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Lingtou

A village in Raoping county, east of the Phoenix range, and a useful corrective to how dan cong is usually explained. Lingtou Dan Cong is not a single-tree tea: it descends from one bush selected here in the 1960s, propagated by cutting and planted out as a conventional cultivar across the county and beyond. So the name behaves like Yabukita or Jin Xuan rather than like Song Zhong — a clone with a consistent honey-and-orchid aroma, grown at scale and priced accordingly. The two models sit side by side in eastern Guangdong under nearly the same word.

嶺頭China300–1000 metresAlso called Bai Ye Dan CongAlso called Raoping

History on this page: TeaHQ synthesis

TeaHQ's own reading of well-attested general knowledge, with no single source behind it.

This district’s description dates something — a founding, a first planting, a period of expansion. The label above says on what basis, and it applies to the historical statements rather than to the elevation, climate or soil claims below, which carry their own confidence separately.

Elevation

Recorded at 300–1000 metres.

How firm this is: Inferred from general knowledge of the district rather than measured or taken from a source that states it.

When it is picked

A conventional cultivar calendar rather than a single-tree one: planted rows picked in spring and again later in the season, at a scale that supports consistent supply. The contrast with Wudong a few miles west is the point — same word on the packet, entirely different agriculture.

How firm this is: Inferred from general knowledge of the district rather than measured or taken from a source that states it.

How the name is written

Also transliterated as ling tou, lingtou. Romanisations of a district name vary by system and by vendor, and a packet spelling one way is not describing a different place.

Teas this region is known for

  • Ling Tou Dan Cong — Recognisably Dan Cong and considerably more forgiving — a sensible place to learn the very short steeps the category demands.

Other growing regions in China

The neighbouring districts are the useful comparison: they share a country, a grading convention and often a cultivar, so what differs between them is closer to terroir than anything a cross-border comparison can isolate.

Sources

  • TeaHQ editorial synthesis — TeaHQ

This page is TeaHQ’s own synthesis throughout. No external document stands behind the elevation band, the climate note or the character described above, which is why each carries its confidence in the open.

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