Drink a cup of Tongtian Xiang (Heavenly Fragrance), forget the mundane affairs of this floating life—this is the realm of drinking Dancong tea as understood by the tea farmers of Fengcheng. After carefully reading the impressive 52 classic insightful quotes from Fengcheng tea farmers about Phoenix Dancong, you will have a completely new understanding of it!

1. So far, no one has tasted all the varieties of Phoenix Dancong, no one has tasted Phoenix Dancong from all mountain fields, and no one has tasted tea made by all tea masters.

2. Don't assume all Chaozhou people are experts on Phoenix Dancong; on the contrary, most Chaozhou people's understanding of Phoenix Dancong is not as good as that of an ordinary Dancong tea enthusiast.

3. The water in the Mariana Trench is as deep as the complexities of Phoenix Dancong.

4. Phoenix Dancong is highly addictive, even more so than drugs.

5. For beginners, the more Phoenix Dancong you drink, the more confused you become.

6. The deeper you go into understanding Phoenix Dancong, the more you realize how little you know.

7. Never believe that you can taste the 'mountain rhythm' (Shanyun) after just starting to drink Phoenix Dancong.

8. Few people can fully comprehend Phoenix Dancong in a lifetime.

9. When you can clearly distinguish and understand Fenghuang Shuixian, Shemen, Leidacha, and Baxian, you are a master among masters.

10. Being able to tell if it's authentic Dancong by looking at the dry leaves, or discern the mountain rhythm from a picture, is absolutely deceptive nonsense.

11. Don't blindly pursue Wudong Dancong; a noble origin doesn't necessarily mean noble quality!

12. Setting your positioning in drinking Phoenix Dancong is important, otherwise it's easy to go astray.

13. Beginners who think they understand Phoenix Dancong are often the most easily fooled by unscrupulous merchants. Fengcheng tea farmers suggest beginners should not judge based on others' opinions but discover what taste they personally prefer.

14. Drinking more and comparing more is the only way to improve your Phoenix Dancong tasting level—experience makes perfect.

15. The 'multiple-choice questions' of Phoenix Dancong are relatively easier; the 'fill-in-the-blank questions' are much harder.

16. If you only drink tea from one mountain field, or only drink tea from one specific Fengcheng tea farmer, you will become an expert on that field or that farmer very soon.

17. The exact mountain field of a particular batch of tea is often known only to the tea maker themselves.

18. Society progresses with the times, and Phoenix Dancong is also constantly developing.

19. Dancong black tea best embodies Confucian thought; it is the most moderate.

20. Making tea (qing) is like practicing Tai Chi—sometimes moving, sometimes still, combining movement and stillness.

21. A batch of Phoenix Dancong often reflects the personality of the tea maker; tea connects with human nature.

22. Making tea is hard work; drinking tea is joyful.

23. Few Chaozhou tea makers will say their own tea is poor, even if it might be true.

24. When buying tea, exaggerate the flaws; when sampling tea for free, exaggerate the merits.

25. Buy the right tea when purchasing, sample the good tea when freeloading.

26. Phoenix Dancong attracts people because of its complexity, and Phoenix Dancong deceives people because of its complexity.

27. As time passes, Shuixian becomes less bitter, Leidacha becomes less fragrant.

28. The charcoal roasting skill for Phoenix Dancong is top-notch; the tea-making (qing) skill for Phoenix Dancong needs improvement.

29. Garbage cannot be roasted into a masterpiece, but a masterpiece can completely be roasted into garbage.

30. The technique of roasting tea is much more difficult than making tea (qing).

31. It's common for a good roasting master to elevate Phoenix Dancong by one grade or even one level.

32. Extremely low prices won't buy good tea, but very high prices don't guarantee good tea either.

33. Buyers need to improve their tasting level, sellers need to strengthen integrity—this is an important aspect of the current Phoenix Dancong market.

34. If you can't be an expert, be a 'pretend expert,' even不惜 becoming a 'brick' expert (obstinate).

35. Phoenix Dancong is not a daily necessity. When most tea enthusiasts can't afford it, it's still us tea farmers who depend on tea for a living who suffer. That's why Fengcheng tea farmers don't speculate.

36. Don't just echo others' opinions when tasting tea, and don't follow the crowd!

37. The process of improving your ability to taste mountain rhythm goes in cycles: confused — clear — confused again — clear again.

38. Tasting the mountain rhythm of Dancong is like climbing a mountain. You circle around and return to the same plane, but the endpoint is higher than the starting point.

39. Experts also make mistakes about tea sometimes, just with a lower probability.

40. Blending is an art, a field of study, a skill.

41. The taste of most famous cultivars can actually be categorized into two types: one resembling Huangzhixiang, the other resembling Shuixian.

42. Rarity increases value, and it's the same for Phoenix Dancong.

43. Very good Phoenix Dancong has beautiful brewed leaves, but Phoenix Dancong with beautiful brewed leaves isn't necessarily very good.

44. The aroma of Phoenix Dancong is like a woman's perfume. It's not necessarily that the stronger the better; often cheap perfumes are more pungent.

45. Blending different types of Phoenix Dancong is called 'assemblage'; blending the same type of Phoenix Dancong is called 'grading'.

46. Judging the aroma of Phoenix Dancong lies in its purity and longevity, not its intensity.

47. Some people probably mistake miscellaneous flavors, odd smells, fermentation taste, fire taste, sourness, or greenness for mountain rhythm.

48. Phoenix Dancong is not an antique; longer aging doesn't necessarily mean better quality.

49. If you think high-fire roast means aged tea, or that a musty smell means aged tea, then you are wrong.

50. From the moment it is picked, the quality of Phoenix Dancong is constantly changing.

51. Old bush tea is still the best variety among current Phoenix Dancong.

52. For the rare ancient tree varieties of Phoenix Dancong, calling them 'famous cultivars' is more appropriate!