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Phoenix Mountain

A range in eastern Guangdong where oolong is made from individual named trees rather than blended stock, producing the aromatic single-bush teas known collectively as Dan Cong.

鳳凰山China400–1400 metres

Elevation

Recorded at 400–1400 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 single spring pick that matters, in April, to an open-face standard like Wuyi's, followed by roasting cycles over the following months. Dan cong is generally not sold at its best immediately: the roast needs to rest, and a tea bought in the year of its picking is often still tasting of fire rather than of the aroma it is named for.

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

How production is organised

Households owning individual trees and small groves rather than fields, with picking, withering and roasting done tree by tree and the resulting lots sold under aroma names. It is the least industrialised structure of any famous Chinese tea and the reason supply at the top is measured in kilograms.

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 feng huang shan, fenghuang shan, phoenix mountain. 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

  • Phoenix Dan Cong — The most aromatic oolong made, and the least forgiving. A few seconds too long produces real bitterness, and the same leaf brewed briskly is extraordinarily perfumed. That bitterness is not a flaw to be eliminated so much as a boundary to be brewed against.

Other teas recorded from here

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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