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Hainan

Bānlán Hóng Chá斑兰红茶

Bānlán Hóngchá

Origin
China, Hǎinán Province (海南, Hǎinán). Production is widespread in seve...
Tea type
Hainan
Caffeine Level
High
Water Temperature
90.000000
Tea notes

Brewing, origin and taste.

Exotic red tea with pandan — 'Eastern vanilla' — from tropical Hainan, offering a soft, creamy-honeyed flavor and the aroma of homemade baked goods.

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Brewing, origin and taste notes

Brewing
Brewing Temperature
90.000000 - 95.000000
Tea Amount
4–5 g per 120–150 ml (gongfu method); 3–4 g per 250–300 ml (European method or mug brewing for daily tea drinking).
Teaware
Porcelain teapot or gàiwǎn (盖碗) — for hot brewing; glass teapot — for visual enjoyment of the colour contrast of tea and pandan; for cold tea — glass pitcher with ice.
Water Temperature
90.000000
Water Temperature Detail
90–95 °C.
Gongfu Water Temperature
93.000000
Origin
Tea Type
Red
Origin Country
CN
Province
Hainan
Category
Hǎinán flavoured teas (海南添香茶). Belongs to the same line as the famous Hainan "Xianglan Cha" (香兰茶, Xiānglán Chá) — tea with vanilla (*Vanilla planifolia*...
Coordinates
≈ 19.2° N, 109.7° E (central part of Hainan Island; specific production location varies).
Origin
China, Hǎinán Province (海南, Hǎinán). Production is widespread in several districts of the island: cities and counties of Wànníng (万宁, Wànníng), Din...
Taste
Dry Leaf Appearance
Dark brown or black twisted tea leaves of red tea (black tea), interspersed with fragments of dried pandan leaves — from pale green to golden-yellow, depending on the drying met...
Dry Leaf Aroma
Pandan notes dominate: sweet-herbaceous, with hints of vanilla, fresh-cut grass and a light "rice" note. Underneath — warm, honey background of red tea (black tea).
Liquor Aroma
Bright and unusual: first wave — characteristic "green" sweet-creamy pandan aroma, which in Southeast Asia is associated with home baking; second — honey-fruity tones ...
Spent Leaves
Tea leaves open elastically, copper-brown; pandan fragments — soft, pale green or olive.
Taste
Soft, rounded, with sweet "creaminess" of pandan, which organically combines with the density and moderate astringency of Hainan red tea (black tea). Aftertaste — prol...
Organoleptic Profile Notes
From amber to red-chestnut, clear. With a significant proportion of pandan, the liquor may acquire a light greenish tint.
Details
Oxidation
85.000000 - 95.000000
Oxidation Maximum
95.000000
Oxidation Maximum Detail
95
Phase
Early
Early Months
3,4
Late Months
5,6
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