If we talk about teas with the most unique aromas, Phoenix Dancong is undoubtedly unrivaled. Each area and variety has a distinct fragrance. Gardenia fragrance, orchid fragrance, honey orchid fragrance, cinnamon fragrance, jasmine fragrance... Phoenix Dancong always brings a surprising aroma experience to your taste buds. Among Phoenix Dancong teas, nearly a hundred varieties compete in beauty, and "Song Zhong" has long been at the forefront of the attention list. Today, Tongxin She Tea House shares this "Ancient Tree Old Song Zhong".
What kind of tea is Song Zhong?
Song Zhong is a tea tree variety. Song Zhong tea specifically refers to a tea product under Phoenix Dancong. Song Zhong is the oldest existing tea tree in the Phoenix tea area and is famous for its unique variety, extraordinary fragrance, and old age. It is selected from a single plant among the natural hybrid descendants of the Phoenix narcissus population variety in Wudang Mountain.
The most famous tea tree in Phoenix Dancong is Song Zhong. The "Song" in Song Zhong comes from tradition. Whether a tree is called Song Zhong is very important according to tradition. The old tree in Liziping is named "Song Zhong Yellow Tea Fragrance" in "Chinese Phoenix Tea" and "Phoenix Dancong". According to legend, it was selected and cultivated in the Southern Song Dynasty and has been recorded in many historical surveys.
The legend of Song Zhong.
Legend has it that at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, Emperor Zhao Bing of the Song Dynasty was chased by the Yuan army and fled southward. When passing through Phoenix Mountain in Chaozhou, it was midsummer and he was extremely thirsty. The attendants picked a kind of leaf with a tip like a bird's beak and cooked it. After drinking it, his thirst was quenched and his energy was restored immediately. From then on, it was widely planted and called "Song Zhong". It has a history of nearly 800 years.
The fragrance of Song Zhong. It is no exaggeration to say that its aroma is overpowering, but what's even more rare is the sharpness and richness of the aroma in the ripe fragrance. Although it is classified as having gardenia fragrance. But I would say it is a kind of dried sweet aroma, like cocoa powder, like sweet fruits, but there is also a hint of a certain floral fragrance. After drinking it, the mouth is filled with the aroma of lychees. It has a certain mountain charm, like there is a certain familiar feeling, but it is always changing and elusive. It is even more like a wisp of drifting clouds.
The taste of Song Zhong. The taste is full and thick, with a slightly bitter undertone. It feels relatively intense, but it does not lack a certain delicate and silky feeling, stimulating every nerve of yours. The fragrance remaining in the cup is very long-lasting, and when it cools down, its sharpness is even more evident. That hint of bitterness in its tea soup is actually its essence, stimulating your throat, followed by a rich and vivid aftertaste, like a gushing spring. Inadvertently, it surprises people instead!
After drinking it several times, one is always attracted by an indescribable quality of it. Having drunk many expensive Phoenix Dancong teas, we still have a special preference for this two-hundred-year-old ancient tree Song Zhong from Da'an. Its taste is even better than some old tea trees. It is a very drinkable tea and also our "happiness water". This year's Da'an Song Zhong has been finished. Tea lovers who like this tea can purchase it on the website of Tongxin She Tea House.