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Chasing Fragrance<\/p>\n

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To Dan Yan, tea is not simply a drink. It is an eight generation legacy from her family of tea growers. <\/span>Reagan Tan, <\/b>who met her in Wuhan in 2019 during a five-week Overseas Immersion Programme, finds out how she has put her own unique stamp on it. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Dan Yan is the family\u2019s eigh<\/span>th<\/span> generation of tea makers. Photo by Reagan Tan.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cChasing Fragrance\u201d symbolises Dan Yan\u2019s lifelong dedication to her family\u2019s tea-growing business. It signifies her pursuit of the perfect tea. It is also the name of the special blend of organic tea she created.<\/span><\/p>\n

Such is the dogged commitment of Dan Yan, 50, who sold two houses to keep her family\u2019s tradition alive. In 2010, Dan Yan bought a piece of land in Wuhan to continue her family\u2019s tradition of tea growing.<\/span><\/p>\n

She says: \u201cTen years ago, I found a scroll in my family home. An expert told me that my family had been in the tea business for eight generations.\u201d The Dan family has been growing tea since 1860, in the county of Chibi, which is the site of the famous battle of the Chibi, or Red Cliff, during the Three Kingdoms period.<\/span><\/p>\n

Not content with just continuing a family tradition, she wanted to produce quality tea and propel the Chinese culture of tea appreciation to the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to create a cup of tea that gives back to nature. Because China is known for all its unsafe foods, I wanted to create tea that is safe, nutritious and of top quality,\u201d Dan Yan adds.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I wanted to create a cup of tea that gives back to nature. Because China is known for all its unsafe foods, I wanted to create tea that is safe, nutritious and of top quality<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Long Yi Tea plantation consists of over 1,500 hectares of land. Photo courtesy of Dan Yan.<\/span><\/p>\n

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She then began the arduous task of producing organic tea on her land. It took three years to rid the land of harmful chemicals. The 1,500-hectare piece of land in the suburbs of Wuchang district now produces over 10,000 kilograms of organic black, green and red tea every year.<\/span><\/p>\n

She takes pride in the fact that her teas are certified organic for the sixth year running by SGS, an independent consultant firm in Russia, which tests for 103 different contaminants affecting safety and quality.<\/span><\/p>\n

Unlike other farmers who pride themselves on having the best-looking plantations, Ms Dan feels that her tea trees are not so luxuriant.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>She says: \u201cI let spiders spin the webs on the tea bushes. These spiders help protect the trees from pests by eating them. Spider webs are good signs that plantations are free of pesticide.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Unlike other plantations, Ms Dan\u2019s tea trees are covered in large spider webs, which she welcomes. Photo by Reagan Tan.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Instead of artificial fertilisers, her tea estate uses sesame and peanut pulp, and employs locals living around the plantation to harvest the tea leaves. She claims that the tea she produces has up to 16 times more nutrition than teas produced by other boutique tea brands.<\/span><\/p>\n

Her exquisite line of organic teas fetches prices upwards of 999 yuan (S$200) for 120 grams. Ms Dan\u2019s favourite tea is \u201c<\/span>Zhui Xiang<\/span><\/i>\u201d (\u8ffd\u9999), or Chasing Fragrance, a name she created. The light aroma, she adds, is more popular among the ladies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Osmanthus flowers<\/a> are first mixed with the tea leaves, then dried and removed by hand. This method of infusion originated from the Song Dynasty over 1,000 years ago. The tea\u2019s unique characteristic, Dan Yan says, is \u201c<\/span>Wen Xiang Bu Jian Hua<\/span><\/i>\u201d (\u95fb\u9999\u4e0d\u89c1\u82b1), which means that you get a whiff of the fragrance of osmanthus flowers but do not see the flowers in the tea.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt does not matter whether the plantation is high up in the mountains, or in the lowest of valleys. What matters is the tree \u2013 how it is grown, harvested, and processed.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ms Dan often travels between her plantation and her tea house located in the Hankou district of Wuhan. \u201cDuring the harvesting season, I will be at the plantation every other day, to check on the quality of our plantation and products.\u201d Her unwavering dedication to quality is greatly respected by the rest of her team.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dan Yan (centre) standing with the rest of her team at the Long Yi Tea plantation. Photo by Reagan Tan.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In line with her aim to show the world quality tea from China, Dan Yan has already branched out into other countries such as France, Germany and recently, Qatar. She hopes to be able to bring Long Yi Cha and chasing fragrance to Singapore, citing that \u201cthere will always be a market for quality products.\u201d She believes that Singaporeans would appreciate good tea.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cQuality supports the brand and only quality keeps a brand for generations to come,\u201d Dan Yan quips.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Quality supports the brand and only quality keeps a brand for generations to come.<\/span><\/p>\n

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