Dark Tea

Fú Zhuān Chá茯砖茶

fú zhuān chá

Origin: China. Historically, the tea was first pressed in Jīngyáng city (泾阳, ...
Tea type: Dark Tea
Caffeine Level: Medium
Water Temperature: 95.000000

Tea notes

Brewing, origin and taste.

Fu Zhuan Cha — a venerable brick Hei Cha with 'Golden Flowers': honey aroma, nutty-woody taste and gentle sweetness.

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Brewing

Brewing Temperature: 95.000000 - 100.000000
Tea Amount: 5–7 g per 100–150 ml water (flash steeping method / gongfu); 2–3 g per 250 ml (steeping); 6–10 g per 500–800 ml (boiling).
Teaware: Yíxīng teapot from purple clay (紫砂壶, zǐshā hú) — ideal due to heat capacity and porosity, allowing tea to open more fully. Gàiwǎn (盖碗, gàiwǎn) from ceramics ...
Water Temperature: 95.000000
Brewing Notes: Soft or medium mineralization. Too hard water "suppresses" sweetness and reduces liquor "silkiness."6–10 g per 500–800 ml water. Bring to light boil, hold 1–...
Water Temperature Detail: 95–100°C (boiling water).

Origin

Tea Type: Dark
Origin Country: CN
Province: Hunan
Category: Famous dark teas of China; one of the most characteristic and mass-produced representatives of Hunan dark tea (black tea). Part of the "Three Bricks" (三砖, Sān Zhuān) g...
Coordinates: approximately 28.3–28.8° N, 111.1–112.2° E (Anhua County / Yiyang, Hunan).
Origin: China. Historically, the tea was first pressed in Jīngyáng city (泾阳, Jīngyáng), Shaanxi Province (陕西, Shǎnxī), from raw material supplied from Húnán Province...

Taste

Dry Leaf Appearance: Dense rectangular bricks of dark brown, sometimes black-brown color. On the break, "Golden Flowers" (Jin Hua) are clearly visible — numerous golden-yellow dots and gra...
Dry Leaf Aroma: Characteristic "菌花香" (jūnhuāxiāng — "mushroom-floral aroma"): honey, bread, mushroom notes. Dried fruits (prunes, dried apricots), light nutty warmth. Aged s...
Liquor Aroma: Rich, with dominant mushroom-honey line, warm tones of bread crust, dried fruits and nuts. Aged batches reveal notes of old wood, camphor, light spiciness. Aroma is clean, witho...
Liquor Color: From amber to red-brown (depending on age), clear, with oily sheen. Aged specimens give darker, ruby-chestnut tone.
Spent Leaves: Large, mature leaves of dark brown or black-brown color, soft, uniform in texture. With careful examination, remnants of "Golden Flowers" may be visible.
Taste: Rounded, full, with pronounced natural sweetness and soft, "warm" thickness. Bitterness and astringency are minimal even in young tea — this is the merit of "Gold...

Details

Oxidation: 0.000000 - 0.000000
Leaf Shape: Brick
Oxidation Maximum: 0.000000
Oxidation Maximum Detail: 0
Cultivar: Production uses local large-leaf and medium-leaf cultivars of the tea bush (*Camellia sinensis* var. *sinensis*) growing in Anhua and surroundings. Particularly valued is raw ma...
Picking: Harvest period — from mid-April (Guyu, 谷雨, Gǔyǔ) to the end of June (Mangzhong, 芒种, Mángzhòng). For Fu Zhuan production, predominantly summer harvest is used, spring h...

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