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Gaiwan

Yángxiàn Xuě Yá阳羡雪芽

Yángxiàn Xuěyá

Origin
China, Jiāngsū Province (江苏省, Jiāngsū shěng), Yíxīng City (宜兴市, Yíxīn...
Tea type
Snow Bud Green Tea
Water temperature
80 °C
Gongfu water temperature
75 °C
SKU · YANGXIAN-XUE-YA-CN
Tea dossier

Provenance and specifications

Origin
China, Jiāngsū Province (江苏省, Jiāngsū shěng), Yíxīng City (宜兴市, Yíxīng shì)
Tea type
Gaiwan
SKU
YANGXIAN-XUE-YA-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
3 g per 150 ml (1:50 ratio). For gaiwan: 5 g per 100–120 ml.
Teaware
Glass tumbler (ideal for observing the opening of "snow buds"). Porcelain gàiwǎn (盖碗). Yíxīng clay teapot from zǐshā (紫砂壶) — historically and aesthetically t...
Water temperature
80 °C
Gongfu water temperature
75 °C
Tea amount
5 g
Gongfu water volume
100 ml
Origin
Tea type
Green
Soil
Deep red-yellow lateritic soils (红黄壤, hónghuáng rǎng), fertile layer thickness ≥ 1 m. pH 4.5–6.5, organic matter content ≥ 3%. Forest coverage of the territory — 74%.
Taste
Dry Leaf Appearance
Needle-like form (针芽状, zhēnyá zhuàng) — shoots straight, thin, tightly twisted (紧直匀细). Color — rich emerald green with clearly visible silvery-white down (翠绿显毫). Unifo...
Dry Leaf Aroma
Clean, delicate, with a hint of "young" freshness (清香, qīngxiāng). For expensive pickings before Qingming, characteristic so-called "tender aroma" (嫩香, n&#23...
Liquor Aroma
Elegant and clean (清雅, qīngyǎ), medium intensity, without harshness. Tonality — fresh greenery with light chestnut and floral notes. Aroma is persistent.
Liquor Color
Tender green, transparent and bright (嫩绿清澈明亮).
Spent Leaves
Tender, even, whole "bouquets" of shoots (嫩匀成朵), bright green color with living luster (绿润鲜活).
Sensory Source Descriptor Cz Intensity
3
Details
Pluck Standard
To produce 500 g of supreme grade tea requires 40,000–50,000 buds.
Raw Material
Whole, freshly picked shoots without mechanical damage, with abundant white down, uniform in size.
History
The history of tea in Yixing (ancient name — Yangxian, 阳羡; later Yixing, 义兴) is one of the most documented in world tea culture, spanning more than two thousand years.
Essential Oils
Chestnut aroma forms during roasting; delicate floral notes — linalool and geraniol.
Minerals
Fluorine (15 mg/100 g — high content, promoting tooth protection), potassium, manganese, zinc, selenium.
Polyphenols
Content about 14.7% — relatively low for green tea, explaining the mildness, lightness and minimal bitterness. Main catechins: EGCG, ECG, EGC.
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