Mi Lan Dan Cong (Honey Orchid)

Customer Reviews

A great tea!

Review by Peter

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With its distinctive honey and lychee flavours this tea has become a favourite of mine. It lingers on the palate for a long time, urging you to have cup after cup, refreshing the experience. Highly recommended! (Posted on 3/19/13)

Peaches and Honey

Review by Dan

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When I opened the package I was hit by the most amazing smell of peaches, mango and honey. I brewed it reasonably cool and the flavour is beautiful; each infusion loses a little of the floral quality but not the fruity sweetness. My first Dan Cong, but certainly not my last. (Posted on 2/22/13)

i loved it

Review by fabiana

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a very good oolong tea. It has a sweet, delicate taste that remain in your mouth for a long time. you have to try it! (Posted on 2/22/13)

My absolutely favourite tea (oolong or otherwise).

Review by Abdullah

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Imagine dipping almonds in honey, roasting it. That's the main flavor.
Occasionally, you get really light tones of lemon-ey chocolate and what I can only describe as maple syrup
The tea itself is extremely buttery - and not the usual buttery that starts to taste stale after a while, but really smooth.

The honey-roasted/burnt-honey smell sticks around for quite a while after the tea's gone, really rounds up the experience. (Posted on 2/18/13)

Gorgeous unique sweet tasting tea

Review by Helena

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I understand why they call this the champaigne of oolongs.... a simply gorgeous sweet tasting tea that has a unique flavour! (Posted on 1/11/13)

Awesome stuff - a revelation

Review by adp3355

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My favourite Canton Tea Co tea so far. The leaves give off a powerful aroma of honey and tropical fruit and flowers as soon as they hit the warmed pot. The sweet, peachy aromas and taste are extraodrinarily delicious, and linger for ages, making me want cup after cup. And they keep coming and coming from the same leaves, getting a litle less floral each time , but no losing sweetness. Hard to believe there is just tea in there. Best brewed coolish IMHO (80 - 85) , to prevent other flavours becoming dominant over the floral/honey flavours. (Posted on 12/31/12)

Fruity, rich and simply delicious

Review by Simon

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This is by far my favorite Oolong todate. The aromas when first infusing are full of peach, melon, honey and other exotic fruits which is carried over to the palate when drinking. Underneath and perfectly balanced with the fruiteness are deeper, smokier notes which make this tea complex and a delight to sip and discover. it has taken me some experimentation with infusion timings and temperature to get the best of this for my taste and palate and I find that shorter brewing times - 20 seconds or so - at higer temperatures suit me best. (Posted on 11/24/12)

fruit-burst delight

Review by OTT

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(Spring 2011 harvest) This isn't fruit infused, but if I had not prepared it myself, that would have been my impression. The dry leaves are black, and the liquor has a light caramel appearance, but the aromas (both of dry leaves and the infusion) are pure fruit: overripe apricots, papaya, perhaps litchi, maybe a hint of smoke underneath. If gently brewed this follows through on the palate. Quite forgiving of a wide range of temperatures and steeping time, I like to make this in a small clay pot, gongfu style. Rather expressive now, this tea should remain flavourful for many months. (Posted on 10/14/12)

This is pretty much my favourite tea

Review by Mark Porter

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This tea comes pretty much at the top of my list of favourite teas. It has a wonderfully fruity flavour which sets it completely apart from other Oolongs which I have tried. It is unique and beautiful. (Posted on 10/1/12)

Definitely puts the Oooooh into Oolong

Review by Sororitea Sisters

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"put simply, this has a flavor that keeps you sipping. That is to say, my cup is now empty and I need to infuse the leaves again in order to compose the right words to describe this tea. It is so good that I finished the cup before I could start writing about it...."

To read the full review, visit the Sororitea Sisters blog: http://sororiteasisters.com/2011/11/10/mi-lan-dan-cong-tea-from-canton-tea-co/ (Posted on 11/22/11)

Sweet and fruity...true to its kind!

Review by Amy in Southern California

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This Canton Tea is a fine example of a Phoenix Honey Dan Cong. It is sweet and fruity, as are the best of its kind. This tea is capable of multiple infusions, so it is priced very well for such a high quality tea. I highly recommend this very flavorful tea! (Posted on 4/11/11)

A fine example of a commercial Dan Cong

Review by Katie at teaviews.com

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"This is a fine example of a commercial Dan Cong and a great place to start if you’re new to the DC world. It’s easily one of the best commercial-grade ones I’ve ever had. It shows off the depth and character of the leaf well, yet it isn’t too overly complicated."

For the full review go to:
http://www.teaviews.com/2011/01/27/review-canton-tea-co-mi-lan-dan-cong-oolong-4/ (Posted on 3/16/11)

A most intriguing tea

Review by Vanessa at Teaviews

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"This is hands-down the most intriguing tea I have had in a very long while, and I am already craving my next cup of this tea. Anyone looking for an oolong that is anything from mundane needs to look no further..."

For the full review:
http://www.teaviews.com/2010/08/26/review-canton-tea-co-mi-lan-dan-cong-oolong/ (Posted on 1/7/11)

Burnt sugar, apricot and lychee

Review by Shaiha at Teaviews

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"...this tea begs for quiet contemplation to pick apart the layers. I am to pick up burnt sugar, apricot and lychee. There is an enjoyable aftertaste that lingers that almost reminds me of honeydew melon."

For the full review:
http://www.teaviews.com/2010/10/24/review-canton-tea-co-mi-lan-dan-cong-oolong-3/ (Posted on 1/7/11)

I can see why it would be called honey orchid!

Review by Andrea

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This tea is one of the most interesting teas I've tried in sometime, very original for an oolong I thought. Sometimes oolongs can all start to taste pretty similar to me ( and I love them ) but this one stands alone, at least among the many teas I've tried. Very sweet and complex, honey, floral and peach or some kind of stone fruit in there. I would definitely recommend at least trying this if you're on the fence, esp. at this price for this quality of tea. (Posted on 9/29/10)

I had to force myself to drink the first steeping slowly. It was so tasty that I wanted to keep on drinking it.

Review by Spencer E

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First impressions of this tea upon opening the package: It smells old, and it smells like lemon. Not a bad old, but just…aged. There was also a bit of honey in the smell.

When I poured the water over the leaves, there was a really strong smell of flowers, but not an overwhelming smell.

Steeped according to the directions on the website: 1 tbs of leaves per cup of water for about two minutes.

After a couple minutes, I started to notice a deeper oolong smell to the steeping tea. Deep and rich, it smelled wonderful.

My first of this tea was delightful. I felt like my mouth was filled with flowers but not in a bad way at all. Delicious and smooth, I enjoyed how light it felt on my tongue. Then I swallowed the tea and encountered a whole different side. The aftertaste was completely oolong, no more flowers. The oolong flavour was rich and deep, and perhaps even a tad rough (something I am sure that will smooth out after a few steepings).

I had to force myself to drink the first steeping slowly. It was so tasty that I wanted to keep on drinking it.

The second steeping tasted much like the first, but sooo much smoother. There was a definite developed sweetness to the tea as well.

This is a great tea for people who want to start drinking oolongs, but are used to the light sweetness of floral green and white teas. I was a little disappointed that this tea did not live up to much of the hype I have heard surrounding Dan Cong oolongs. Regardless of this, I really enjoyed the experience of drinking this tea and give it a 85/100 on my personal enjoyment scale.

See More reviews on Canton Tea Products at: http://www.itsallabouttheleaf.com/category/tea-companies/canton-tea-co-tea-companies/ (Posted on 6/16/10)