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Gaiwan

Xìnyí Hé Luó Hóng Chá信宜合箩红茶

Xìnyí hé luó hóngchá

Origin
China, Guǎngdōng Province (广东省, Guǎngdōng Shěng), Maoming Prefecture-...
Tea type
Gaiwan
Water temperature
90 °C
Gongfu water temperature
93 °C
SKU · XINYI-HE-LUO-HONGCHA-CN
Tea dossier

Provenance and specifications

Origin
China, Guǎngdōng Province (广东省, Guǎngdōng Shěng), Maoming Prefecture-level City (茂名市, Màomíng Shì), Xinyi County-level City (信宜市, Xìnyí Shì), Jīndòng Town (金垌镇, Jīndòng Zhèn), Sānmài Dǐng Tea Garden (三唛顶茶园, Sānmài Dǐng cháyuán)
Tea type
Gaiwan
SKU
XINYI-HE-LUO-HONGCHA-CN

Brewing recipes

  • Gongfu: 93°C, 5 g / 100 ml, 10s, 4 steeps
  • Western: 88°C, 3 g / 200 ml, 180s, 2 steeps
Tea dossier

Brewing, origin and taste notes

Brewing
Tea amount
4–6 g per 100–120 ml of water.
Teaware
Gàiwǎn (盖碗, gàiwǎn) made of porcelain — optimal choice for revealing aromatic potential. Porcelain teapot or Yíxīng teapot (宜兴紫砂壶, Yíxīng zǐshā hú) is a...
Water temperature
90 °C
Gongfu water temperature
93 °C
Tea amount
5 g
Gongfu water volume
100 ml
Origin
Tea type
Red
Soil
Red-yellow lateritic soils (红壤 / 红黄壤, hóng rǎng / hóng huáng rǎng), weakly acidic (pH 4.5–5.5), with high organic content and good drainage. The mineral compositi...
Taste
Dry Leaf Appearance
Thin, tightly twisted stringy tea particles (条索紧细, tiáosuǒ jǐn xì), dark brown or black-chestnut color with abundant golden tips (金毫, jīn háo). Leaf is even, well...
Dry Leaf Aroma
Sweet, warm, with pronounced notes of dried fruits (apricot, raisins), honey and light floral undertone, characteristic of small-leaf high-aromatic cultivars.
Liquor Color
Red-amber, bright and clear (红琥珀色, hóng hǔpò sè), with pronounced golden "ring" around the edge of the cup.
Spent Leaves
Leaf unfolds evenly and elastically; color — from copper-brown to reddish-chestnut. Veins are flexible, leaf is whole, without tears.
Sensory Source Descriptor Be Intensity
2
Sensory Source Descriptor Ch Intensity
2
Details
Picking
Spring — early summer (March–May); in high-mountain zones the season may shift to April–June. For the red tea (black tea) version, spring raw material with the highest amino aci...
Pluck Standard
Bud and one-two leaves (一芽一叶 — 一芽二叶, yī yá yī yè — yī yá èr yè). For premium batches — predominance of single buds (单芽, dān yá) and "bud + one...
Raw Material
Whole, undamaged leaf without mechanical injuries; clean, fresh raw material; minimal hardness of the central vein.
Alkaloids
Caffeine (咖啡碱, kāfēi jiǎn) — 4.1% in dry raw material, corresponding to medium and slightly elevated level for red teas (black teas). Theobromine and theophylline are also prese...
Amino Acids
Free amino acid content in raw material — 3.3%, including L-theanine (L-茶氨酸, L-chá ānjīsuān), which provides gentle sweetness and relaxing effect without sedation.
Early harvest months
3, 4
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