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Dìngjūn Míng Méi
Golden cup
Brewing profile
Origin notes
Tea origin
Gongfu Brewing
Dìngjūn Míng Méi定军茗眉
Dìngjūn míng méi
- Origin
- China, Shaanxi Province (陕西省, Shǎnxī Shěng), Hànzhōng City (汉中市, Hànz...
- Tea type
- Green Tea
- Gongfu water temperature
- 75 °C
- Western water temperature
- 70 °C
SKU · DINGJUN-MING-MEI-CN
Tea dossier
Provenance and specifications
- Origin
- China, Shaanxi Province (陕西省, Shǎnxī Shěng), Hànzhōng City (汉中市, Hànzhōng Shì), Miǎnxiàn County (勉县, Miǎnxiàn)
- Tea type
- Gongfu Brewing
- SKU
- DINGJUN-MING-MEI-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
- Process
- Bottom infusion method (下投法). First infusion — 10–15 seconds. Withstands up to 7 infusions — increase time by 5–10 seconds each time.
- Teaware
- High-transparency glass tumbler — for observing "eyebrow-shaped" leaves standing vertically like pine needles (形似松针耸立). Liquor — yellow-green, with "living" ...
- Gongfu water temperature
- 75 °C
- Tea amount
- 5 g
- Gongfu water volume
- 100 ml
- Tea-to-water ratio
- 10 s
Origin
- Tea type
- Green
- Soil
- Yellow-brown soils and sandy loam (黄棕壤与沙壤土) with pH 4.5–6.0. Organic matter content — >2.5% (notably higher than Hanzhong Xianhao average — >1.5%). Selenium: 0.653–3.853 p...
Taste
- Liquor Color
- Yellow-green, bright and clear (黄绿明亮) — distinctive feature distinguishing Dingjun Ming Mei among the "翠色" (emerald) teas of standard Hanzhong Xianhao.
- Spent Leaves
- Tender green, uniform, shoots unfold in complete "bouquets" (嫩绿匀整成朵).
- Taste
- Fresh (鲜醇), brisk (醇爽), with powerful returning sweetness (huí gān) building in waves — "like a spring gushing from stone" (回甘生津如泉涌). Capable of maintaining flavo...
- Sensory Source Descriptor Cz Intensity
- 3
- Sensory Source Descriptor H Intensity
- 2
- Sensory Source Descriptor L Intensity
- 3
Details
- Cultivar
- Several varieties of *Camellia sinensis* var. *sinensis*:
- Pluck Standard
- Highest grade — one bud with barely opened leaf (一芽一叶初展), proportion ≥95%. Shoots are strictly selected by size and integrity.
- Amino Acids
- 3.56%. Ensure freshness and "briskness."
- Polyphenols
- ≥30.5% — high indicator, providing dense body and "muscularity" to the liquor.
- Vitamins
- C, B-group. Minerals: Se, Zn, K, Mg.
- Early harvest months
- 3, 4
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