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Lípíng Xiāng Chá
Golden cup
Brewing profile
Origin notes
Tea origin
Gaiwan
Lípíng Xiāng Chá黎平香茶
Lípíng xiāngchá
- Origin
- China, Guìzhōu Province (贵州省, Guìzhōu Shěng), Qiándōngnán Miáo and Dò...
- Tea type
- Green Tea
- Water temperature
- 85 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 75 °C
SKU · LIPING-XIANGCHA-CN
Tea dossier
Provenance and specifications
- Origin
- China, Guìzhōu Province (贵州省, Guìzhōu Shěng), Qiándōngnán Miáo and Dòng Autonomous Prefecture (黔东南州), Lípíng County (黎平县)
- Tea type
- Gaiwan
- SKU
- LIPING-XIANGCHA-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
- Tea amount
- 3g per 100ml water (ratio 1:25–1:38 — more concentrated than for most green teas, due to positioning as a "full-bodied" beverage).
- Teaware
- Porcelain gàiwǎn (盖碗) 100–150ml or glass cup (玻璃杯). For oil tea (油茶) according to Dong tradition — cast iron pot.
- Water temperature
- 85 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 75 °C
- Tea amount
- 5 g
- Gongfu water volume
- 100 ml
Origin
- Tea type
- Green
- Soil
- Slightly acidic yellow soils (微酸性黄壤, wēi suānxìng huángrǎng; pH 4.5–6.5). Organic matter content ≥2%. Soils are enriched with selenium (Se) and zinc (Zn) — a character...
Taste
- Dry Leaf Appearance
- Spiral form (卷曲形). Supreme grade — tight dense spirals "like snails" (紧细如螺, jǐnxì rú luó). Color — dark green (墨绿, mòlǜ), uniform.
- Dry Leaf Aroma
- Chestnut (栗香, lìxiāng) — dominant. Clean (清香) — in supreme grade. Floral (花香) — pronounced in spring picking.
- Liquor Aroma
- Rich chestnut with floral undertones. Persistent — remains in cold cup for more than 10 minutes. Formula "香浓" — "rich aroma."
- Liquor Color
- Supreme grade — tender green, bright and clear. Second grade — yellow-green.
- Spent Leaves
- Tender yellow-green, uniform. Shoots intact, leaves resilient.
- Sensory Source Descriptor Cz Intensity
- 2
Details
- Picking
- Spring picking — main (March–April). Summer and autumn picking — auxiliary. Picking is fully mechanized.
- Polyphenols
- 14–14.5% — moderate level ensuring mellowness without pronounced astringency. Main components — catechins (EGCG, EGC, ECG).
- Vitamins
- Vitamin C (preserved thanks to rapid fixation at 300°C), B vitamins, vitamin E.
- Early harvest months
- 3, 4
- Late harvest months
- 4, 5
- Peak harvest months
- 4
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