Modern Lotus oolong_dancong This famous Yan Cha cultivar

This famous Yan Cha cultivar comes from a distinctive part of the Wuyi Mountains

based in Taichung City

While the tea made from this garden has already proven its worth on its own merit

Sigita incorporates raw materials like ash

and the dark pedestalled foot and button with a shallow basin resemble nothing so much as an old stone and bronze fountain just waiting for water

Modern Lotus oolong_dancong This famous Yan Cha cultivarDisplay and measure leaves with ease in this elegant and sleek tea lotus. Made of creamy, bright white ceramic, the color and outline of dry leaves is appreciable. Its simple but effective design, in the form of a folded petal, allows filling at the larger end and funnelling into a waiting gaiwan or teapot at the narrower one. Likewise, the partially enclosed volume directs aroma toward an inquisitive nose, a valuable portion of the practice of