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Méitán Cuì Yá
Gongfu Brewing
Méitán Cuì Yá湄潭翠芽
Méitán cuì yá
- Origin
- China, Guìzhōu Province (贵州, Guìzhōu), Zūnyì City (遵义市, Zūnyì Shì), M...
- Tea type
- Green Tea
- Water temperature
- 80 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 75 °C
SKU · MEITAN-CUI-YA-CN
Tea dossier
Provenance and specifications
- Origin
- China, Guìzhōu Province (贵州, Guìzhōu), Zūnyì City (遵义市, Zūnyì Shì), Méitán County (湄潭县, Méitán Xiàn)
- Tea type
- Gongfu Brewing
- SKU
- MEITAN-CUI-YA-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
- 3 g per 250 ml water.
- Teaware
- Glass tumbler (250 ml) — for observing flat "seeds" standing vertically in water.
- Water temperature
- 80 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 75 °C
- Tea amount
- 5 g
- Gongfu water volume
- 100 ml
Origin
- Tea type
- Green
- Soil
- Yellow soils (黄壤, huáng rǎng) with pH 4.5–6.0, naturally enriched with selenium (soil content — 0.3–2.8 mg/kg) and zinc. Forest coverage — 64.8%. Industrial pollution — abs...
Taste
- Dry Leaf Aroma
- Delicate chestnut aroma (嫩栗香, nèn lì xiāng), pure green freshness (清香), subtle "youthful aromatics" (鲜香). Without grassiness or harshness.
- Liquor Aroma
- Pure, high, persistent (清芬持久, qīngfēn chíjiǔ). Chestnut note — soft and enveloping.
- Liquor Color
- Tender green, clear and transparent (嫩绿清澈), with lively luster.
- Spent Leaves
- Fleshy, tender, lively shoots (肥嫩鲜活), light green color. Uniform, whole.
- Sensory Source Descriptor Cz Intensity
- 3
- Sensory Source Descriptor H Intensity
- 3
Details
- Cultivar
- Two main cultivars:
- Picking
- Two seasons:
- Pluck Standard
- For supreme grade (特级) — exclusively full buds (单芽), no longer than 2.5 cm. To produce 500 g of supreme grade dry tea requires 65,000–70,000 buds.
- Raw Material
- Tender, uniform buds without damage. Processing — on harvest day.
- Alkaloids
- Caffeine — moderate content. Theobromine, theophylline.
- Amino Acids
- ≥4.2% — significantly above average. L-theanine — main component providing freshness, sweetness, and umami.
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