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Guìdìng Xuě Yá
Golden cup
Brewing profile
Origin notes
Tea origin
Gaiwan
Guìdìng Xuě Yá贵定雪芽
Guìdìng xuě yá
- Origin
- China, Guìzhōu Province (贵州省, Guìzhōu Shěng), Qiánnán Buyi and Miáo A...
- Tea type
- Snow Bud Green Tea
- Water temperature
- 80 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 75 °C
SKU · GUIDING-XUE-YA-CN
Tea dossier
Provenance and specifications
- Origin
- China, Guìzhōu Province (贵州省, Guìzhōu Shěng), Qiánnán Buyi and Miáo Autonomous Prefecture (黔南布依族苗族自治州), Guìdìng County (贵定县, Guìdìng Xiàn)
- Tea type
- Gaiwan
- SKU
- GUIDING-XUE-YA-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.
- Teaware
- Glass cup (for observing the "cloud" steam effect) or porcelain gaiwan.
- Water temperature
- 80 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 75 °C
- Tea amount
- 5 g
- Gongfu water volume
- 100 ml
Origin
- Tea type
- Green
- Soil
- Acidic yellow soils (酸性黄壤, suānxìng huáng rǎng) with pH 4.4–4.85. Organic matter content — 3.19% (exceptionally high indicator). Soils are rich in minerals.
Taste
- Dry Leaf Appearance
- Tightly rolled spirals (紧秀如螺), resembling fishing hooks (鱼钩状弯曲) — in premium grades. Color — emerald green with abundant silvery down (翠绿披银毫). In premium grade — up to 80% of su...
- Dry Leaf Aroma
- Honey (蜜香, mìxiāng) — the primary and most characteristic note of Guiding Xue Ya. Complemented by high floral tone (花香高扬). Cold cup retains aroma for over 30 minutes (!) — ...
- Liquor Aroma
- Honey-floral, persistent and elegant. In the best batches — with notes of orchid and mountain honey.
- Liquor Color
- Yellow-green, bright and clear (黄绿明亮).
- Taste
- Fresh and brisk (鲜爽), with pronounced "juiciness" — result of exceptionally high amino acid content (6–9% according to some data). Body is mellow and rich (醇厚, chú...
- Sensory Source Descriptor Cz Intensity
- 3
Details
- Picking
- Five picking rounds are conducted annually — three spring, zero to two summer. Autumn picking is not practiced. Most valuable is "mingqiancha" (明前茶) — before Qingming ...
- Raw Material
- Shoots must be uniform in size, intact, with abundant down. A folk saying describes the standard: "Pick tenderly — like [catching] an oriole's tongue" (嫩采雅雀嘴, n...
- History
- Guiding possesses one of the deepest and best-documented tea histories in Guizhou — over 2,000 years of tea cultivation and more than 600 years of confirmed "tribute tea&qu...
- Amino Acids
- 6–9% (according to some sources; standard data for Niaowang cultivar — 2.18%). Exceptionally high indicator, explaining honey sweetness and "juiciness."
- Minerals
- Potassium, magnesium, zinc, manganese.
- Polyphenols
- 25–30% (for Niaowang cultivar — up to 31.67%). Provide rich body and pronounced antioxidant potential.
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