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Gongfu Brewing

Taiwanese Green Tea "False Spring" Qīng Xīn台湾「假春」青心绿茶

Táiwān 'jiǎ chūn' qīngxīn lǜchá

Origin
Táiwān (臺灣, Táiwān), Nántóu County (南投縣, Nántóu Xiàn), Míngjiān Towns...
Tea type
Green Tea
Water temperature
70 °C
Gongfu water temperature
75 °C
SKU · TAIWAN-JIA-CHUN-QINGXIN-LUCHA-CN
Tea dossier

Provenance and specifications

Origin
Táiwān (臺灣, Táiwān), Nántóu County (南投縣, Nántóu Xiàn), Míngjiān Township (名間鄉, Míngjiān Xiāng)
Tea type
Gongfu Brewing
SKU
TAIWAN-JIA-CHUN-QINGXIN-LUCHA-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
3–5 g per 150–200 ml water (gongfu method). For European brewing — 2–3 g per 200 ml.
Teaware
ምርጥ ምርጫ። ነጭ ሸክላ መዓዛዎችን አይጠጥም እንዲሁም ዕንቁማውን የጠመቀ ውሃ ጥላ ለማድነቅ ያስችላል።
Water temperature
70 °C
Gongfu water temperature
75 °C
Tea amount
5 g
Gongfu water volume
100 ml
Origin
Tea type
Green
Taste
Dry Leaf Aroma
Delicate, clean, with distinct floral notes — hyacinth, violet, light hint of fresh-cut grass.
Liquor Color
Very light, pale yellow with slightest pearlescent sheen. Transparency perfect — liquor "glows" in cup. With repeated steepings, shade shifts toward tender green.
Spent Leaves
Small, whole, tender leaves of light green color, fully expanded. Shoots — "one bud, one leaf" — perfectly preserved shape and demonstrate harvest uniformity.
Sensory Source Descriptor Cz Intensity
3
Sensory Source Descriptor H Intensity
2
Sensory Source Descriptor L Intensity
3
Details
Picking
January 2019. Exclusively hand-picked to the standard "one bud and one upper leaf" (一芽一葉, yī yá yī yè). Harvest was conducted in early morning hours to minim...
Minerals
Potassium (K), magnesium (Mg), manganese (Mn), zinc (Zn), fluorine (F), iron (Fe). Elevated iron content due to red ferrallitic soils of Mingjian and manifests in mineral charac...
Vitamins
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) — preserved in significant quantity thanks to steam fixation (steam less destructive to ascorbic acid than high-temperature firing); B-group vitamins (...
Early harvest months
3, 4
Late harvest months
4, 5
Peak harvest months
4
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