10 Year Dancong Oolong

Tea: Aofuhou Dancong (凹富后） Type: Aged Dancong Oolong Harvest: Spring 2011 Region: Zhuliu Village, Chaozhou, Guangdong, China Producers: Master WeiTasting Notes: caramel, rock sugar (jolly rancher), honeyed tobacco, osmanthus This is an interesting tea sent to us by our Master Wei.  Unlike the previous aged dancong oolongs we have offered, the quality of this base material is far superior.  Made by Wei a decade ago and aged in his Wudong mountain warehouse, this tea demonstrates what a high-quality dancong tastes like once it truly becomes 'aged tea'. In our exploration of aged teas, we have had a few very old teas from Lin at the base of the mountain range (1980's 1990's), and a few younger ones from Wei up in the slopes (2016 baxian).  While the very aged dancong's exhibit evidence of poor storage and have a lot of damp notes to them, the more recently aged dancongs seem very slow to mature.  While a lot of producers will mellow out their nice teas for a few years, to get a tea over