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Diān Hóng Sòng Zhèn
Studio preview
Diān Hóng Sòng Zhèn
Studio preview
Diān Hóng Sòng Zhèn
Studio preview
Diān Hóng Sòng Zhèn
Studio preview
Diān Hóng Sòng Zhèn
Studio preview
Diān Hóng Sòng Zhèn
Studio preview
Diān Hóng Sòng Zhèn
Studio preview
Diān Hóng Sòng Zhèn
Gaiwan
Diān Hóng Sòng Zhèn滇红松针
Diānhóng sōngzhēn
- Origin
- China, Yúnnán Province (云南省, Yúnnán Shěng)
- Tea type
- Pine Needle Green Tea
- Water temperature
- 90 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 93 °C
SKU · DIANHONG-SONGZHEN-CN
Tea dossier
Provenance and specifications
- Origin
- China, Yúnnán Province (云南省, Yúnnán Shěng)
- Tea type
- Gaiwan
- SKU
- DIANHONG-SONGZHEN-CN
Brewing recipes
- Gongfu: 93°C, 5 g / 100 ml, 10s, 4 steeps
- Western: 88°C, 3 g / 200 ml, 180s, 2 steeps
Tea dossier
Brewing, origin and taste notes
Brewing
- Tea amount
- 4–5 g per 150 ml (gongfu method); 3 g per 200 ml (European method).
- Teaware
- Porcelain gàiwǎn (盖碗, gàiwǎn) — universal option. Yíxīng teapot (紫砂壶, zǐshā hú) adds softness. Glass teapot allows observing long "needles" opening...
- Water temperature
- 90 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 93 °C
- Tea amount
- 5 g
- Gongfu water volume
- 100 ml
Origin
- Tea type
- Red
- Soil
- Lateritic red soils and yellow soils with acidic reaction (pH 4.5–5.5), high porosity and deep fertile layer. Rich in organic matter, iron, manganese, selenium.
Taste
- Dry Leaf Aroma
- Rich, sweet, with dominating notes of malt, honey, dried fruits (prunes, dried apricots), chocolate. Light floral nuances and gingerbread tones are present. In some batches — ba...
- Liquor Aroma
- Bright, warm, enveloping. Honey-malty range dominates with undertones of caramel, dried fruits, flowers and light spices. When cooling, notes of baking and nuts appear.
- Liquor Color
- From amber-orange to rich red-amber, transparent and clear. With proper brewing — pronounced golden ring (金圈, jīnquān) around cup edge.
- Spent Leaves
- Whole, resilient shoots — buds and young leaves, expanded after brewing. Color even, copper-red. Buds distinctly stand out with golden tone. Leaf soft, elastic.
- Sensory Source Descriptor Be Intensity
- 1
- Sensory Source Descriptor Ch Intensity
- 1
Details
- Picking
- Spring harvest (March–April) provides the highest quality raw material. Summer and autumn harvests are also used and cost noticeably less.
- Pluck Standard
- Main standard — one bud and one young leaf (一芽一叶, yī yá yī yè). For more accessible grades, bud with two leaves (一芽二叶, yī yá èr yè) is permitted. Extra ...
- Raw Material
- Shoots must be fresh, resilient, undamaged, with well-developed down on the bud. Shoot length 2.5–4 cm.
- Name Breakdown
- – ከተዋጊ መንግሥታት ዘመን ከነበረው ዲያን መንግሥት የመጣ የዩናን ጥንታዊ ስም።
- Alkaloids
- Caffeine — 3–4% (approximately 40–60 mg per 150 ml serving), theobromine, theophylline. Leaf content somewhat increases overall caffeine extraction compared to purely bud teas.
- Amino Acids
- 2–3% of dry mass. Main component — L-theanine, providing sweetness and relaxing effect.
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