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Qí Lán
Golden cup
Brewing profile
Origin notes
Tea origin
Gongfu Brewing
Qí Lán奇兰
qí lán
- Origin
- CN
- Tea type
- Oolong Tea
- Gongfu water temperature
- 92 °C
- Western water temperature
- 88 °C
SKU · QI-LAN-CN
Tea dossier
Provenance and specifications
- Origin
- CN
- Tea type
- Gongfu Brewing
- SKU
- QI-LAN-CN
Brewing recipes
- Gongfu: 92°C, 6 g / 100 ml, 10s, 8 steeps
- Western: 88°C, 3 g / 200 ml, 180s, 2 steeps
Tea dossier
Brewing, origin and taste notes
Brewing
- Gongfu water temperature
- 92 °C
- Tea amount
- 6 g
- Gongfu water volume
- 100 ml
- Tea-to-water ratio
- 10 s
- Gongfu steep increment
- 5 s
- Gongfu maximum infusions
- 8
Origin
- Tea type
- Oolong
- Climate
- Average annual ~18°C, relative humidity >80%, frequent fogs, diffused light.
- Topography
- Red quartzite sandstone dānxiá landform (丹霞地貌), inter-rock valleys and gorges (坑涧, kēngjiàn). Bushes grow in rock crevices.
Taste
- Dry Leaf Appearance
- Longitudinally twisted "strips," dark green with brownish tones. More compact than Rou Gui or Shui Xian — reflecting small-leaf nature of cultivar.
- Dry Leaf Aroma
- Orchid against backdrop of minerality, warm nutty and light smoky notes of medium roasting.
- Liquor Aroma
- Multi-layered — orchid + stone + toasted almond + honey. Minerality gives aroma "depth" and "weight" absent in Pinghe version.
- Liquor Color
- Golden-amber, deep and transparent.
- Spent Leaves
- Small leaves with red-brown edges and greenish center.
- Taste
- Full, oily, with mineral foundation (岩韵, Yán Yùn). Orchid + walnut + chestnut honey. Aftertaste — long, mineral, with slowly returning sweetness. Body — medium to full.
Details
- Alkaloids
- Caffeine — 2–4% (by standard), ~2.8% by specific measurements. Moderate content.
- Vitamins
- C, B group. Minerals: Potassium, fluorine, magnesium, manganese. In Pinghe version — elevated selenium content (due to selenium-rich soils). In Wuyi version — elevated iron from...
- Early harvest months
- 4, 9
- Late harvest months
- 5, 10
- Peak harvest months
- 4, 5, 9, 10
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