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Gaiwan

Yantai Lü Chá烟台绿茶

Yāntái lǜchá

Origin
China, Shāndōng Province (山东省, Shāndōng Shěng), Yantai Prefecture-lev...
Tea type
Green Tea
Water temperature
80 °C
Gongfu water temperature
75 °C
SKU · YANTAI-LUCHA-CN
Tea dossier

Provenance and specifications

Origin
China, Shāndōng Province (山东省, Shāndōng Shěng), Yantai Prefecture-level City (烟台市, Yāntái Shì)
Tea type
Gaiwan
SKU
YANTAI-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 g per 150 ml (1:50 ratio). Mountain spring water (山泉水) — best choice.
Teaware
Glass tumbler (玻璃杯) or white porcelain gaiwan (白瓷盖碗).
Water temperature
80 °C
Gongfu water temperature
75 °C
Tea amount
5 g
Gongfu water volume
100 ml
Origin
Tea type
Green
Soil
Brown earths (棕壤, zōng rǎng), pH 5.5–7.0, organic matter content over 1.0%. Soils enriched with zinc (锌, xīn), selenium (硒, xī) and other microelements.
Taste
Dry Leaf Aroma
Dense, intense. Flat teas — expressive pea note (豌豆香, wāndòu xiāng), signature of Yantai flat tea. Curled — chestnut tone (栗香, lì xiāng). Needle — pure freshness (清香, ...
Liquor Aroma
Persistent, rich, with deep "roasted bean" background (焙豆香, bèidòu xiāng), transitioning to chestnut or floral tone. Aroma persists even after 4–5 steeps.
Liquor Color
Bright green (碧绿明亮, bìlǜ míngliàng) for curled teas; yellow-green, clear (黄绿清澈) for needle teas. Generally described as "amber" (琥珀, hǔpò) — with g...
Spent Leaves
Thick, fleshy (肥厚嫩绿, féihòu nèn lǜ), uniform, leaves lively and fresh. Thickness of opened leaf — first thing distinguishing Yantai tea from southern counterparts.
Sensory Source Descriptor Cz Intensity
4
Sensory Source Descriptor H Intensity
3
Details
Picking
Main season runs from late April to late June. Spring tea (春茶, chūnchá) is most valuable. Compared to southern regions, timing is shifted 4–6 weeks later due to late vegeta...
Raw Material
Hand-picked. All production passes European organic certification.
Alkaloids
Caffeine — standard content for green tea (2–4%). Theobromine, theophylline in trace amounts.
Amino Acids
Not less than 3.0% in spring tea. According to certification tests, amino acid content 56% higher, and L-theanine 64% higher than southern counterparts. This is record level amo...
Essential Oils
Pyrazines (formed during charcoal roasting, responsible for "roasted bean" note), linalool, geraniol.
Minerals
Zinc (锌), selenium (硒), fluorine (氟), potassium, magnesium, manganese. Zinc and selenium enrichment — consequence of Shandong brown earth geochemistry.
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