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Gaiwan

Diān Hóng Yě Shēng滇红野生

Diānhóng yě shēng

Origin
China, Yúnnán Province (云南, Yúnnán)
Tea type
Gaiwan
Water temperature
90 °C
Gongfu water temperature
95 °C
SKU · DIANHONG-YE-SHENG-CN
Tea dossier

Provenance and specifications

Origin
China, Yúnnán Province (云南, Yúnnán)
Tea type
Gaiwan
SKU
DIANHONG-YE-SHENG-CN

Brewing recipes

  • Gongfu: 95°C, 7 g / 100 ml, 10s, 10 steeps
  • Western: 90°C, 3 g / 200 ml, 180s, 2 steeps
Tea dossier

Brewing, origin and taste notes

Brewing
Tea amount
5–7 g per 150–200 ml water (for flash steeps method in gaiwan); 3–4 g per 200 ml (for European method in teapot).
Teaware
Gàiwǎn (盖碗, gàiwǎn) made of porcelain — best choice for evaluating aroma and observing spent leaves; clay teapot from Yixing clay — for "warmer", rounder tas...
Water temperature
90 °C
Gongfu water temperature
95 °C
Tea amount
7 g
Gongfu water volume
100 ml
Origin
Tea type
Red
Taste
Liquor Aroma
Rich, deep, "voluminous". Dried fruits, wild honey, meadow herbs and flowers dominate. Base — wood, spices, moist earth. With each infusion the aroma evolves, revealin...
Spent Leaves
Whole, large, elastic leaves of reddish-brown color, opening almost to original size. Thicker petioles and veins than plantation raw material are characteristic.
Sensory Source Descriptor Be Intensity
3
Sensory Source Descriptor Ch Intensity
3
Sensory Source Descriptor H Intensity
2
Sensory Source Descriptor L Intensity
1
Details
Cultivar
For the production of Dian Hong Ye Sheng, leaves from wild tea trees are used, which may belong to several species and varieties:
Picking
Main — spring (March — April); additional harvests — in summer and autumn. Spring harvest gives the most aromatic and sweet tea.
Pluck Standard
Predominantly "one bud + two-three leaves", but may vary. Wild trees are characterized by larger, fleshier buds and leaves compared to plantation raw material.
Alkaloids
Caffeine — about 9.5 mg/g (lower than plantation — ~14.6 mg/g). Theobromine, theophylline — in trace amounts. Reduced caffeine content — characteristic feature of wild raw mater...
Amino Acids
Average content of free amino acids — about 3.9% (higher than plantation Dian Hong — ~3.5%). Increased level of L-theanine determines more pronounced sweetness and "freshne...
Essential Oils
Rich and distinctive aromatic complex, including linalool, geraniol, nerolidol, methyl salicylate and a number of specific terpenoids not characteristic of plantation teas.
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