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Green Tea

Green Tea from Ancient Trees of Déhóng德宏古树绿茶

Déhóng Gǔshù Lǜ Chá

Origin
China, Yúnnán Province (云南省, Yúnnán Shěng), Déhóng Dǎi and Jingpo Aut...
Tea type
Green Tea
Caffeine Level
Medium
Water Temperature
75.000000
Tea notes

Brewing, origin and taste.

Rare green tea from Yunnan's ancient trees: Gushu power, springtime lightness, nutty-honey flavour and a long, sweet aftertaste.

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Brewing, origin and taste notes

Brewing
Brewing Temperature
75.000000 - 85.000000
Tea Amount
5–7 g per 150 ml water (gaiwan steeping method); 3–4 g per 200 ml (European method). Large, voluminous leaf takes up much space — visually the portion may seem large.
Teaware
Porcelain gàiwǎn (盖碗, gàiwǎn) — optimal choice, allowing control of steeping time and observation of large leaf unfolding. Glass teapot also suitable. Yíxīng teap...
Water Temperature
75.000000
Brewing Notes
3–4 g per 200 ml, temperature 80 °C, steeping 2–3 minutes. Don't oversteep — large-leaf Yunnan tea with prolonged steeping may give excessive astringency.
Water Temperature Detail
75–85 °C. Large-leaf raw material from ancient trees is more resistant to high temperature than tender small-leaf teas, but boiling water is still undesirable — it will inc...
Origin
Tea Type
Green
Origin Country
CN
Province
Yunnan
Category
High-quality green tea from ancient trees (古树绿茶, gǔshù lǜ chá). Belongs to rare and small-batch teas of Yunnan, produced outside the main pu-erh paradigm. Classified a...
Coordinates
Approximate coordinates of the main tea zones of Dehong — 24°00′–25°00′ N, 97°30′–98°40′ E. Altitude of ancient tea tree growth — from 920 to 2700 m above se...
Origin
China, Yúnnán Province (云南省, Yúnnán Shěng), Déhóng Dǎi and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture (德宏傣族景颇族自治州, Déhóng Dǎizú Jǐngpōzú Z&#2...
Taste
Dry Leaf Appearance
Large, voluminous, loosely twisted leaves of olive-green or dark green color. Tea strips are thick and plump (茶条肥硕, chátiáo féishuò), with noticeable silvery...
Dry Leaf Aroma
Sweet, fruity, with pronounced grassy and floral notes. In the background — warm "roasted" notes: chestnut, walnut, light smoke. Characteristic honey tone, associated ...
Liquor Aroma
Bright, voluminous, developing. In first steeps, fresh grassy and floral notes predominate; from the middle, honey and nutty shades appear; in the finale — light woodiness and m...
Liquor Color
Light, clear, yellow-green with golden tint (汤色黄绿明亮). With each subsequent steep may acquire a warmer, more golden tone.
Spent Leaves
Large, elastic, whole leaves of olive or bright green color, well preserving structure. Leaf size — up to 10–15 cm when unfolded — clearly demonstrates the large-leaf nature of ...
Taste
Complex and multi-layered, with pronounced "depth" (厚重, hòuzhòng), characteristic of ancient tree raw material. Initial sweetness (young grass, sweet vegetab...
Details
Oxidation
0.000000 - 0.000000
Leaf Shape
Flat
Processing
Chaoqing
Roast Level
None
Oxidation Maximum
0.000000
Oxidation Maximum Detail
0
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