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Gaiwan

Yunnan Lücha云南绿茶

Yúnnán lǜchá

Origin
China (中国, Zhōngguó), Yúnnán Province (云南省, Yúnnán Shěng)
Tea type
Green Tea
Water temperature
80 °C
Gongfu water temperature
75 °C
SKU · YUNNAN-LUCHA-CN
Tea dossier

Provenance and specifications

Origin
China (中国, Zhōngguó), Yúnnán Province (云南省, Yúnnán Shěng)
Tea type
Gaiwan
SKU
YUNNAN-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 (European method); 5–7 g per 100–120 ml (gongfu method).
Teaware
Gàiwǎn (盖碗, gàiwǎn) — universal option; glass teapot or cup — for observing large shoot opening; for shaiqing even clay teapot is acceptable (coarser raw material is n...
Water temperature
80 °C
Gongfu water temperature
75 °C
Tea amount
5 g
Gongfu water volume
100 ml
Origin
Tea type
Green
Soil
Diverse — red soils (红壤, hóng rǎng), yellow soils (黄壤, huáng rǎng), laterites. Rich in organic matter and minerals, especially in zones of old tropical forests.
Taste
Dry Leaf Aroma
Fresh, with wide palette: chestnut and bean notes (chaoqing), floral (hongqing, especially from Yunkang 47 cultivar), grassy-green with smoky undertone (shaiqing).
Liquor Aroma
Bright, voluminous, with predominance of chestnut and roasted nut in roasted varieties; clean and floral in hongqing; with note of fresh-cut grass and "solar warmth" i...
Liquor Color
From light green to yellow-green (hongqing, chaoqing); greenish-yellow, sometimes slightly cloudy (fresh shaiqing — clarifies with age).
Spent Leaves
Whole, elastic, large leaves and buds — significantly larger than Zhejiang or Anhui green teas. Color — from fresh green to olive.
Sensory Source Descriptor Be Intensity
1
Sensory Source Descriptor Ch Intensity
1
Details
Cultivar
Yunnan is the only province in China where both large-leaf (*Camellia sinensis* var. *assamica*) and small-leaf (*C. sinensis* var. *sinensis*) varieties of tea tree are used on...
Picking
Spring — March–May (premium grades); summer-autumn — June–October (mass grades). Due to the warm climate, up to 25–26 pickings per year are possible.
Pluck Standard
Bud with one to two upper leaves for named teas; more mature raw material is acceptable for mass shaiqing and hongqing grades.
Raw Material
Young, uniform, without mechanical damage. For some teas (bamboo tea, tea from ancient trees), large-leaf raw material with pronounced "wild" character is acceptable.
Alkaloids
Caffeine — 3.0–3.6%. Theobromine and theophylline — in trace amounts.
Amino Acids
2.5–4.0% depending on variety and growing altitude. L-theanine dominates, providing balance between polyphenol bitterness and sweetness.
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