Studio pack
Qīngchéng Xuě Yá
Golden cup
Brewing profile
Origin notes
Tea origin
Gongfu Brewing
Qīngchéng Xuě Yá青城雪芽
Qīngchéng xuě yá
- Origin
- China, Sìchuān Province (四川, Sìchuān), Dūjiāngyàn City (都江堰市, Dūjiāng...
- Tea type
- Snow Bud Green Tea
- Water temperature
- 80 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 75 °C
SKU · QINGCHENG-XUE-YA-CN
Tea dossier
Provenance and specifications
- Origin
- China, Sìchuān Province (四川, Sìchuān), Dūjiāngyàn City (都江堰市, Dūjiāngyàn Shì), Qingchengshan Mountain (青城山)
- Tea type
- Gongfu Brewing
- SKU
- QINGCHENG-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 (1:50 ratio).
- Teaware
- Glass cup — top-down method (上投法).
- Water temperature
- 80 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 75 °C
- Tea amount
- 5 g
- Gongfu water volume
- 100 ml
Origin
- Tea type
- Green
Taste
- Dry Leaf Aroma
- Delicate chestnut (嫩栗香, nèn lì xiāng) — main note. Clean green freshness (清香). Floral-fruity overtone (花果香).
- Liquor Aroma
- Chestnut-fresh, persistent, with floral nuances.
- Liquor Color
- Yellow-green, bright and clear (黄绿明亮).
- Spent Leaves
- Tender, uniform shoots, gathered in "buds" (嫩绿匀整成朵).
- Taste
- Fresh and brisk (鲜爽). Mellow and rich (醇厚). Returning sweetness — stable and long-lasting (回甘持久). Amino acid note (鲜, xiān — "umami") — pronounced.
- Sensory Source Descriptor Cz Intensity
- 4
Details
- Picking
- Strictly before Qīngmíng (清明). Standard — one bud with one leaf in initial opening stage (一芽一叶初展), length ≤2.5 cm. For 500 g of highest grade — 40,000–50,000 buds.
- Alkaloids
- Caffeine — moderate content.
- Amino Acids
- 484.29 mg/100 g (≈4.84%) — significantly above average. Key factor of freshness and sweetness.
- Minerals
- Potassium, magnesium, zinc, manganese, fluorine.
- Polyphenols
- Significant content. Free radical neutralization efficiency — 10 times higher than vitamin E.
- Early harvest months
- 3, 4
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