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Taiwan Hong Yu No. 18
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Brewing profile
Origin notes
Tea origin
Gaiwan
Taiwan Hong Yu No. 18台茶18号红玉
Táichá 18 hào hóngyù
- Origin
- Táiwān (台灣, Táiwān), Nántóu County (南投縣, Nántóu Xiàn), Yúchí Township...
- Tea type
- Gaiwan
- Water temperature
- 90 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 93 °C
SKU · TAICHA-18-HAO-HONGYU-CN
Tea dossier
Provenance and specifications
- Origin
- Táiwān (台灣, Táiwān), Nántóu County (南投縣, Nántóu Xiàn), Yúchí Township (魚池鄉, Yúchí Xiāng), Sǔn Moon Lake area (日月潭)
- Tea type
- Gaiwan
- SKU
- TAICHA-18-HAO-HONGYU-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
- Process
- በጣም ተስማሚ። 5 ግራም በ500 ሚሊ ሊትር ውሃ፣ በማቀዝቀዣ 6–8 ሰዓታት። የማንታ ክፍሉ በቀዝቃዛ ማፍላት ይጠናከራል፣ የሚያድስ የበጋ መጠጥ ይፈጥራል።
- Tea amount
- 5 g per 150 ml water (gongfu method); 3–4 g per 200–250 ml (European method).
- Teaware
- Porcelain gàiwǎn (蓋碗) — optimal choice for full revelation of cinnamon-mint aroma. Porcelain teapot — good alternative. Yixing teapot suitable, but neutral clay preferable ...
- Water temperature
- 90 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 93 °C
- Tea amount
- 5 g
Origin
- Tea type
- Red
- Soil
- Red soils (紅壤), well-drained, rich in organic matter and minerals. Volcanic origin of soils provides unique mineral profile.
Taste
- Liquor Color
- Golden-red, bright and clear (金紅鮮明, jīn hóng xiānmíng). Transparent, with pronounced luster.
- Spent Leaves
- Large, whole leaves of reddish-brown color with purple tinge. Elastic, resilient, evenly fermented. Leaves significantly larger than small-leaf red teas.
- Sensory Source Descriptor Be Intensity
- 1
- Sensory Source Descriptor Ch Intensity
- 3
- Sensory Source Descriptor H Intensity
- 3
- Sensory Source Descriptor L Intensity
- 3
Details
- Cultivar
- Tai Cha No. 18 (台茶18號) — hybrid of Burmese large-leaf tea (B-729, *Camellia sinensis* var. *assamica*) and Taiwanese wild mountain tea (B-607, *Camellia formosensis*). Botanical...
- Pluck Standard
- One bud and two-three top leaves (一芽二、三葉). Hand-picking for premium categories.
- Cultural Significance
- (Formosa Assam) — “ውቧ ደሴት” (ፎርሞዛ — ፖርቱጋላውያን የታይዋንን ይጠሩበት የነበረ ስም) እና የጥሬ ዕቃውን የአሣም ምንጭነት የሚያመለክት ታሪካዊ የኤክስፖርት ስም ነው። ሆንግ ዩ ንጹሕ የአሣም ዝርያ ሳይሆን ድቅል ስለሆነ ይህ ስም እየቀነሰ ጥቅም ላይ እየዋለ ነው።
- History
- (紅玉) — “ቀይ ነፍሪት”። ስሙ ሁለት ባሕርያትን ያመለክታል፦ “ቀይ” (紅) — የማፍላቱ ቀለም፣ “ነፍሪት” (玉) — ውድነትና ንጽሕና።
- Name Breakdown
- (台茶18號) — በታይዋን የሻይ ማሻሻያ ተቋም የተሰጠ ኦፊሴላዊ የምርጫ ቁጥር። ቁጥሩ ይህ ተቋሙ በይፋ የመዘገበው 18ኛው ኩልቲቫር መሆኑን ያሳያል።
- Alkaloids
- Caffeine content — moderately high (characteristic of large-leaf varieties). Theobromine and theophylline — in standard amounts for red tea.
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