Huilong Lü Chá回龙绿茶
Huílóng lǜchá
- Origin
- China, Yúnnán Province (云南省, Yúnnán Shěng), Déhóng Dǎi and Jingpo Aut...
- Tea type
- Green Tea
- Water temperature
- 85 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 75 °C
Provenance and specifications
- Origin
- China, Yúnnán Province (云南省, Yúnnán Shěng), Déhóng Dǎi and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture (德宏傣族景颇族自治州, Déhóng Dǎizú Jǐngpōzú Zìzhìzhōu), Liánghé County (梁河县, Liánghé Xiàn)
- Tea type
- Gaiwan
- SKU
- HUILONG-LUCHA-CN
Brewing recipes
- Gongfu: 75°C, 5 g / 100 ml, 10s, 3 steeps
- Western: 70°C, 3 g / 200 ml, 180s, 2 steeps
Brewing, origin and taste notes
Brewing
- Tea amount
- 3 g per 150 ml (cup method), ratio 1:50. For gongfu method — 6–8 g per 120–150 ml.
- Teaware
- Glass tumbler (玻璃杯, bōlibēi) — for observing leaf form and dance; white porcelain gaiwan (白瓷盖碗, báicí gàiwǎn) — for maximum aroma development. Yixing teapot — wit...
- Water temperature
- 85 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 75 °C
- Tea amount
- 5 g
- Gongfu water volume
- 100 ml
Origin
- Tea type
- Green
- Soil
- Brick-red (砖红壤), red-brown (红棕壤) and black-brown humus soils (黑棕壤), pH 4.5–6.5. Fertile layer depth over 100 cm; organic matter content ≥2%. Forest cover — 72–76%.
Taste
- Dry Leaf Aroma
- Bright chestnut aroma (栗香, lìxiāng), high and clean, with undertones of fresh greenery. Cold cup retains aroma for more than 10 minutes (冷杯留香).
- Liquor Aroma
- Rich chestnut aroma, persistent and enveloping, with undertones of fresh-cut grass and light floral note. Aroma distinguished by unusual duration and stability from infusion to ...
- Liquor Color
- Yellow-green, bright and crystal clear (黄绿明亮, huánglǜ míngliàng). Glossy, with good saturation.
- Spent Leaves
- Even, lively and glossy (匀整鲜活); leaves tender green with copper-brown edge (嫩绿带铜边, nènlǜ dài tóngbiān), resilient and elastic.
- Sensory Source Descriptor Cz Intensity
- 3
- Sensory Source Descriptor H Intensity
- 2
Details
- Picking
- Spring is peak quality, main picking period falls in March–April (before and after Qingming). Summer and autumn picking is also practiced, but valued lower.
- Pluck Standard
- Three grades by raw material standard:
- Raw Material
- Young, uniform, without coarse leaves and mechanical damage. Picking exclusively by hand, in dry weather.
- Name Breakdown
- "Huilong" (回龙) — the name of Huilongzhai village, which literally translates as "Returning Dragon" and refers to the winding mountainous terrain of the local...
- Alkaloids
- Caffeine (咖啡碱, kāfēijiǎn) — ≥2.0%, theobromine, theophylline. Combination of caffeine with high level of L-theanine provides mild but prolonged tonic effect without sharp stimul...
- Amino Acids
- Content ≥3.8%, which is 20% higher than average indicator of ordinary green teas. Leading amino acid — L-theanine (L-茶氨酸), responsible for characteristic sweetness and "bod...
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