tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post5393337390673596178..comments2023-07-05T09:38:23.624+01:00Comments on The Half-Dipper: 2006 Baxian DancongHobbeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-21761488273994549822007-07-26T14:25:00.000+01:002007-07-26T14:25:00.000+01:00Hobbes,Thank you for the reading suggestion - it's...Hobbes,<BR/>Thank you for the reading suggestion - it's on my list of books to purchase.<BR/><BR/>The Jing BaXian I was tasting was <BR/><A HREF="http://www.jingteashop.com/pd_sb_ba_xian.cfm" REL="nofollow">this one</A>, the 2006 Winter FengHuang Single Bush DanCong.<BR/><BR/>I agree it's not clear what the "BaXian Yun" refers to. All I know is that the few BaXians I've tasted (probably could speakfreelyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13757071341180546490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-48839903731104559462007-07-26T05:13:00.000+01:002007-07-26T05:13:00.000+01:00Back on the subject of Baxian, Jing teashop talks ...Back on the subject of Baxian, Jing teashop talks about the "Baxian yun" [Baxian sensation] in its product description of an <A HREF="http://www.jingteashop.com/pd_anxi_oolong_ba_xian.cfm" REL="nofollow">Anxi Baxian</A> (not a dancong):<BR/><BR/><I>"The tea leaves have been baked with wood charcoal fire which offers this lovely oolong tea a pleasant honey touch.<BR/><BR/>The liquor is thick and Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-6430655513237867872007-07-26T05:05:00.000+01:002007-07-26T05:05:00.000+01:00Dear Carla, One of the eight immortals, Lu Dongbi...Dear Carla,<BR/><BR/> One of the eight immortals, Lu Dongbin, is supposed to have written the <I>Taiyi Jinhua Zongzhi</I> [太一金华宗旨 - "The Secret of the Golden Flower"], one of my favourite texts. I'm sure you'd enjoy reading it, as a yogi and someone interested in the philosophy of the Yijing. <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Golden-Flower-Chinese-Book/dp/0156799804" REL="nofollow">RichardHobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-12512857079900670402007-07-26T04:56:00.000+01:002007-07-26T04:56:00.000+01:00Also, some more information on the Chinese folklor...Also, some more information on the Chinese folklore surrounding the Baxian can be <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Immortals" REL="nofollow">found at Wikipedia</A>.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Toodlepip,<BR/><BR/>HobbesHobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-78721483700405619342007-07-26T04:51:00.000+01:002007-07-26T04:51:00.000+01:00Some great knowledge - thank you, Carla! I would ...Some great knowledge - thank you, Carla! I would really love to know what general characteristics a producer has in mind when he sets out to make a certain type of dancong. There are so many varieties! I sincerely wonder if anyone could correctly do a blind separation of all of the dancong: milanxiang, huangzhixiang, songzhong, baiye, "shuixianxiang", xingren, yulan, &c., &c...<BR/><BR/>I Hobbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10719619695211038389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-753589427119541238.post-20980423311287607882007-07-26T01:09:00.000+01:002007-07-26T01:09:00.000+01:00Do the 8 immortals and the 8 trigrams correspond, ...Do the 8 immortals and the 8 trigrams correspond, I wonder? <BR/><BR/>I suspect the floral/fruity character is signature BaXian. I compared this brewed side-by-side with a BaXian from Jing. The Jing BaXian dry leaf was much greener, with the leaves more open, and smelling more vegetal than roasted. Clearly the processing was very different than the RTG, yet I found both very floral. In the Jing speakfreelyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13757071341180546490noreply@blogger.com