Táishān Hóng Chá台山红茶
Táishān hóngchá
- Origin
- China, Guǎngdōng Province (广东省, Guǎngdōng shěng), Taishan County-leve...
- Tea type
- Gaiwan
- Water temperature
- 90 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 93 °C
Provenance and specifications
- Origin
- China, Guǎngdōng Province (广东省, Guǎngdōng shěng), Taishan County-level City (台山市, Táishān shì), within Jiangmen Prefecture-level City (江门市, Jiāngmén shì)
- Tea type
- Gaiwan
- SKU
- TAISHAN-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
- Process
- 1. ཇ་སྣོད་དེ་ཆུ་འཁོལ་མས་དྲོན་པོར་བཏང་ནས་ཆུ་དེ་བཤོ།
- Tea amount
- 5-6 g per 100-120 ml (gongfu method); 3-4 g per 200-250 ml (steeping).
- Water temperature
- 90 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 93 °C
- Tea amount
- 5 g
- Gongfu water volume
- 100 ml
Origin
- Tea type
- Red
- Soil
- Acidic lateritic (red earth) and yellow-red soils (pH 4.5-6.0), typical of South Chinese mountain landscapes. Well-drained, rich in iron and aluminum.
Taste
- Dry Leaf Appearance
- Thin, tightly twisted strips (细紧条索), dark, with pronounced "oily" luster (乌润), abundantly covered with golden tips. Leaves are even, dense, "heavy" to the to...
- Dry Leaf Aroma
- Bright floral-fruity profile (花果香高扬), rising high and clean. Notes of lychee, mangosteen, osmanthus, with honey undertones. The aroma is "open," active — unlike the mo...
- Liquor Aroma
- Интенсивный, «парфюмный», с выраженным цветочным «верхом» и фруктовой «сердцевиной». Первые проливы — яркая цветочная волна (османтус, магнолия); с...
- Spent Leaves
- Red-copper, bright, evenly colored. Leaves are large (heritage of large-leaf variety), whole, soft and elastic.
- Liquor Color
- Ярко-красный, прозрачный, блестящий (红艳明亮), с выраженным золотистым ободком по краю чашки — признак высокого содержания теафлавинов.
- Sensory Source Descriptor Be Intensity
- 3
Details
- Pluck Standard
- One bud and one-two leaves (一芽一二叶). For higher grades — predominantly tippy buds with one leaf.
- Raw Material
- Whole, fresh leaves without damage. The large-leaf variety provides greater cellular juice volume, which intensifies fermentation and produces a more concentrated, full-bodied i...
- Alkaloids
- Caffeine — 3-4.5% of dry mass, which is higher than in small-leaf varieties. This provides a more pronounced tonic effect. Theobromine and theophylline — in standard amounts for...
- Minerals
- Potassium, magnesium, calcium, zinc, manganese, iron. Lateritic soils rich in iron may influence the tea's mineral composition.
- Vitamins
- C (partially preserved), B₁, B₂, P, PP.
- Early harvest months
- 3, 4
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