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Tóngbǎi Yù Yè
Golden cup
Brewing profile
Origin notes
Tea origin
Gaiwan
Tóngbǎi Yù Yè桐柏玉叶
Tóngbǎi yù yè
- Origin
- China, Hénán Province (河南, Hénán), Nányáng Prefecture (南阳, Nányáng), ...
- Tea type
- Green Tea
- Water temperature
- 75 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 75 °C
SKU · TONGBAI-YU-YE-CN
Tea dossier
Provenance and specifications
- Origin
- China, Hénán Province (河南, Hénán), Nányáng Prefecture (南阳, Nányáng), Tóngbǎi County (桐柏县, Tóngbǎi Xiàn)
- Tea type
- Gaiwan
- SKU
- TONGBAI-YU-YE-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 150 ml (gaiwan); 5 g per 200–250 ml (glass cup).
- Teaware
- Porcelain gàiwǎn (盖碗) — best choice for revealing chestnut aroma and controlling extraction. Glass cup — for daily tea drinking and visual enjoyment: flat Tongbai Yu Ye lea...
- Water temperature
- 75 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 75 °C
- Tea amount
- 5 g
- Gongfu water volume
- 100 ml
Origin
- Tea type
- Green
- Soil
- Mountain yellow-brown (黄棕壤) and mountain brown soils, acidic and weakly acidic (pH 4.5–6.0), with high organic content. Parent rock — granites and gneisses. Soils are well-drain...
Taste
- Dry Leaf Appearance
- Flat (扁平), smooth (光滑), even. Bud down is hidden within leaf structure (芽毫隐藏). Color — emerald-green, oily (翠绿油润), with characteristic healthy luster.
- Dry Leaf Aroma
- Fresh, clean, with distinct chestnut-nutty note (栗香) and light floral undertone. Aroma is persistent — preserved even in open cup.
- Liquor Aroma
- High, long, with clear chestnut dominance and soft vegetative-sweet background.
- Liquor Color
- Apricot-green (杏绿), bright, transparent, with living luminescence.
- Spent Leaves
- Tender-green (嫩绿), bright, uniform. Leaves unfold whole, elastic, without damage.
- Taste
- Fresh (鲜), mellow (醇厚), full-bodied. Combination of pronounced sweetness, soft density, and clean aftertaste. Bitterness is practically absent. Persistent returning sweetness (回...
Details
- Picking
- Spring (late March — April); premium batches — before the Qīngmíng festival (清明前). For the "Tongbai Yu Ye" line, exclusively spring raw material is used.
- Pluck Standard
- Highest grade — single bud or bud with one leaf at initial opening stage (一芽一叶初展), with at least 80% of buds being longer than the leaf. Medium grade — bud with two leaves at in...
- Alkaloids
- Caffeine (~2.5–3.5% dry mass), theobromine — in trace amounts.
- Amino Acids
- 4.6–6.4% — significantly above average for green teas (typical values: 2–4%). This indicator is responsible for the pronounced sweetness and "umami" note of Tongbai Yu...
- Minerals
- Potassium, phosphorus, manganese, zinc. Selenium — noted as a significant microelement of Tongbaishan mountain soils.
- Polyphenols
- Moderate content, which combined with high amino acid levels gives optimal taste ratio "sweetness/astringency."
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