★★★★★
Fantastic, peachy and delicious. Not quite as strong as I'd like, but not enough of a negative to dock a full star.
A rare tea from Phoenix Mountain in Guangdong province, China. Perfumy, orchid, and almond. Smooth and refined texture with flavors of fresh apricot, peach pit, and honey. Incredibly long finish. This is a tea to take your time with!
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Fantastic, peachy and delicious. Not quite as strong as I'd like, but not enough of a negative to dock a full star.
This is the first Dancong I've tried that has not been catastrophically bad. There is a tart peach taste, and a dry, wine-like finish. Best if brewed very carefully, with low temperature water; the delicate flavor can easily be lost, resulting in something akin to boiled tree bark. A good place to start if you've never had Dancong before.
According to the description, this is the Mi Lan Xiang (honey-orchid fragrance) variety of dancong. I did not taste honey nor orchids in the liquor, but I did enjoy this fragrant and flavorful oolong very much. Dancong Aria and Wuyi Ensemble are probably my favorite oolongs offered by Adagio.
This is a good tea. I found it tastes best if I steep it for only 3 minutes.
So the problem I had with this tea may not be one others share. The smell had a faint touch of marijuana smoke to the leaves. Once prepared the scent became so overpowering that ever effort to drink the tea caused me to gag. I did get a small mouthful and it did seem smooth. Efforts to use less leaves, steep for less time, and lower the temperature didn't help.
Tastes like an ideal cosmically default oolong tea. This is what I always hope a standard, black-leaning oolong will taste like, but nothing's ever delivered on that concept for me before. Can steep a million times at work with the not-ever-quite-hot-enough water cooler water and it still comes out tasting so good I feel bad for subjecting it to such non-ideal circumstances.
This has become my absolute favorite oolong. It has a nice smooth floral flavor. I prefer this over the Ali Shan.
Very smooth mellow tea, not too much floral, a gentler less oolongish tea than others.
Received a sample of this in the Oolong sample pack and it is very good. Light, sweet, and slightly fruity. I recently ordered a larger package and am excited to enjoy it more often.
really 4-1/2 stars. nutty aroma, raw sugar taste AS IT COOLS DOWN, sipping at high temperature, the flavor and characteristics are hidden. very little astringency. gong fu method start at 1 minute, for 20 seconds, adding 5 extra seconds for each subsequent infusion. works out fine.cheers!
For a oxidized oolong it is better than a formosa. It was hard to measure out as the leaves are quite long. But it had a nice black tea flavor with that floral sweetness of an oolong.
This tea has the most beautiful gold, coppery color I've ever seen. As for the taste, it's very pungent and musky/earthy; kind of like Pu Erh tea but more leafy. Quite the surprise if I may say.
A nice oolong tea, pretty good with an earthy aroma.
This tea will be added to our standard order of teas to have on hand at all times! Lovely flavor and color. We love to mix this tea with Wuyi Ensamble.
This oolong was a really tasteful tea, easy for multiple infusions
It is an oolong tea. I like the flavors and this is a nice tea to drink anytime of the day.
When I first opened the bag I was intrigued and excited by the smell of this tea. I has a strong fruity sweat scent with a hint of chocolate. Once steeped it was more mineraly than I expected and tasted like a strong green tea. On the second infusion I didn't use as hot water and steeped a shorter time and it was a little better. I'm still not sure if I think it's good or just ok. Definitely a stronger taste than expected...I'd suggest starting with less tea and building up the amount until you find the level you like.
this tea has a deep, complicated flavor, is a very nice rich tasting tea.
Not bad. Surprisingly dark for a 'lighter' oolong. It reminded me of a slightly fuller-bodied hojicha.
Classic Pheonix Oolong profile, though definitely not as pungent as some of the more expensive ones. Good for 2 steeps.
The bitterness of this tea really caught me off guard. It smelled divine before the brew. Smelly slightly sour but juicy after brewing. Bitter, bitter taste though, which fortunately doesn't linger on the tounge. Just not my cup of tea.
Update: I think perhaps I over steeped this tea. I'll have to give it another try.
Update #2: Cooler water, less steep time, much better tea. Not bitter at all!
It was ok but nothing amazing. I drink mostly black tea or green and this was just lacking flavor for my taste.
I had high expectations for Dancong Aria (Mi Lan Xiang) and was not impressed. It was good but not as good as I'd like. I'll give it a try again.
Very light, floral tea. Faint taste of roasted almonds.
wow!!! i decided to splurge a bit after trying the Grapefruit Oolong, Peach Oolong and Jade Oolong and THIS IS MY FAVORITE (so far). I loved Peet's Coffee's Phoenix Mountain Oolong until they went to the dark side and stopped making their own tea.
I love the Jade Oolong as my next favorite from the one's I've tried. It's nice to have options.
