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Gaiwan

Bānlán Hóng Chá斑兰红茶

Bānlán Hóngchá

Origin
China, Hǎinán Province (海南, Hǎinán)
Tea type
Gaiwan
Water temperature
90 °C
Gongfu water temperature
93 °C
SKU · BANLAN-HONGCHA-CN
Tea dossier

Provenance and specifications

Origin
China, Hǎinán Province (海南, Hǎinán)
Tea type
Gaiwan
SKU
BANLAN-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
4–5 g per 120–150 ml (gongfu method); 3–4 g per 250–300 ml (European method or mug brewing for daily tea drinking).
Teaware
Porcelain teapot or gàiwǎn (盖碗) — for hot brewing; glass teapot — for visual enjoyment of the colour contrast of tea and pandan; for cold tea — glass pitcher with ice.
Water temperature
90 °C
Gongfu water temperature
93 °C
Tea amount
5 g
Gongfu water volume
100 ml
Origin
Tea type
Red
Soil
Lateritic and red tropical soils with good drainage and high content of iron and organic matter. In some areas — volcanic soils with increased selenium content.
Taste
Dry Leaf Aroma
Pandan notes dominate: sweet-herbaceous, with hints of vanilla, fresh-cut grass and a light "rice" note. Underneath — warm, honey background of red tea (black tea).
Liquor Aroma
Bright and unusual: first wave — characteristic "green" sweet-creamy pandan aroma, which in Southeast Asia is associated with home baking; second — honey-fruity tones ...
Liquor Color
От янтарного до красно-каштанового, прозрачный. При значительной доле пандана настой может приобретать лёгкий зеленоватый отсвет.
Spent Leaves
Tea leaves open elastically, copper-brown; pandan fragments — soft, pale green or olive.
Sensory Source Descriptor Be Intensity
1
Sensory Source Descriptor Ch Intensity
2
Details
Name Breakdown
斑兰 (Bānlán) — Chinese colloquial name for pandan, borrowed from Malay "pandan". 红茶 (Hóngchá) — red tea (black tea), indicating the tea base. The full na...
Amino Acids
Including L-theanine; content somewhat lower than in small-leaf varieties.
Minerals
Potassium, magnesium, manganese, zinc; on selenium-containing soils — increased selenium content.
Polyphenols
18–25% (above average for red teas/black teas thanks to large-leaf raw material). Oxidation products dominate: theaflavins, thearubigins.
Vitamins
A (beta-carotene), C (ascorbic acid).
Early harvest months
3, 4
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