Panyang Congou (also known as Tan Yang Congou) comes from the same fam- ily of China black teas that also include the ever popular Golden Monkey, Pan- yang Golden Needle (also known as King of Golden Needle) and the somewhat obscure Golden Crab. All are grown in the little village of Tang Yang (or Tan- yang) located on Taimu Mountain, just outside the city of Fu’an, in China’s north- eastern Fujian province. |
Congou is a corruption of the Chinese words Gong fu or Kung fu, which refers to some- thing that is carefully or masterfully made, which is definitely the case with Panyang Congou. Only the highest grades of black tea are called gong fu or kung fu teas and require special skills in each step of manu- facturing, from the precise plucking and sort- ing, to the final shaping and finish firing.Rather than the strong, fruity, and often times more astringent teas found in other black tea producing countries, Chinese black |
Harvested in spring and fall, each of the main teas that fall under the Panyang Congou umbrella have a different processing style and are sorted into four quality grades. Panyang Golden Needle (or King of Golden Needle) has the finest leaf and the largest amount of sweet golden buds. Golden Monkey is next with slightly larger leaves, but with less buds, followed by Golden Crab with slightly larger leaf.Last is Panyang Congou with the largest leaf and least amount of buds, giving it a more full- bodied concentrated flavor, closer in style to an Assam or Darjeeling black tea, but with the
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