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Tóngchéng Xiǎo Huā
Golden cup
Brewing profile
Origin notes
Tea origin
Gaiwan
Tóngchéng Xiǎo Huā桐城小花
Tóngchéng xiǎo huā
- Origin
- China, Ānhuī Province (安徽省, Ānhuī Shěng), Tóngchéng City (桐城市, Tóngch...
- Tea type
- Green Tea
- Water temperature
- 80 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 75 °C
SKU · TONGCHENG-XIAO-HUA-CN
Tea dossier
Provenance and specifications
- Origin
- China, Ānhuī Province (安徽省, Ānhuī Shěng), Tóngchéng City (桐城市, Tóngchéng Shì)
- Tea type
- Gaiwan
- SKU
- TONGCHENG-XIAO-HUA-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
- 3–4 g per 150–200 ml (glass brewing); 5 g per 100–120 ml (gaiwan).
- Water temperature
- 80 °C
- Gongfu water temperature
- 75 °C
- Tea amount
- 5 g
- Gongfu water volume
- 100 ml
- Tea-to-water ratio
- 10 s
Origin
- Tea type
- Green
- Climate
- Subtropical humid monsoon. Average annual temperature — 16°C (in mountain zone — 14.5°C). Precipitation — 1200–1400 mm/year. Four distinct seasons, sufficient light.
Taste
- Dry Leaf Appearance
- Shoots straight, slightly flattened, opened — resembling a small blooming flower or opening orchid (形似兰花). Color — bright jade-green (色泽翠绿), lively and fresh (鲜活). Buds and leav...
- Dry Leaf Aroma
- Clean, fresh, with distinct orchid overtone (兰花香, lánhuā xiāng) — the calling card of this tea. Notes of wild flowers and fresh greenery.
- Liquor Aroma
- High, fresh, persistent (清鲜持久). Orchid aroma dominates — elegant, not perfumery, but natural, like mountain wind that swept through wild orchid thickets. As it cools, honey and ...
- Liquor Color
- Tender green with light yellow tint, transparent, bright (嫩绿明亮). «Clear as autumn waters» (色澄秋水).
- Spent Leaves
- Tender, uniform, bright green (嫩匀绿明). Shoots open completely, demonstrating structural integrity of «bud + leaf». Texture — soft, elastic, lively.
- Sensory Source Descriptor Cz Intensity
- 4
Details
- Pluck Standard
- Shoots must be plump (壮实), uniform (匀整), with well-expressed down (茸毛显露). Shoot length for highest grade — about 2.5–3 cm. For 500 g of finished tea, 8,000–10,000 buds are requi...
- Raw Material
- Freshly picked, without mechanical damage, without overheating. Harvest — in clear, dry weather.
- Alkaloids
- Caffeine — typical level for green tea (2–4% dry mass). Theobromine and theophylline — in trace amounts.
- Minerals
- Zinc and selenium — noted as characteristic microelements of Longmianshan soils, which is reflected in the tea's mineral profile. Also — potassium, magnesium, manganese, flu...
- Vitamins
- Elevated vitamin C content (according to CAAS data), as well as B vitamins, vitamin E, β-carotene.
- Early harvest months
- 3, 4
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