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Gaiwan

Qīngliángshān Chá清凉山茶

Qīngliángshān chá

Origin
China, Guǎngdōng Province (广东省, Guǎngdōng Shěng), Méizhōu City (梅州市, ...
Tea type
Green Tea
Water temperature
80 °C
Gongfu water temperature
75 °C
SKU · QINGLIANGSHAN-CHA-CN
Tea dossier

Provenance and specifications

Origin
China, Guǎngdōng Province (广东省, Guǎngdōng Shěng), Méizhōu City (梅州市, Méizhōu Shì), Méijiāng District (梅江区, Méijiāng Qū)
Tea type
Gaiwan
SKU
QINGLIANGSHAN-CHA-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 water (1:50 ratio).
Teaware
Glass tumbler (玻璃杯, bōli bēi) allows observing the "dance of tea leaves" and leaf opening; white porcelain gaiwan (白瓷盖碗, báicí gàiwǎn) — for aroma conce...
Water temperature
80 °C
Gongfu water temperature
75 °C
Tea amount
5 g
Gongfu water volume
100 ml
Origin
Tea type
Green
Taste
Dry Leaf Appearance
Tightly twisted curved strips (条索紧结弯曲, tiáosuǒ jǐnjié wānqū), gray-green color with characteristic whitish bloom (灰绿起霜, huīlǜ qǐshuāng), uniform in size.
Dry Leaf Aroma
Bright and persistent roasted rice aroma (炒米香, chǎomǐ xiāng) — the calling card of this tea, formed during high-temperature fixation. Base — clean grassy freshness.
Liquor Aroma
Rich rice aroma with clean green notes, unfolding in several waves: first intense and sharp, then soft and sweetish.
Liquor Color
Yellow-green, clear and bright (黄绿清澈, huánglǜ qīngchè).
Spent Leaves
Yellow-green soft leaves with whole buds, covered with silvery down.
Sensory Source Descriptor Cz Intensity
4
Details
Picking
Main harvest falls in spring. By harvest time, four seasons are distinguished:
Raw Material
Young uniform material without coarse leaves, with clean aroma, without foreign odors.
Name Breakdown
Qīngliángshān (清凉山) — literally "Cool Mountain" (清 qīng — pure, cool; 凉 liáng — cool; 山 shān — mountain). The name reflects the characteristic mountain micro...
Alkaloids
Caffeine (咖啡碱, kāfēi jiǎn) — 3.3–3.5%, theobromine, theophylline. Caffeine content is somewhat higher than average green tea.
Amino Acids
≥ 3.3% (up to 3.9% in the best spring samples), including L-theanine — the key amino acid responsible for taste sweetness and calming effect. High content is due to mountain dif...
Essential Oils
Form the characteristic rice-nutty aromatic profile; their composition is determined by terroir and fixation regime.
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