The night-blooming blossom (夜来香, *Telosma cordata* / tuberose) aroma family of Fenghuang Dancong, led by 200- to 300-year-old Wudong mother trees at Shitoujiao and Guizhuhu (1,100 m) and the widely propagated Potou line from Fengxi Danhu (800 m).
Rich, heady night-blooming floral fragrance (resembling evening-scented *Telosma cordata* or tuberose, and in the Ye He line *Magnolia coco*) over a soft, nectar-sweet, lingering mountain liquor.
As in Phoenix Dancong. Light-to-medium charcoal baking preserves the heady, nectar-sweet night-blossom top-note.
In Chinese horticulture, 夜来香 can refer either to the night-fragrant vine *Telosma cordata* (Pergularia odoratissima) or to tuberose (*Polianthes tuberosa*, 晚香玉). Western tea glosses often translate Ye Lai Xiang as "tuberose", while T/CZTTBZ 001—2021 defines the group simply by its "natural night-blooming flower fragrance" (自然的夜来香花香味) and also files 夜合 (*Magnolia coco*, night-closing magnolia) inside the same family.
Appendix A.2 of T/CZTTBZ 001—2021 documents four high-elevation mother bushes under 夜来香型:
1. 夜来香 (Wudong Shitoujiao): growing at 1,100 m in Shitoujiao Village on Wudong Shan, aged ~300 years (3.85 m tall, 4.94 × 3.91 m crown, 8.2 kg peak yield). 2. 陂头夜来香 (alias 陂头种, Potou): growing at ~800 m beside the stream weir (陂头) at Danhu in Fengxi, aged >90 years (2.82 m tall, 2.5 kg peak yield); first propagated by cuttings in 1989 and now the primary commercial clone for retail lots labeled "Potou Ye Lai Xiang". 3. 李仔坪夜来香: growing at ~1,100 m in Guizhuhu (Liziping administrative village) on Wudong Shan, aged ~200 years (3.7 m tall, 4.3 × 3.85 m crown, 7 kg peak yield). 4. 夜合 (Ye He): growing at 1,100 m in Shitoujiao on Wudong Shan, aged ~130 years (3.25 m tall, 4.5 kg peak yield), named for the dusk-opening аромат of *Magnolia coco* (夜合花).
Price ranks compare recorded retail offers for the same tea, including offers outside the current delivery filter. Shipping and import charges are excluded.
| Product | Vendor | Price | Per 100 g |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Cong Organic Ye Lai Xiang
Stated year: 2021 Claimed origin: Gaoyuan Village (600 m), Chaozhou, Guangdong, China Details and price notesCompare the details Recorded seller claims; a blank means unrecorded here, not necessarily absent from the seller’s page. Matching production does not establish identical storage or condition.
50g pouch at GBP 8.25; 10g sample at GBP 2.40 |
Curious TeaWorldwide |
£8.25 / 50 g | $22.02 £16.50 / 100 g ≈ $1.76 a session |
Night Fragrance Fenghuang Dancong
Details and price notes25 g pack at SEK 95; 50 g (SEK 179) and 100 g (SEK 339) also available |
In the Mood for TeaSelected destinations |
SEK 95.00 / 25 g | $38.31 SEK 380.00 / 100 g ≈ $3.07 a session |
Phoenix Dancong Tuberose Scent
DetailsCompare the details Recorded seller claims; a blank means unrecorded here, not necessarily absent from the seller’s page. Matching production does not establish identical storage or condition.
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The Natural Tea Co.Selected destinations |
HK$328.00 / 50 g | $83.58 HK$656.00 / 100 g ≈ $6.69 a session |
| Potou Daping Yelaixiang Phoenix
Leaf harvest year: 2026 Claimed origin: Potou, Daping, Fenghuang, Chaozhou, Guangdong, China Details and price notesCompare the details Recorded seller claims; a blank means unrecorded here, not necessarily absent from the seller’s page. Matching production does not establish identical storage or condition.
Shop base currency USD. The seller's pages do not state whether this price includes tax. Excludes shipping ($20 EUB / $30 DHL worldwide flat rate). |
Tong Xin She TeahouseSelected destinations |
$99.00 / 50 g | $198.00 ≈ $15.84 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Cong Organic Ye Lai Xiang | Curious Tea | International retail | $22.02 |
| Night Fragrance Fenghuang Dancong | In the Mood for Tea | International retail | $38.31 |
| Phoenix Dancong Tuberose Scent | The Natural Tea Co. | International retail | $83.58 |
| Potou Daping Yelaixiang Phoenix | Tong Xin She Teahouse | International retail | $198.00 |
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.
