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Éméi Huáng Yá
Golden cup
Brewing profile
Origin notes
Tea origin
Gaiwan
Éméi Huáng Yá峨眉黄芽
Éméi huáng yá
- Origin
- China, Sìchuān Province (四川省, Sìchuān shěng), Lèshān City (乐山市, Lèshā...
- Tea type
- Yellow Tea
- Water temperature
- 80 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 78 °C
SKU · EMEI-HUANG-YA-CN
Tea dossier
Provenance and specifications
- Origin
- China, Sìchuān Province (四川省, Sìchuān shěng), Lèshān City (乐山市, Lèshān shì), Mount Éméishān (峨眉山, Éméi shān)
- Tea type
- Gaiwan
- SKU
- EMEI-HUANG-YA-CN
Brewing recipes
- Gongfu: 78°C, 5 g / 100 ml, 10s, 4 steeps
- Western: 72°C, 2 g / 200 ml, 180s, 2 steeps
Tea dossier
Brewing, origin and taste notes
Brewing
- Tea amount
- 3–4 g per 150 ml water (for gaiwan) or 2–3 g per 200 ml (for glass).
- Teaware
- Glass cup or tumbler (玻璃杯, bōlí bēi) — allows observing the "dance of buds"; porcelain gaiwan (盖碗, gàiwǎn) — for fuller aroma development; small porcelain te...
- Water temperature
- 80 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 78 °C
- Tea amount
- 5 g
- Gongfu water volume
- 100 ml
Origin
- Tea type
- Yellow tea
Taste
- Dry Leaf Aroma
- Warm, sweetish, with tones of freshly cut hay, chestnuts and a barely perceptible floral note. Absent is the sharp "green" grassy smell characteristic of unprocessed r...
- Liquor Aroma
- Delicate, enveloping, with dominance of roasted chestnut (板栗香, bǎnlì xiāng) and tones of field flowers, honey and weak vanilla sweetness. When cooling, light cereal notes a...
- Liquor Color
- Light yellow with warm apricot shade, transparent, bright. With repeated infusions, color may lighten to pale straw.
- Sensory Source Descriptor Cz Intensity
- 3
- Sensory Source Descriptor H Intensity
- 5
- Sensory Source Descriptor L Intensity
- 3
Details
- Raw Material
- Exceptionally high. Buds must be uniform in size, whole, without mechanical damage, covered with dense silvery down. Harvest is carried out by hand in early morning hours after ...
- Alkaloids
- Caffeine (咖啡碱, kāfēi jiǎn) — approximately 2–3% of dry mass, which corresponds to moderate level (20–30 mg per standard brewing portion). Theobromine and theophylline are presen...
- Minerals
- Potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, iron, manganese, zinc, fluorine, selenium. The mineral profile is enriched thanks to the volcanic basaltic soils of Mount Emeishan.
- Polyphenols
- Content is lower than in green teas of comparable raw material standard (approximately 12–18% in dry matter), which is due to partial destruction of catechins during sealed yell...
- Vitamins
- Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) — in moderate amounts (lower than in green teas due to partial destruction during sealed yellowing); B vitamins (B1, B2, B6); vitamin E (tocopherols).
- Early harvest months
- 3
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