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Kāihuà Lóng Dǐng
Golden cup
Brewing profile
Origin notes
Tea origin
Zhejiang
Kāihuà Lóng Dǐng开化龙顶
Kāihuà lóng dǐng
- Origin
- China, Zhèjiāng Province (浙江, Zhèjiāng), Qúzhōu City (衢州市, Qúzhōu Shì...
- Tea type
- Zhejiang Green Teas
- Water temperature
- 85 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 75 °C
SKU · KAIHUA-LONG-DING-CN
Tea dossier
Provenance and specifications
- Origin
- China, Zhèjiāng Province (浙江, Zhèjiāng), Qúzhōu City (衢州市, Qúzhōu Shì), Kāihuà County (开化县, Kāihuà Xiàn)
- Tea type
- Zhejiang
- SKU
- KAIHUA-LONG-DING-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 (ratio 1:50). For "direct drinking" in a large cup — up to 1:75–1:150.
- Teaware
- Glass cup (玻璃杯) — mandatory choice for observing the "Forest in a Cup" effect. White porcelain gaiwan — for aroma evaluation.
- Water temperature
- 85 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 75 °C
- Tea amount
- 5 g
- Gongfu water volume
- 100 ml
Origin
- Tea type
- Green
- Soil
- Acidic red and yellow soils (红黄壤, hónghuáng rǎng), rich in minerals. Terrain — mountainous, with abundance of valleys where fog accumulates.
Taste
- Dry Leaf Appearance
- Straight, elegant, needle-like buds (紧直挺秀, jǐnzhí tǐngxiù), covered with silvery white down (白毫披露). Color — bright green. In highest grades — uniform, elegant, "l...
- Dry Leaf Aroma
- Orchid aroma (兰花香, lánhuā xiāng) — main aromatic characteristic by which Long Ding is unmistakably recognized. Chestnut note (板栗香, bǎnlì xiāng) — secondary. Clean gree...
- Liquor Aroma
- Orchid, persistent and elegant. With careful tasting — chestnut overtones.
- Liquor Color
- Green, clean and clear — the "greenness" of the liquor is one of the "three greens" (三绿).
- Spent Leaves
- Tender, uniform, bright green shoots — third of the "three greens."
- Taste
- Fresh, mellow and brisk (鲜醇爽口, xiānchún shuǎngkǒu), sweet (甘甜, gāntián), with umami note of amino acid freshness. Rich (醇厚). Aftertaste — long, with "throat reson...
Details
- Picking
- Spring — most valuable (明前, mingqian; 雨前, yuqian). Autumn — second in importance. Summer — coarsest.
- Pluck Standard
- Four grades:
- Alkaloids
- Caffeine — moderate content.
- Amino Acids
- Elevated content — result of abundant fog and diffused light. Provides freshness and umami.
- Minerals
- Potassium, magnesium, zinc, manganese.
- Polyphenols
- High content — provides antioxidant potential and contributes to cholesterol reduction.
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