Fenghuang Dancong (凤凰单丛) is a strip-style oolong. The GI standard defines it as tea from lines selected or bred out of the Fenghuang Shuixian population, made by traditional methods inside the GI area. It must show natural floral or fruit aromas and a 'bush' (丛韵) and honey (蜜韵) character. Finished teas are named by aroma type. The GI standard gives ten examples: 黄栀香 (gardenia), 芝兰香 (orchid), 玉兰香 (magnolia), 蜜兰香 (honey orchid), 杏仁香 (almond), 姜花香 (ginger flower), 肉桂香 (cinnamon), 桂花香 (osmanthus), 夜来香 (tuberose / night-blooming) and 茉莉香 (jasmine). This 'ten aromas' list is a convention, not a closed set.
A 2017 trade list replaces jasmine with 柚花香 (pomelo blossom). The grading standard's named-bush appendix also has 橙花, 杨梅, 附子 and 黄茶香 groups. A 2022 report speaks of more than 80 aroma names. The town has about 70,000 mu of tea and makes over 10 million jin (over 5,000 t) a year, according to a 2022 report. The same report counts 4,682 single-bush trees over 200 years old. Wudong village and the Da'an tea garden together form a protected ancient-tree zone of about 10,000 mu.
Processing follows the GI sequence: sun-withering (晒青), cooling (凉青), the local 'langcai' (浪菜) bruising and resting cycle (做青, at least four rounds), pan-firing (炒茶), rolling, and two or more bakings. The cultivar for new planting is Fenghuang Shuixian 'Huacha 17' (GSCT 17), propagated by cuttings. The writing 单丛 is standard. A 2004 Chaozhou government ruling treats 单枞 as an error, though 枞 persists in trade and in the GI's own name '凤凰单丛(枞)茶'. In 2008 the Chinese Tea Society named Fenghuang a 'China Famous Tea Hometown'.