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Gongfu Brewing

Shǒu Méi Lǎo Chá寿眉老茶

shòuméi lǎo chá

Origin
most commonly Fujian (Fuding/Zhenghe) as classical centers, but other...
Tea type
White Tea
Water temperature
90 °C
Gongfu water temperature
75 °C
SKU · SHOUMEI-LAO-CHA-CN
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Provenance and specifications

Origin
most commonly Fujian (Fuding/Zhenghe) as classical centers, but other regions are also found on the market
Tea type
Gongfu Brewing
SKU
SHOUMEI-LAO-CHA-CN

Brewing recipes

  • Gongfu: 75°C, 5 g / 100 ml, 10s, 4 steeps
  • Western: 65°C, 2 g / 200 ml, 180s, 2 steeps
Tea dossier

Brewing, origin and taste notes

Brewing
Water temperature
90 °C
Gongfu water temperature
75 °C
Tea amount
5 g
Gongfu water volume
100 ml
Tea-to-water ratio
10 s
Gongfu steep increment
5 s
Origin
Tea type
White
Taste
Taste
thick, rounded, sweet; astringency minimal if storage was dry.
Sensory Source Descriptor Cz Intensity
1
Sensory Source Descriptor H Intensity
3
Sensory Source Descriptor L Intensity
3
Sensory Source Descriptor Li Intensity
4
Sensory Source Descriptor Pc Intensity
2
Details
Cultivar
dipendono dalla regione; nella classica produzione del Fujian si usano cultivar «bianche» e/o popolazioni locali di arbusti.
Name Breakdown
— “ཚེ་རིང་གི་སྨིན་མ།” (རིག་གནས་ཀྱི་བརྗོད་གཞི།)
Amino Acids
responsible for sweetness, softness and "umami" sensation.
Polyphenols
form antioxidant potential and light astringency.
Early harvest months
3, 9
Late harvest months
4, 10
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