Bǎojìng Huáng Jīn Hóng Chá保靖黄金红茶
Bǎojìng huáng jīn hóngchá
- Origin
- China, Húnán Province (湖南省, Húnán Shěng), Xiāngxī Tujia and Miáo Auto...
- Tea type
- Gaiwan
- Water temperature
- 90 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 93 °C
Provenance and specifications
- Origin
- China, Húnán Province (湖南省, Húnán Shěng), Xiāngxī Tujia and Miáo Autonomous Prefecture (湘西土家族苗族自治州, Xiāngxī Tǔjiāzú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu), Bǎojìng County (保靖县, Bǎojìng Xiàn)
- Tea type
- Gaiwan
- SKU
- BAOJING-HUANG-JIN-HONGCHA-CN
Brewing recipes
- Gongfu: 93°C, 5 g / 100 ml, 10s, 4 steeps
- Western: 88°C, 3 g / 200 ml, 180s, 2 steeps
Brewing, origin and taste notes
Brewing
- Tea amount
- 4–5 g per 100–120 ml. For tippy batches — slightly less (3–4 g), as substance concentration is higher.
- Teaware
- Porcelain gàiwǎn (盖碗) — for most precise revelation of aromatic profile; Yíxīng clay teapot (宜兴紫砂壶) — for greater roundness and oiliness; glass teapot — for aesthetic ...
- Water temperature
- 90 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 93 °C
- Tea amount
- 5 g
- Gongfu water volume
- 100 ml
Origin
- Tea type
- Red
Taste
- Dry Leaf Appearance
- Tight twist, neat stringy tea particles (条索紧细), dark brown or black color with abundant golden tips (金毫). Leaf even, well-sorted.
- Dry Leaf Aroma
- Sweet, honeyed, with notes of ripe southern fruits and light floral background. Pronounced characteristic "golden" aroma (黄金香) — complex sweet-honey bouquet that is th...
- Liquor Color
- Red-amber, bright and clear, with pronounced golden "ring" (金圈, jīn quān) — sign of high theaflavin content.
- Spent Leaves
- Leaf unfolds elastically and evenly; color — copper-brown to reddish-chestnut. Structure whole, buds and leaves well distinguishable.
- Sensory Source Descriptor Be Intensity
- 1
- Sensory Source Descriptor Ch Intensity
- 3
Details
- Pluck Standard
- Bud and one to two leaves (一芽一叶 — 一芽二叶). For premium batches — single buds (单芽): producing one jin (500 g) requires 32,000–35,000 hand pickings.
- Raw Material
- Whole, tender, fresh leaf without damage. Hand picking following the "ten don'ts" rule (十不采), including rejection of insect-damaged, overripe, dew-wet and other su...
- Name Breakdown
- 保靖 (Bǎojìng) — name of the county, literally "protected tranquility"; 黄金 (Huáng Jīn) — "gold," reference to the legend of the liang of gold given b...
- Alkaloids
- Caffeine — 4.3% (according to data for native raw material). Theobromine and theophylline — in trace amounts.
- Early harvest months
- 3, 4
- Late harvest months
- 5, 6
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Region coverage: China, Húnán Province (湖南省, Húnán Shěng), Xiāngxī Tujia and Miáo Autonomous Prefecture (湘西土家族苗族自治州, Xiāngxī Tǔjiāzú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu), Bǎojìng County (保靖县, Bǎojìng Xiàn)
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