Tuan Shu Ye

Wonderful Fenghuang Dancong from 110 year old bushes. The leaf shape is similar to one of a redbud plant called Neolamarckia, Chinese Tuanshu or Tuanhua - hence Tuanshuye, Neolamarckia leaf. The leaves are dark brown, the scent carries honey sweetness and the typical mossy smell of old tea trees. Very little is harvested from these 110-year-old bushes each year. The 260-year-old mother tree stands at 800 metres above sea level near the village of Yahou and died in 2006 due to termites and woodworms.