The white ginger-lily (*Hedychium coronarium*) and ginger-rhizome aroma family of Fenghuang Dancong, known in classical records as Tong Tian Xiang (通天香, "heaven-piercing fragrance") and prized for its cooling floral lift, subtle ginger-spice warmth, and year-end aroma recovery (返春).
High, piercing white ginger-lily (姜花) blossom aroma paired with a brisk, sweet liquor that carries a faint, warming ginger-rhizome spice (微微的姜辣味) and lingering mountain rhyme.
All three names belong to the same aroma family in T/CZTTBZ 001—2021 Appendix A.2 and Zhongguo chashu pinzhongzhi (2001, p. 226). The Fengxi Zhongping mother bush carries all three names (姜花香,又名姜母香、通天香), while separate old trees at Guantoushe (1,000 m, 姜母香) and Da’an (1,150 m, 通天香) emphasize either the spicy ginger-root warmth or the soaring floral top-note.
《中国茶树品种志》 (2001, p. 226) records 姜花香单枞 (alias 通天香单枞) as a small-arbor mid-leaf clone selected from Fenghuang Shuixian with an attributed cultivation history exceeding 400 years (dating to the late Ming) and an optimal growing belt at 800–1,000 m in Fenghuang Town.
The plant reaches 3.9 m with a 3.6 m crown, bearing narrow-elliptic leaves (9.6 × 3.4 cm) with undulate margins, 9 pairs of lateral veins and 32 pairs of teeth. One hundred one-bud-three-leaf spring shoots weigh 113.0 g; spring shoots contain 2.3% amino acids, 32.1% tea polyphenols, 18.6% catechins and 48.2% water extract. Uniquely among the entries in the 2001 national monograph, the text records that finished Jiang Hua Xiang tea exhibits a "return of spring" (返春现象) around the end of the lunar year, when its ginger-lily fragrance intensifies again in storage.
Appendix A.2 of T/CZTTBZ 001—2021 defines 姜花香型 by its noticeable ginger-lily floral aroma and a sweet, brisk liquor carrying a subtle ginger spice (微微的姜辣味), and lists five named bushes:
1. 姜花香 (alias 姜母香 / 通天香): growing at ~900 m in Zhongping, Fengxi, aged >150 years (4.22 m tall, 5.2 kg peak yield), widely propagated across the town. 2. 姜母香 (Guantoushe): growing at 1,000 m in Guantoushe, Fengxi, aged >200 years (2.98 m tall, 5 kg peak yield). 3. 通天香 (Da’an): growing at ~1,150 m in Da’an Village, aged >300 years (3.65 m tall, 3.6 m crown, 5.2 kg peak yield), named for its soaring, diffusive aroma. 4. 李仔坪姜花香: growing at 1,148 m in Liziping Village on Wudong Shan, aged ~100 years (3.3 m tall, 5 kg peak yield). 5. 坑墘姜花香: growing at ~630 m in Kengqian, Fengxi, aged ~200 years (4.16 m tall, 9.6 kg peak yield).
| Product | Vendor | Price | Per 100 g |
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| Fenghuang Jiang Hua Xiang Dancong Oolong | TheTeaWorldwide |
€32.52 / 50 g | $72.94 €65.04 / 100 g ≈ $5.84 a session |
Fengxi Old Ginger Phoenix Dancong Oolong
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Shop base currency USD (Store API uses currency_minor_unit=1: 328 = USD 32.80). The seller's pages do not state whether this price includes tax. Excludes shipping. |
Tea HongSelected destinations |
$32.80 / 40 g | $82.00 ≈ $6.56 a session |
| Ginger Flower Dancong | MeeteaSelected destinations |
CZK 120.00 / 6 g | $92.19 CZK 2,000 / 100 g ≈ $7.38 a session |
Phoenix Dancong Ginger Flower
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The Natural Tea Co.Selected destinations |
HK$368.00 / 50 g | $93.77 HK$736.00 / 100 g ≈ $7.50 a session |
Ginger Flower Dancong
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LaifufuSelected destinations |
€11.00 / 8 g | $154.21 €137.50 / 100 g ≈ $12.34 a session |
Wudong Dan Cong Tong Tian Xiang
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30g pack at EUR 61.99; 8g sample (EUR 21.99), 60g (EUR 110.99), and 120g (EUR 215.99) options available |
Hey ChinaWorldwide |
€61.99 / 30 g | $231.74 €206.63 / 100 g ≈ $18.54 a session |
| Jiang Mu Xiang | Länggass-TeeSelected destinations |
CHF 60.00 / 25 g | $291.39 CHF 240.00 / 100 g ≈ $23.31 a session |
Prices recorded on the dates checked. Conversions use ECB rates dated 2026-10-20; original prices appear alongside. Origin, age and cultivar are stated by the vendor.
| Product | Vendor | Channel | per 100 g |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fenghuang Jiang Hua Xiang Dancong Oolong | TheTea | International retail | $72.94 |
| Fengxi Old Ginger Phoenix Dancong Oolong | Tea Hong | International retail | $82.00 |
| Ginger Flower Dancong | Meetea | International retail | $92.19 |
| Phoenix Dancong Ginger Flower | The Natural Tea Co. | International retail | $93.77 |
| Ginger Flower Dancong | Laifufu | International retail | $154.21 |
| Wudong Dan Cong Tong Tian Xiang | Hey China | International retail | $231.74 |
| Jiang Mu Xiang | Länggass-Tee | International retail | $291.39 |
The Chaozhou geographical indication local standard DB4451/T 1—2021 defines Fenghuang Dancong as oolong tea manufactured within the protected Chaozhou area by traditional craft from lines and cultivars selected or bred from Fenghuang Shuixian (GSCT 17), categorizing finished teas into ten aroma types with physicochemical limits of ≤7.0% moisture and ≥30.0% water extract.
Full text · Clauses 3–5 (definition, Fenghuang Shuixian planting stock requirement, ten aroma types, and physicochemical table) · checked 2026-11-04
Scope and limits: Establishes the statutory GI specification for Chaozhou Fenghuang Dancong, whereas the voluntary national standard GB/T 30357.6-2017 defines Dancong generically without a geographic origin requirement.
Zhongguo Chashu Pinzhongzhi (2001, pp. 103–104) documents Fenghuang Dancong as a collective group of 80 superior lines selected from the sexual Fenghuang Shuixian population and named after tree habit, leaf morphology, or aroma, while Appendix A.2 of T/CZTTBZ 001—2021 catalogues 136 named mother bushes across 15 aroma groups.
Full text · Cultivar monograph entry for Fenghuang Dancong (凤凰单枞), pp. 103–104, selection history, 80 lines, and separate harvesting/processing · checked 2026-11-04
Scope and limits: Documents how 'Dancong' evolved from single-bush selection and separate manufacture into propagated clonal lines, meaning a modern Dancong packet is almost always clonal garden tea unless single-tree provenance is independently verified.
