Mògān Huáng Yá莫干黄芽
Mògān huáng yá
- Origin
- China, Zhèjiāng Province (浙江, Zhèjiāng), Húzhōu Prefecture (湖州, Húzhō...
- Tea type
- Yellow Tea
- Water temperature
- 85 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 78 °C
Provenance and specifications
- Origin
- China, Zhèjiāng Province (浙江, Zhèjiāng), Húzhōu Prefecture (湖州, Húzhōu), Déqīng County (德清县, Déqīng Xiàn), Moganshan Mountain (莫干山, Mògān Shān) and adjacent territories
- Tea type
- Zhejiang
- SKU
- MOGAN-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
Brewing, origin and taste notes
Brewing
- Tea amount
- 3 g per 150 ml water (1:50 ratio).
- Teaware
- Glass tumbler (玻璃杯, bōlí bēi) — for observing the "dance of buds": when brewing, they float up, sink, and rise again, creating a mesmerizing spectacle. White porc...
- Water temperature
- 85 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 78 °C
- Tea amount
- 5 g
- Gongfu water volume
- 100 ml
Origin
- Tea type
- Yellow tea
Taste
- Dry Leaf Appearance
- Thin, tight, slightly curved spirals resembling lotus heart form (细紧略曲似莲心). Abundant white and golden down (显毫). Color is tender yellow with oily luster (嫩黄油润).
- Dry Leaf Aroma
- Pure, sweetish, with tones of fresh bamboo, honey, and light nutty notes.
- Liquor Aroma
- Delicate, "qingtianxiang" (清甜香) — pure and sweet. In supreme grades — pronounced "nenxiang" (嫩香), aroma of tender greenery. In aged specimens, a warm tone of...
- Liquor Color
- Tender yellow, clear, with bright luster (嫩黄明亮). Significantly lighter than large-leaf yellow teas (Dayeqing, Huangdacha).
- Spent Leaves
- Whole, resilient buds of tender yellow color, arranged in neat "rosettes" (嫩匀成朵、嫩黄明亮). Uniformity of spent leaves is a sign of proper grading.
- Sensory Source Descriptor Cz Intensity
- 2
Details
- Pluck Standard
- For supreme grade (特级) — exclusively whole buds or bud with one just emerging leaflet (一芽一叶初展, yī yá yī yè chū zhǎn). For first grade — bud and one to two leaves. For ...
- Raw Material
- Buds must be whole, undamaged, succulent, uniform in size, with abundant down. Picking is conducted in dry weather. After picking — immediate sorting and culling (芽叶拣剔, yá ...
- Alkaloids
- Caffeine — 2–3.5% of dry matter. Synergy with L-theanine provides mild, prolonged tonic effect without sharp stimulation.
- Minerals
- Potassium, zinc, selenium, fluorine, magnesium. Selenium comes from Moganshan mountain soils.
- Vitamins
- Vitamin C (content higher than most yellow teas due to gentle processing of tender buds), B-group vitamins.
- Early harvest months
- 3
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