There is "cat shit coffee" in the coffee industry, and "duck shit fragrance" in the tea industry. What's going on with this "duck shit fragrance"?
In fact, "duck feces incense" is just a local name for tea. This "duck feces" is not the other "duck feces". Although the name of "duck feces incense" is indecent, as the name of Phoenix Dancong, it can be described as "big vulgarity" Great". Although the word duck feces is indecent, this tea is a rare good tea, a good tea that does not live up to its name.
There are many versions of the origin of "duck shit incense", but the more recognized version is this one.
According to records, the name Cong is ancestral, introduced from Wudao, planted in the tea garden of "duck feces soil" (yellow soil), with dark blue tea leaves with leaves like Gangmu (scientific name duck foot wood) of leaves. After drinking this tea, the local people applauded and praised it for its good aroma and strong flavor, and they all asked what name Cong was and what type of fragrance it was. Afraid of being stolen, the tea growers lied that it was duck feces incense.