Sipdown. I found some fruit and minerality along with the nuts and bran sweetness (still wouldn’t call it honey) I’d noted before. This is lovely, but not necessarily my favorite style. It’s tempting to consider embarking on a journey to understand the fervor for dancongs… I first need to learn what exactly they are, though… so not today, wallet, not today.
Flavors: Fruity, Mineral, Roast Nuts
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There are so many Dancongs, some greener, some roastier, some more oxidized. Liquidproust did a group buy of them, and Bitterleaf had a fairly representative collection of them. I used to really like them, but they tend to be more astringent and caffeine heavy. I have a lot of Dancongs that I’ve barely finished. They were my go to in winter and as a college student, but as a teacher, I get more green oolongs to chill me out.
I enjoy greener oolongs a bit more, too — a lot of your notes resonate with my preferences. Thanks for the touchpoints (touchpersons?) of Liquidproust and Bitterleaf, though — I’ll check out their notes as I start educating myself.
Bitterleaf is a company that sells a bunch of them, and they really specialize in Pu-Erh, but they’re non-puer is quite good and comparable to what you’d get from White2tea. Liquidproust used to be a member, but he mostly focuses his efforts on the Facebook Gong Fu cha groups and in his company.
Ahhhh, okay — thanks. I saw mention of LP’s discord a few days back, so I recognized his name (I tiptoed into the discussion boards but haven’t really made the leap yet… so much to do!).
Glad I read this now. Was thinking about a late in the day gongfu session with a dan cong but if they are higher in caffeine then time change weekend isn’t the time to tempt fate. Maybe tomorrow morning…
There are so many Dancongs, some greener, some roastier, some more oxidized. Liquidproust did a group buy of them, and Bitterleaf had a fairly representative collection of them. I used to really like them, but they tend to be more astringent and caffeine heavy. I have a lot of Dancongs that I’ve barely finished. They were my go to in winter and as a college student, but as a teacher, I get more green oolongs to chill me out.
I enjoy greener oolongs a bit more, too — a lot of your notes resonate with my preferences. Thanks for the touchpoints (touchpersons?) of Liquidproust and Bitterleaf, though — I’ll check out their notes as I start educating myself.
Bitterleaf is a company that sells a bunch of them, and they really specialize in Pu-Erh, but they’re non-puer is quite good and comparable to what you’d get from White2tea. Liquidproust used to be a member, but he mostly focuses his efforts on the Facebook Gong Fu cha groups and in his company.
Ahhhh, okay — thanks. I saw mention of LP’s discord a few days back, so I recognized his name (I tiptoed into the discussion boards but haven’t really made the leap yet… so much to do!).
Glad I read this now. Was thinking about a late in the day gongfu session with a dan cong but if they are higher in caffeine then time change weekend isn’t the time to tempt fate. Maybe tomorrow morning…