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Zhejiang

Pǔtuó Fú Chá普陀佛茶

Pǔtuó fúchá

Origin
China, Zhèjiāng Province (浙江, Zhèjiāng), Zhōushān City (舟山市, Zhōushān...
Tea type
Zhejiang Green Teas
Water temperature
80 °C
Gongfu water temperature
75 °C
SKU · PUTUO-FUCHA-CN
Tea dossier

Provenance and specifications

Origin
China, Zhèjiāng Province (浙江, Zhèjiāng), Zhōushān City (舟山市, Zhōushān Shì), Zhōushān Archipelago (舟山群岛)
Tea type
Zhejiang
SKU
PUTUO-FUCHA-CN

Brewing recipes

  • Gongfu: 75°C, 5 g / 100 ml, 10s, 3 steeps
  • Western: 70°C, 3 g / 200 ml, 180s, 2 steeps
Tea dossier

Brewing, origin and taste notes

Brewing
Tea amount
5 g per 250 ml water (1:50 ratio).
Teaware
Transparent glass cup — for observing the opening of "spiral-eyebrows" and evaluating the pure green liquor.
Water temperature
80 °C
Gongfu water temperature
75 °C
Tea amount
5 g
Gongfu water volume
100 ml
Origin
Tea type
Green
Soil
Weakly acidic red soils (微酸性红壤), rich in minerals. Tea bushes are located on sunny slopes and in wind-protected hollows.
Taste
Dry Leaf Appearance
"Resembles spiral, but not spiral; resembles eyebrow, but not eyebrow" (似螺非螺,似眉非眉) — unique formula. Shoots with abundant down (茸毫披露), uniform, tender green (匀净嫩绿). Th...
Dry Leaf Aroma
Pure, high (清香). Orchid note (兰花香). Chestnut overtone (栗香).
Liquor Aroma
Persistent, elegant, with orchid-chestnut profile. "岩韵兰香" — "rock rhyme with orchid aroma" — unique characteristic of island terroir.
Liquor Color
Tender green, bright and clear (嫩绿明亮).
Spent Leaves
Tender, uniform shoots, gathered in "buds" (幼嫩成朵).
Sensory Source Descriptor Cz Intensity
4
Details
Alkaloids
Caffeine — moderate content.
Amino Acids
Elevated content — result of slow growth in oceanic climate and abundance of maritime mist.
Minerals
Unique "maritime" mineral profile — enrichment with potassium, magnesium and trace elements from rocky substrate and marine aerosol.
Polyphenols
Significant content — provides antioxidant potential.
Vitamins
Vitamin C, carotenoids.
Early harvest months
3, 4
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