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Gaiwan

Yuèyáng Huáng Yá岳阳黄芽

Yuèyáng huáng yá

Origin
China, Húnán Province (湖南, Húnán), Yuèyáng Prefecture (岳阳, Yuèyáng), ...
Tea type
Yellow Tea
Water temperature
75 °C
Gongfu water temperature
78 °C
SKU · YUEYANG-HUANG-YA-CN
Tea dossier

Provenance and specifications

Origin
China, Húnán Province (湖南, Húnán), Yuèyáng Prefecture (岳阳, Yuèyáng), Jūnshān District (君山区, Jūnshān Qū)
Tea type
Gaiwan
SKU
YUEYANG-HUANG-YA-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
Tea amount
3–5 g per 150–200 ml water.
Water temperature
75 °C
Gongfu water temperature
78 °C
Tea amount
5 g
Gongfu water volume
100 ml
Tea-to-water ratio
10 s
Origin
Tea type
Yellow tea
Taste
Dry Leaf Aroma
Delicate, with pronounced note of "nenlixiang" (嫩栗香) — young chestnut aroma. Sweetish cereal undertones are present.
Liquor Color
Xinhuang (杏黄) — "apricot-yellow," transparent, with amber brilliance, resembling liquid honey in transparency. Noticeably brighter and cleaner than standard Yueyang ye...
Sensory Source Descriptor Cz Intensity
3
Sensory Source Descriptor H Intensity
5
Sensory Source Descriptor L Intensity
3
Sensory Source Descriptor Li Intensity
3
Details
Picking
Strictly before the Qīngmíng festival (清明, Qīngmíng, ~April 5) or at the very beginning of the Qingming season, when buds are most tender and saturated with amino acid...
Pluck Standard
Single buds (单芽, dān yá) or bud with one barely opened leaf (一芽一叶初展, yī yá yī yè chū zhǎn). Raw material must be resilient, undamaged, harvested in dry weather.
Alkaloids
Caffeine — approximately 2.5–3.5% of dry matter. In synergy with L-theanine provides calm, prolonged alertness without sharp peaks.
Minerals
Potassium, magnesium, zinc, fluorine. Feature — elevated selenium content (up to 0.85 mg/kg in raw material), due to alluvial soils of the Dongting delta. Selenium is a microele...
Vitamins
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid), B-group vitamins (B₁, B₂), vitamin E. Gentle processing during menhuang allows better preservation of the vitamin profile than high-temperature pan-fi...
Early harvest months
3
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