
White Leaf
Up to 40% Off — All sizes discounted Tasting Notes: stone-fruit and honey Description: A famous Dan Cong variety Oolong from the Phoenix Mountains. An aromatic dark oolong tea with a balanced taste that is both complex and delicate. Balanced notes of stone-fruit, toast, honey, and almond linger in each sip. A naturally sweet oolong due to the rich plum stone-fruit notes. Zhongshan Baiye which translates to "White Leaf" is one of the famous oolongs made from the Zhong Shan cultivar grown in the Phoenix Mountains. This tea cultivar has large leaves that once harvested are put through an extended hand-crafted process of withering, bruising the leaf, oxidizing, firing and re-firing to create a depth of aroma and flavor that is unparalleled. What is a Dan Cong Oolong? Dan Cong Oolongs are a rare variety of oolongs from the Phoenix Mountains in Guangdong province, China. The term, Dan Cong, translates as single trunk, and refers to the style of cultivating each tea tree as a single-cultiv