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Gǔ Yī Hēi Chá
Dark Tea
Gǔ Yī Hēi Chá古黟黑茶
Gǔ yī hēi chá, Gǔ yī hēi chá
- Origin
- China (中国, Zhōngguó), Ānhuī Province (安徽省, Ānhuī Shěng), Huángshān Ci...
- Tea type
- Dark Tea
- Caffeine Level
- Medium
- Water Temperature
- 100.000000
Tea notes
Brewing, origin and taste.
An ancient dark tea from Yixian with a ginger-herbal aroma and a swift, sweet aftertaste, revived after half a century of obscurity.
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Brewing, origin and taste notes
Brewing
- Brewing Temperature
- 100.000000 - ?
- Tea Amount
- Ratio 1:40 (for example, 5 g tea per 200 ml water). For pressed tea — fill teapot approximately 1/4 volume.
- Water Temperature
- 100.000000
- Brewing Notes
- Ceramic teapot (陶壶, táo hú) or Yíxīng purple clay teapot (紫砂壶, zǐ shā hú) is preferable. The porous clay structure absorbs "storage taste" (堆味, duī...
- Water Temperature Detail
- 100°C — boiling water. Full revelation of Gu Yi Hei Cha aroma and taste requires maximum temperature.
- Gongfu Water Temperature
- 100.000000
Origin
- Tea Type
- Dark
- Origin Country
- CN
- Province
- Anhui
- Category
- Regional dark tea of Anhui Province, historical tea of Huizhou. Modern brand — "Gu Yi" (古黟, "Ancient Yi[xian]"), produced by "Huangshan Tianfang Tea Co....
- Coordinates
- Approximately 29°55′ North latitude, 117°56′ East longitude.
- Origin
- China (中国, Zhōngguó), Ānhuī Province (安徽省, Ānhuī Shěng), Huángshān City (黄山市, Huángshān Shì), Yī County (黟县, Yī Xiàn). The core of production is the hig...
Taste
- Dry Leaf Appearance
- Depends on the form of release. Loose tian jian — dark, elongated tea particles with noticeable stems, color from dark brown to black-brown (乌褐, wū hè). Brick tea (fu zhuan...
- Dry Leaf Aroma
- Pronounced and distinctive. Dominated by notes of dried ginger (干姜, gān jiāng) and medicinal herbs (草药香, cǎo yào xiāng), creating a recognizable "ginger-herbal" p...
- Liquor Aroma
- Multi-layered, unfolds dynamically. In first infusions, ginger and herbal notes predominate, gradually replaced by tones of dried fruits and candied fruits (果脯蜜饯香, guǒ pǔ mì...
- Liquor Color
- Orange-yellow (橙黄, chéng huáng), bright, clear. With increased aging time, color deepens to orange-red and reddish-brown. Young tea liquor may be lighter, with greenis...
- Spent Leaves
- Leaves unfold, revealing dark brown color with reddish cast. Stems and whole leaves are noticeable. Leaf is elastic, not loose — a sign of proper fermentation.
- Taste
- The first sip reveals slight bitterness (微苦, wēi kǔ) and noticeable astringency (收敛性强, shōu liǎn xìng qiáng), reminiscent of young sheng pu-erh character. However, bit...
Details
- Oxidation
- 0.000000 - 0.000000
- Leaf Shape
- Brick
- Oxidation Maximum
- 0.000000
- Oxidation Maximum Detail
- 0
- Cultivar
- The main raw material consists of leaves from the Zhūyè Zhǒng cultivar (槠叶种, Zhūyè Zhǒng) — a medium-leaf and small-leaf variety of *Camellia sinensis* var. *sinensis*...
- Picking
- Main harvesting is conducted in spring — from early April to late May. According to a local saying, "spring tea — a whole load, summer tea — just a handful, and don't p...
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