

To be fair, I chose dan congs from the lower end of the price spectrum, so the more expensive ones might be commensurately better. Also, their Bai Ye black dan cong is amazing if you like sweet potato teas, and I’ve enjoyed their Ba Xian and Bai Ye oolongs as well. Where do you get your dan congs?

LuckyMe
Delete

Yeah I’ve mostly had the budget Dan Congs at YS as well. I’m sure their pricer stuff is better but I hesitate to buy without sampling first. I’ve had some very good Dan Congs from Verdant. Their high elevation Mi Liang Xian, Ba Xian, and Xing Hua Xiang were really exquisite. Luckily they have samples which makes it easier to try a bunch of them.

Leafhopper
Delete

I feel the same way. I don’t want to pay $1 or more per gram for Dan Congs if they aren’t fantastic. I’ve always meant to order from Verdant, so might have to give them a try.

Login or sign up to leave a comment.

90
984 tasting notes

[Spring 2023 harvest]

Returning to one of the best value Dan Congs I know, I am not disappointed.

It is really a super tasty tea, with a strong floral and mineral presence. There are also notes of nuts, stonefruit pits, and apples. The mouthfeel is generally quite airy and astringent.

Flavors: Apple, Astringent, Floral, Mineral, Nutty, Stonefruit

0 comments
Edit

Login or sign up to leave a comment.