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Zhejiang

Tiāntái Huáng Chá天台黄茶

Tiāntái huángchá

Origin
China, Zhèjiāng Province (浙江省, Zhèjiāng Shěng), Táizhōu Prefecture (台...
Tea type
Yellow Tea
Water temperature
75 °C
Gongfu water temperature
78 °C
SKU · TIANTAI-HUANGCHA-CN
Tea dossier

Provenance and specifications

Origin
China, Zhèjiāng Province (浙江省, Zhèjiāng Shěng), Táizhōu Prefecture (台州市, Táizhōu Shì), Tiāntái County (天台县, Tiāntái Xiàn)
Tea type
Zhejiang
SKU
TIANTAI-HUANGCHA-CN

Brewing recipes

  • Gongfu: 78°C, 5 g / 100 ml, 10s, 4 steeps
  • Western: 72°C, 2 g / 200 ml, 180s, 2 steeps
Tea dossier

Brewing, origin and taste notes

Brewing
Process
ଛିଦ୍ର-ମାଟି → ଗନ୍ଧ-ଗ୍ରହଣ, ଉଚ୍ଚ-ତାପ-ଧାରଣ → କଅଁଳ-କ୍ଷତି।
Tea amount
2–3 g per 100 ml water (gongfu method) or 3–5 g per 200–250 ml (European method). When brewing in glass cup — 3 g per 200 ml.
Teaware
ལེགས་ཤོས་ཡིན། དཀར་ཡོལ་གྱིས་དྲི་མ་མི་འཇིབ། ཁ་ཀྲོམ་གྱི་དྲི་མ་གསལ་བར་བྱེད། ཁོལ་ཆུའི་གསེར་མདོག་ལ་ལྟ་རྒྱ་ཡང་ཆོག
Water temperature
75 °C
Gongfu water temperature
78 °C
Tea amount
5 g
Origin
Tea type
Yellow tea
Taste
Dry Leaf Aroma
Fresh, clean, with distinct chestnut note (熟板栗香, shú bǎnlì xiāng) — the signature of this tea. Light floral undertones possible in the background.
Liquor Color
Tender green, clear, with bright golden-yellow cast (嫩绿清澈, nènlǜ qīngchè). With repeated infusions shifts toward warm yellow-green.
Spent Leaves
Leaves unfold completely, demonstrating whole, tender shoots of bright yellow color (嫩黄鲜亮, nèn huáng xiān liàng). Uniformity and juiciness of spent leaves are key...
Sensory Source Descriptor Cz Intensity
2
Sensory Source Descriptor H Intensity
4
Sensory Source Descriptor L Intensity
4
Details
Alkaloids
Caffeine (咖啡碱, kāfēi jiǎn) — 3.3%, theobromine, theophylline. Caffeine level is typical for *Camellia sinensis var. sinensis*.
Minerals
Potassium (K), magnesium (Mg), manganese (Mn), zinc (Zn), fluorine (F), selenium (Se). Mineral profile is determined by volcanic soils of the region.
Vitamins
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) — preserved thanks to rapid fixation; B-group vitamins (B₁, B₂); vitamin E (tocopherols).
Early harvest months
3
Late harvest months
4
Peak harvest months
4
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