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Huang Zhi Xiang 黃枝香
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This tea belongs to the Feng Huang Dan Cong Wu Long tradition.
Huang Zhi Xiang 黃枝香 is a Spring 2025 tea from Feng Xi in Feng Huang Shan. Named after the gardenia fruit used in Chinese herbal tradition, this cultivar is beloved locally but less well known outside the tea region. It has a restrained floral character with lingering notes of golden butter. This is not a showy tea, but one to savor slowly; its lively tannins open into a meadow of refreshing flowers.
Its place within Dan Cong’s fragrance and cultivar naming systems is explained in Naming Conventions in Feng Huang Wu Long.
Tea Drunk ClassicThe best tea of each vintage.
- TypeWu Long · Dan Cong
- TerroirFeng Huang Shan · Guang Dong
- CultivarHuang Zhi Xiang
Beloved by locals but less famous outside Feng Huang Shan, Huang Zhi Xiang rewards a quiet palate. Its reserved floweriness, golden-butter notes, and sizzling tannins unfold gradually rather than performing for immediate attention.
The Three Pillars · 黃枝香
Place · terroir
Feng Xi, Feng Huang Shan, Guang Dong Province, China
Plant · cultivar
Huang Zhi Xiang
Craft · type
Wu Long · Dan Cong
In the cup
This vintage
Feng Xi · Spring 2025
Gardenia and dry palm leaves, with reserved floweriness, lingering notes of golden butter, and sizzling tannins that transform the palate into a meadow of refreshing flowers.
Reserved floweriness, golden-butter richness, and lively, sizzling tannins. This is not a showy tea; its profile unfolds gradually and rewards a quiet, attentive palate.
The making
Naturally fermented and charcoal roasted in the Feng Huang Wu Long tradition.
How to brew
History & significance
Huang Zhi Xiang is named after the fruit of gardenia, a Chinese herb. It is a locally beloved cultivar that remains less well known beyond its tea region.