Tasty, and bold. Doesn't stand out to me as one of my favorites, but I also don't mind it at all.
I saw this tea described as 'peachier than any added fruit or fake peach flavored tea' and they aren't kidding. Rich and smooth and utterly drinkable, the faint mineral and roasted flavors keep the peachy almond florals from being completely overpowering. (Unless of course, you're looking for that, at which point adding two teaspoons of sugar to the cup will give you a peach tea to rival Snapple or San Benedetto.)
I just love this tea. It's smooth and full bodied. I have it for lunch or in the afternoon while I am sewing.
Several years ago I had an absolutely unforgettable cup of dancong tea and have been searching for a second cup ever since. My search has ended with this dancong aria tea. A cup of this fabulous tea will offer you a peach, apricot, natural sweetness that will be extremely memorable. I drink my tea 'Grandpa' style and this tea is perfect. I am able to get several steepings over a long time without astringency.
This oolong has such a wonderful taste. The description says it is floraly and fruity and many people taste a peachy flavor but I do not get any of that. I get a rich mineral and earthy sweetness. I will be reordering this again.
i really enjoyed this tea. wonderful sweet friuty flavor.
The reviews were accurate, this tea DOES leave varying impressions upon multiple steepings. Very much enjoy this tea. It is quite floral, thus not my favorite, but good nonetheless. I am glad to have it around for beautiful spring-like days when I wish I was outside in a field of flowers.
A traditional oolong with decent flavors and finish, good for 2 infusions
Very good oolong with autumn leaves, fruit and minerals
I will definitely re-purchase this tea. It has a very unique flavor, almost floral
This is, by far, my favorite tea that is currently in my cupboard at work. I tend to lean towards more traditional teas (pu erh, gyokuro, etc.), and this sits right in my favorites list. The sweetness at the end - not sugary sweet, but it leaves a clean, fruity taste - is what seems to separate it from other teas I've had. Overall a beautiful tea, it's wonderful without any additives. Perfect 5/7.
I've enjoyed this tea, but it has a different flavor from other oolongs I've tried. There was something sharp about the taste but not astringent; I couldn't figure it out. Finally, after a dozen pots of this stuff, I chewed on some of the steeped leaves, and I realized what the flavor reminded me of: collard greens with a hint of vinegar. As a Southern gal, that suits me just dandy, but it might not be everyone's, uh, cup of tea!
I brewed this hotter than I usually do an oolong per the bag instructions. I felt like I only got two good steeps out of the leaves before I needed to add more to the pot.
Beautiful and lovely flavored tea. High class type of tea, you will love it. It stays with you.
What a nice surprising tea. This is a drink anytime kind of tea. I actually get multiple infusion out of this tea. Nice balanced earthy (not heavy) yet apricot flavor. A little floral going on. Like this one a lot.
Great Dancong! It's a very temperamental tea so don't over steep! Steep at LEAST 4 times!!!
This is a really nice tea. All the complexity you would hope for from an Oolong, with a sweetness I want to compare to like a dongding Oolong, but really it is quite unique. I ordered this tea in the late fall but I think I will have to re-order in the spring time because the peach notes are very characteristic of late spring early summer. Also funny story about this tea, I ordered it and sent a text to my friend who just had a baby girl named Aria saying 'I just ordered this tea called Aria, you will have to try it with me sometime, thinking of you both' to which she replied 'that's amazing, that is the tea that inspired the name!' so it must be good if can inspire the name of your daughter. ;)
I'm not even brewing this the 'correct' way and it's amazing! I'll start using some sort of infuser, but even with the leaves in the bottom of my mug (albeit it's a double size mug) this is smooth and delightfully flower-flavored. I'm going to resteep this a few times before I'm done with these leaves, because it's so great!
Good intro to dark oolongs. Minerals, but not earthy.
A very good oolong tea. floral and peachy with a nut/peach pit taste. It had a honey sweetness with a slightly mineral flavor. Great for 2-3 steepings without any sweetener needed.
This tea has a flavor I didn't love. I prefer my black teas to have a stronger flavor like an Irish Breakfast. This to me had a weaker flavor that is hard to explain but not my favorite.
Smells amazingly like oak and autum!! Great cold or hot.
This is something my husband loves. That little touch of smokiness is perfect for his tea. It's one of our top picks now ;)
This is one of my favorite teas: woody or nutty at the front, tannic or 'tea flavored' in the middle, with a sweet, nutty finish. Oolong is also great for multiple resteeps. When I worked in an office, I used to use the same leaves 3-5 times throughout the workday, and the taste changes over steepings in fascinating, great tasting ways. Plus, a great way to gradually lower your caffeine level through the workday without switching what you're drinking.
Tastes very peachy. Almost like a white tea. Tasty.
I love this tea. It is full bodied and delicate at the same time. It has a lovely aroma, a hint of melon and lilies and tea.