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Ālǐshān Hóng Chá
Golden cup
Brewing profile
Origin notes
Tea origin
Gaiwan
Ālǐshān Hóng Chá阿里山红茶
Ālǐshān hóngchá
- Origin
- Táiwān (台灣, Táiwān), Chiayi County (嘉義縣, Jiāyì Xiàn), Ālǐshān mountai...
- Tea type
- Gaiwan
- Water temperature
- 90 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 90 °C
SKU · ALISHAN-HONGCHA-CN
Tea dossier
Provenance and specifications
- Origin
- Táiwān (台灣, Táiwān), Chiayi County (嘉義縣, Jiāyì Xiàn), Ālǐshān mountain region (阿里山, Ālǐshān)
- Tea type
- Gaiwan
- SKU
- ALISHAN-HONGCHA-CN
Brewing recipes
- Gongfu: 90°C, 6 g / 100 ml, 10s, 8 steeps
- Western: 85°C, 3 g / 200 ml, 180s, 2 steeps
Tea dossier
Brewing, origin and taste notes
Brewing
- Tea amount
- 5 g per 150 ml water (gongfu method); 3 g per 200 ml (European method).
- Teaware
- Porcelain gàiwǎn (蓋碗, gàiwǎn)—best choice for revealing multi-layered aroma; porcelain teapot; Yixing teapot is suitable, but clay may muffle delicate high-mountain no...
- Water temperature
- 90 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 90 °C
- Tea amount
- 6 g
- Gongfu water volume
- 100 ml
Origin
- Tea type
- Red
- Soil
- Predominantly mountain-forest, well-drained, with high organic matter and mineral content. Acidic reaction (pH 4.5–5.5), optimal for tea bushes.
Taste
- Liquor Aroma
- Bright, multi-layered. Leading notes: honey, ripe fruits (apricot, plum, lychee), caramel. In middle notes—floral shades (orchid, rose), light spices. In aftertaste—sweetish woo...
- Liquor Color
- Clear, from light amber to red-amber, with warm, honey shade. Lighter and clearer than most lowland red teas.
- Spent Leaves
- Whole, elastic leaves of reddish-brown color, often retaining semi-spherical form for the first 1–2 infusions. As they unfold, demonstrate even oxidation and tender, elastic tex...
- Sensory Source Descriptor Be Intensity
- 3
- Sensory Source Descriptor Ch Intensity
- 2
- Sensory Source Descriptor H Intensity
- 1
Details
- Pluck Standard
- One bud and two-three top leaves (一芽二、三葉). For some versions, more mature leaves are used, similar to oolong harvest standards.
- History
- (阿里山) — የተራራ ሰንሰለት እና ብሔራዊ መናፈሻ ስም። የስሙ አመጣጥ ከትውልደ ተወላጆች ዙው (鄒族, Zōuzú) አፈ ታሪክ ጋር የተያያዘ ነው፦ አሊ (阿里) የተባለ መሪ በአደን ወቅት እነዚህን ተራሮች ለመጀመሪያ ጊዜ አገኛቸው፤ አካባቢውም ስሙን ተቀበለ።
- Name Breakdown
- (紅茶) — «ቀይ ሻይ»፣ በቻይና ባለ ስድስት ቀለም ምደባ መሠረት የሻዩን አይነት የሚጠቁም።
- Alkaloids
- Caffeine (咖啡鹼) and theobromine content is lower than in large-leaf lowland red teas (consequence of high-mountain cultivation of small-leaf cultivars). This makes the tea gentle...
- Minerals
- Potassium, magnesium, manganese, zinc, fluorine.
- Vitamins
- C (partially preserved), B group, E.
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