Lìchuān Hóng利川红
Lìchuān hóng
- Origin
- China, Húběi Province (湖北省, Húběi Shěng), Ēnshì Tujia and Miáo Autono...
- Tea type
- Gaiwan
- Water temperature
- 90 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 93 °C
Provenance and specifications
- Origin
- China, Húběi Province (湖北省, Húběi Shěng), Ēnshì Tujia and Miáo Autonomous Prefecture (恩施土家族苗族自治州, Ēnshì Tǔjiāzú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu), Lìchuān City (利川市, Lìchuān Shì)
- Tea type
- Gaiwan
- SKU
- LICHUAN-HONG-CN
Brewing recipes
- Gongfu: 93°C, 5 g / 100 ml, 10s, 4 steeps
- Western: 88°C, 3 g / 200 ml, 180s, 2 steeps
Brewing, origin and taste notes
Brewing
- Tea amount
- 4–6 g per 100–120 ml (gongfu); 2–3 g per 200–250 ml (steeping); for standard tasting — 5 g per glass cup.
- Water temperature
- 90 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 93 °C
- Tea amount
- 5 g
- Gongfu water volume
- 100 ml
- Tea-to-water ratio
- 10 s
Origin
- Tea type
- Red
Taste
- Dry Leaf Appearance
- Thin, tightly twisted, straight and even strands (条索紧细匀整); color — deep black with oily luster (色泽乌润); in highest grades — pronounced golden tips (金毫, jīnháo), elegant and ...
- Dry Leaf Aroma
- Honey, flowers (花蜜香, huāmì xiāng), light coniferous resinous note; in "Leng Hou Hun" — additional deep "velvety" note.
- Liquor Aroma
- Rich and persistent (香气馥郁持久) — from honey-floral top notes to dried fruit and caramel middle notes, with subtle coniferous-woody background.
- Spent Leaves
- Even, tender, with clearly distinguishable buds (嫩匀带芽); color red-copper, texture elastic.
- Sensory Source Descriptor Be Intensity
- 1
- Sensory Source Descriptor Ch Intensity
- 3
Details
- Cultivar
- The raw material base consists of several cultivars:
- Picking
- Main season — spring (March–April); most valuable batches are picked before Qingming. Summer and autumn pickings are used for mass-market batches.
- Pluck Standard
- Single bud (单芽) for premium grades; one bud and one leaf (一芽一叶) for highest grade; one bud and two leaves (一芽二叶) for standard batches.
- Raw Material
- Fresh, whole shoot without mechanical damage; picking altitude — from 400 m above sea level; minimal delay between picking and withering.
- Alkaloids
- Caffeine 2.5–4% of dry mass; theobromine, theophylline — in trace amounts.
- Amino Acids
- 2–4%, including L-theanine — key component of smoothness, sweetness, and "calming alertness."
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