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Láoshān Hóng Chá
Golden cup
Brewing profile
Origin notes
Tea origin
Gaiwan
Láoshān Hóng Chá崂山红茶
Láoshān hóngchá
- Origin
- China, Shāndōng Province (山东省, Shāndōng Shěng), Qīngdǎo City (青岛市, Qī...
- Tea type
- Gaiwan
- Water temperature
- 90 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 93 °C
SKU · LAOSHAN-HONGCHA-CN
Tea dossier
Provenance and specifications
- Origin
- China, Shāndōng Province (山东省, Shāndōng Shěng), Qīngdǎo City (青岛市, Qīngdǎo Shì), Láoshān District (崂山区, Láoshān Qū)
- Tea type
- Gaiwan
- SKU
- LAOSHAN-HONGCHA-CN
Brewing recipes
- Gongfu: 93°C, 5 g / 100 ml, 10s, 4 steeps
- Western: 88°C, 3 g / 200 ml, 180s, 2 steeps
Tea dossier
Brewing, origin and taste notes
Brewing
- Tea amount
- 3–5 g per 150–200 ml water (flash steeping method); 2–3 g per 200–250 ml (steeping).
- Teaware
- Porcelain gàiwǎn (蓋碗, gàiwǎn) or teapot—optimal choice, allowing full appreciation of aroma and liquor color. Also suitable is a thin-walled Yixing clay teapot or tall...
- Water temperature
- 90 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 93 °C
- Tea amount
- 5 g
- Gongfu water volume
- 100 ml
Origin
- Tea type
- Red
Taste
- Dry Leaf Appearance
- Small, tightly twisted tea particles of needle-like or spiral shape, dark brown, almost black color, often with glossy sheen. In highest grades, golden tips (buds) are present. ...
- Dry Leaf Aroma
- Intense, warm, sweet, with dominating notes of dark chocolate, cocoa beans, roasted nuts (hazelnuts, almonds), and caramel. Complementary shades—honey, rosehip, sweet pastry, so...
- Liquor Aroma
- Deep, enveloping, with pronounced notes of caramel, malt sugar, dark chocolate, and dried fruits. As it cools, honey and rye bread notes emerge.
- Liquor Color
- Bright, clear, from golden-orange to rich copper-red. Noticeably lighter than many other red teas (black teas), due to small-leaf raw material and oxidation characteristics.
- Spent Leaves
- Small, uniform leaves of copper-brown color, elastic, with well-expressed traces of rolling.
- Sensory Source Descriptor Be Intensity
- 1
Details
- Raw Material
- Leaves must be fresh, undamaged, harvested in morning hours after dew has dried. For highest grades, exclusively hand-picking is used.
- Alkaloids
- Caffeine (provides tonic effect), theobromine, theophylline. The synergy of caffeine and L-theanine creates mild, "focused" alertness without excessive stimulation.
- Essential Oils
- Form the warm chocolate-caramel aromatic profile. Among key components—linalool, geraniol, β-ionone, benzaldehyde, and furfural.
- Minerals
- Potassium, manganese, fluorine, iron, zinc. Rich mineral composition is due to granite soils and mineralized water of the region.
- Vitamins
- B group vitamins, E; trace amounts of vitamin C (significantly destroyed during oxidation), PP.
- Early harvest months
- 3, 4
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