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Yuèxī Cuì Lán
Golden cup
Brewing profile
Origin notes
Tea origin
Gongfu Brewing
Yuèxī Cuì Lán岳西翠兰
Yuèxī cuì lán
- Origin
- China, Ānhuī Province (安徽, Ānhuī), Yuèxī County (岳西县, Yuèxī Xiàn) — l...
- Tea type
- Green Tea
- Gongfu water temperature
- 75 °C
- Western water temperature
- 70 °C
SKU · YUEXI-CUI-LAN-CN
Tea dossier
Provenance and specifications
- Origin
- China, Ānhuī Province (安徽, Ānhuī), Yuèxī County (岳西县, Yuèxī Xiàn) — located in the very center of the Dabie Mountains
- Tea type
- Gongfu Brewing
- SKU
- YUEXI-CUI-LAN-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
- 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
- Gongfu maximum infusions
- 3
Origin
- Tea type
- Green
- Climate
- Average annual temperature — 16.4°C, relative humidity — ≥77%, average annual number of foggy days — >200. Daily temperature fluctuations — significant. Abundance of dif...
Taste
- Dry Leaf Appearance
- Bud and leaf connected (芽叶相连), covered with emerald down (翠绿显毫). When brewed, they open into "buds" resembling orchid flowers (舒展成朵，形似兰花).
- Dry Leaf Aroma
- Pure, high (清香). Orchid note (兰花香, lánhuā xiāng) — signature, from the local indigenous cultivar. Chestnut overtone (嫩栗香) — from spring picking and charcoal drying.
- Liquor Aroma
- Orchid-like, persistent and elegant. "Cold note" (冷韵) — subtle overtone of charcoal drying.
- Liquor Color
- Emerald green, bright and clear (碧绿明亮).
- Spent Leaves
- Tender, green, uniform shoots, "opened into buds" (嫩绿匀整成朵).
- Taste
- Fresh and brisk (鲜爽, xiānshuǎng) — record amino acid content (≥6.3%). Mellow and rich (醇厚). Returning sweetness — long and "velvety" (回甘绵长). Bitterness and astringency...
Details
- Picking
- Early spring. Three grades:
- Alkaloids
- Caffeine — 2.8–3.5%. Tonic effect — 30% above average.
- Amino Acids
- ≥6.3% — one of the highest indicators among Chinese green teas. For comparison: most famous green teas have 3–5%. Record amino acid level ensures exceptional freshness and "...
- Minerals
- Potassium, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus.
- Polyphenols
- ≤19.5% — significantly below average (usually 20–30%). Precisely the low polyphenol content explains the absence of bitterness and astringency.
- Early harvest months
- 3, 4
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