# Notes Gongfu -- Interestingly pink tint to the liquor. "Citrus oil" is a fair cop. I assume you could really peeve someone by comparing it to earl grey, lol. It's also got a little pineyness? Perhaps you could peeve them off even more by comparing it to household cleaners. (These sound like perjoratives but it's actually quite a pleasant tea.) Bittersweet, but mild. Cooling aftertaste. Slight astringency in early steeps, becoming more intense by steep 4 or so. # Vendor Copy > _flavor notes_ citrus, honey, crisp > > Huang Zhi Xiang is one of our most elegant Phoenix Oolong teas. Its name loosely translates to "Orange Blossom Fragrance" because of the hint of citrus oil in the tea's natural aroma. Grown at over 900 meters above sea level on Wudong Mountain, Phoenix Range, our Huang Zhi Xiang was gathered in April from 100+ year old trees, originally propagated from 600+ year old Phoenix Shui Xian mother tree. Combined production from this grove for the Spring harvest is only about 30 kilograms, from which we were able to acquire 10 kilograms. > > The tea is finished somewhere between a "Qing" and "Nong Xiang" at an oxidation rate of about 25%. The result is a preservation of the brighter citrus oil character of the varietal while delivering a rounder, honey-like quality to the tea. We selected this tea over another more brilliantly floral character because of its thicker, smoother character and more pronounced and persistent finish, an indication of the age and lineage of this tea. >