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Yǔnkēng Hóng Chá
Golden cup
Brewing profile
Origin notes
Tea origin
Gaiwan
Yǔnkēng Hóng Chá陨坑红茶
Yǔnkēng hóngchá
- Origin
- China, Hǎinán Province (海南省, Hǎinán Shěng), Báishā Lì Autonomous Coun...
- Tea type
- Gaiwan
- Water temperature
- 90 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 93 °C
SKU · YUNKENG-HONGCHA-CN
Tea dossier
Provenance and specifications
- Origin
- China, Hǎinán Province (海南省, Hǎinán Shěng), Báishā Lì Autonomous County (白沙黎族自治县, Báishā Lízú Zìzhìxiàn), Yáchā Town (牙叉镇, Yáchā Zhèn)
- Tea type
- Gaiwan
- SKU
- YUNKENG-HONGCHA-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
- Tea amount
- 4–5 g per 100–120 ml (gongfu); 2–3 g per 200–250 ml (steeping).
- Teaware
- White porcelain gaiwan 100–120 ml; porcelain or glass teapot.
- Water temperature
- 90 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 93 °C
- Tea amount
- 5 g
- Gongfu water volume
- 100 ml
Origin
- Tea type
- Red
Taste
- Dry Leaf Appearance
- Tight, full twist (肥硕, féishuò — "robust, plump"); dark leaf with oily luster (色泽乌润油亮) and noticeable golden tips in highest grades.
- Dry Leaf Aroma
- Sweet, honey-floral, with warm fruity background and light mineral undertone. Aroma purity is a distinguishing feature: absence of foreign "chemical" or "burnt&qu...
- Liquor Aroma
- Bright, multi-layered: honey and floral notes with fruity undertone; aroma described by the formula "香、醇、韵、滑、甜" (aromatic, pure, with character, smooth, sweet).
- Liquor Color
- Red-amber to deep ruby, bright and clear (汤色红亮).
- Spent Leaves
- Red-copper, elastic, with well-opened whole leaves.
- Sensory Source Descriptor Be Intensity
- 1
Details
- Pluck Standard
- 1 bud + 1–2 young leaves for highest grade red tea (black tea).
- Name Breakdown
- 陨坑 (yǔnkēng) — "meteorite crater"; 红茶 (hóngchá) — "red tea (black tea)." The name is maximally straightforward: "red tea (black tea) from a me...
- Alkaloids
- Caffeine (3–5% — somewhat higher than average for red teas, typical for large-leaf tropical varieties), theobromine, theophylline.
- Amino Acids
- Elevated content; studies show that tea from Baisha Crater exceeds analogs from other regions in amino acid levels, which is attributed to the mineral richness of soils.
- Essential Oils
- Form the characteristic honey-floral aroma with "mineral touch."
- Minerals
- Zinc (elevated), manganese, selenium, iron, potassium and a number of trace elements determined by the unique composition of impact soils (50+ mineral species).
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