"Duck Shit" Ya Shi Xiang Dan Cong Oolong Tea

A young monk once asked the wise tea master Lao Cha:  – Sifu, how come such honey-sweet wonderfully aromatic tea that smells like gardenia flowers, is called “Duck Shit Oolong”??? – Sometimes no good things bear nice names, sometimes things are vice versa. Look deeper and beyond the surface if you want to find real treasure. Dan Cong oolong is a variety of oolong tea grown in Phoenix mountain, Chaozhou city in Southern Guangdong province of China. Each different type of Dan Cong tea resembles a distinct aroma. So what about Duck Shit Oolong? Don't worry, it's not what you think. This is perhaps one of the sweetest and most distinguished floral Chinese teas you'll ever sip.The tale of Duck Shit Oolong Tea tells us how special it is. So special that farmers would create fables about their precious tea so that others wouldn't try to steal it. Indeed, the soil on which the tea trees grow has a distinct yellowish-brown color. Thus, the farmers would tell outsiders that this color came from