Xiāngshān Gòng Chá香山贡茶
Xiāngshān gòngchá
- Origin
- China; municipality directly under central government Chóngqìng (重庆市,...
- Tea type
- Green Tea
- Water temperature
- 85 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 75 °C
Provenance and specifications
- Origin
- China; municipality directly under central government Chóngqìng (重庆市, Chóngqìng Shì); Fèngjié County (奉节县, Fèngjié Xiàn), ancient Kuízhōu (夔州)
- Tea type
- Gaiwan
- SKU
- XIANGSHAN-GONGCHA-CN
Brewing recipes
- Gongfu: 75°C, 5 g / 100 ml, 10s, 3 steeps
- Western: 70°C, 3 g / 200 ml, 180s, 2 steeps
Brewing, origin and taste notes
Brewing
- Tea amount
- 3 g per 150 ml (1:50 ratio).
- Teaware
- White porcelain gàiwǎn (白瓷盖碗) — for concentrating chestnut aroma. Glass tumbler — for observing "standing shoots" (芽叶竖立).
- Water temperature
- 85 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 75 °C
- Tea amount
- 5 g
- Gongfu water volume
- 100 ml
Origin
- Tea type
- Green
Taste
- Dry Leaf Appearance
- Straight, tight, neat threads (条索紧秀匀直), with noticeable "tips" (锋苗显露). Color — "silvery-green with jade undertone" (银绿隐翠, yín lǜ yǐn cuì).
- Dry Leaf Aroma
- Chestnut (栗香, lì xiāng) — dominant, high and persistent. Result of precise "fire work" in the final stage.
- Liquor Aroma
- Chestnut-green, rich and stable. With cooling — light "bread" notes.
- Liquor Color
- Tender green, clear and bright (嫩绿清澈).
- Spent Leaves
- Yellow-green, bright and even (黄绿明亮匀整).
- Taste
- Fresh (鲜爽) and simultaneously sweet-clean (回甘, huígān) — long returning aftertaste. Balance of freshness and "body."
Details
- Picking
- Spring — around Qīngmíng (清明, early April). Standard — bud with one half-opened leaf (一芽一叶初展). Collection of purple, diseased, or damaged buds is prohibited.
- Raw Material
- Tender, uniform shoots without defects.
- Name Breakdown
- 香山 (Xiāngshān) — "Fragrant Mountain" — a mountain near Fengjie, on whose slopes the ancient Xiangshan Temple is located; 贡茶 (Gòngchá) — "tribute tea,&qu...
- Amino Acids
- Good level — provides pronounced freshness (鲜爽). L-theanine dominates. High daily temperature variations in the gorge stimulate amino acid accumulation as cryoprotectants.
- Minerals
- Potassium, manganese, fluorine; traces of microelements from purple clays.
- Polyphenols
- High level — provides powerful antioxidant activity. According to the source, free radical neutralization efficiency is 18 times higher than vitamin E.
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