Gǔzhàng Máo Jiān古丈毛尖
Gǔzhàng máo jiān
- Origin
- China, Húnán Province (湖南, Húnán), Xiāngxī Tujia and Miáo Autonomous ...
- Tea type
- Green Tea
- Water temperature
- 90 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 75 °C
Provenance and specifications
- Origin
- China, Húnán Province (湖南, Húnán), Xiāngxī Tujia and Miáo Autonomous Prefecture (湘西土家族苗族自治州, Xiāngxī Tǔjiāzú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu), Gǔzhàng County (古丈县, Gǔzhàng Xiàn)
- Tea type
- Gaiwan
- SKU
- GUZHANG-MAO-JIAN-CN
Brewing recipes
- Gongfu: 75°C, 5 g / 100 ml, 10s, 3 steeps
- Western: 70°C, 3 g / 200 ml, 180s, 2 steeps
Brewing, origin and taste notes
Brewing
- Tea amount
- 3–4 g per 120–150 ml water (1:40 ratio).
- Teaware
- White porcelain gàiwǎn (白瓷盖碗) or glass tumbler.
- Water temperature
- 90 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 75 °C
- Tea amount
- 5 g
- Gongfu water volume
- 100 ml
Origin
- Tea type
- Green
Taste
- Dry Leaf Appearance
- Thin, tight, straight and elegant shoots (条索紧细圆直), with graceful pointed tips (锋苗挺秀). Color — emerald green with oily luster (翠润), abundantly covered with silvery down (显毫).
- Dry Leaf Aroma
- Pure, high, fresh (清香, qīngxiāng). Delicate aroma of young buds (嫩香高悦, nènxiāng gāoyuè) — "delighting tenderness." Residual aroma in empty cup (冷杯留香) persist...
- Liquor Aroma
- Persistent, high, with pure floral tone. Unfolds gradually over many infusions.
- Liquor Color
- Tender green, clear and transparent, with lively luster.
- Spent Leaves
- Tender, elastic, uniform shoots of green color. Whole, without damage.
- Sensory Source Descriptor Cz Intensity
- 2
Details
- Picking
- Early spring picking before Qīngmíng (清明, ~April 5). For the highest grade — whole buds or one bud with one barely opened leaf (一芽一叶初展). Shoots must be plump, downy, and un...
- Pluck Standard
- Three grades:
- Raw Material
- Tender, uniform, undamaged shoots. Processing — on the day of picking.
- Alkaloids
- Caffeine — moderate content. Theobromine, theophylline.
- Amino Acids
- Elevated content — result of abundant diffused light and nitrogenous soils (83% of territory with nitrogen content >1%). It is amino acids that ensure freshness and mildness.
- Minerals
- Potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, zinc, manganese, selenium.
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