10th Anniversary Song Cultivar

Notes of sauternes, honey, and peach. Old grove olong tea from Guangdong・2015・老叢宋種 Picked by hand the last week of March 2015 from a grove of 80-year-old tea trees grown at 1100m on Wudong Shan, Chaozhou, China, this Song cultivar is a liquid representation of our eponymous tea company. Phoenix mountain oolongs are called “Dan Cong” - meaning single grove, or single origin. This term refers to a generations-old cultivation method that isolates and propagates distinct aromatic characteristics from a mother tea plant. Once a particular profile is isolated and propagated, it is given a descriptive name that often corresponds to that aromatic profile. Today, over 100 distinct aromatic profiles exist. It’s important to keep in mind that Dan Cong types do not represent distinct tea varieties, per se. Rather, each type is a unique expression of the genetic make-up of a particular tree. Amongst the 80+ Phoenix Oolong cultivars, the Song cultivar is the most revered. Its lineage dates back 90