Dark Tea

Ānhuà Hēi Chá安化黑茶

Ānhuà hēichá

Origin: China, Húnán Province (湖南省, Húnán Shěng), Yiyang Prefecture-level Cit...
Tea type: Dark Tea
Caffeine Level: Medium
Water Temperature: 95.000000

Tea notes

Brewing, origin and taste.

Post-fermented tea from Hunan with a smoky pine aroma and 'golden flowers' — a living history of the Tea Route.

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Brewing

Brewing Temperature: 95.000000 - 100.000000
Tea Amount: 7 g per 210 ml water (1:30 ratio). For brick teas: 5–8 g per 150–200 ml.
Teaware: Yíxīng purple clay teapot (紫砂壶, zǐshā hú) — ideal option, clay absorbs and "remembers" heicha aroma. Gàiwǎn (盖碗, gàiwǎn) — convenient for tasting a...
Water Temperature: 95.000000
Water Temperature Detail: 95–100°C (boiling water). For pressed teas and aged samples — strictly 100°C.
Gongfu Water Temperature: 100.000000

Origin

Tea Type: Dark
Origin Country: CN
Province: Hunan
Category: Famous teas of China; product with national geographical indication (国家地理标志产品, Guójiā Dìlǐ Biāozhì Chǎnpǐn). One of the key representatives of Hunan Hei Cha and t...
Coordinates: Approximately 27°58′–28°38′ North latitude, 110°43′–111°58′ East longitude.
Origin: China, Húnán Province (湖南省, Húnán Shěng), Yiyang Prefecture-level City (益阳市, Yìyáng Shì), Ānhuà County (安化县, Ānhuà Xiàn). The g...

Taste

Dry Leaf Appearance: Depends on product type. Dry Hei Mao Cha — twisted strip-like leaves of dark brown or black-brown color with oily luster (黑褐油润). Tian Jian — relatively small, tightly twisted le...
Dry Leaf Aroma: Pine smoke (松烟香) — base note, especially pronounced in Hei Zhuan and Tian Jian. In Fu Zhuan — characteristic mushroom, "floral" aroma (菌花香, jūn huā xiāng), caused by &...
Liquor Aroma: Complex, multi-layered. Base tones — pine smoke and wood. In Fu Zhuan — pronounced mushroom aroma with yellow flower overtones. In aged samples — medicinal and "pharmaceuti...
Liquor Color: From bright amber (橙黄, chéng huáng) to rich reddish-brown (橙红, chéng hóng) depending on subtype and aging. The liquor is transparent, clear (透亮, tòu li&...
Spent Leaves: Whole, resilient leaves of dark brown color, well-opening after several steeps. In Tian Jian, unopened buds may be noticeable. In brick teas — more mature leaf, with presence of...
Taste: Dense, rich, round (醇厚, chún hòu). Sweet and smooth (甘滑, gān huá) in the main body. Young teas may show slight astringency (微涩, wēi sè), which completely smo...

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 Ānhuà Qúntǐ Zhǒng (安化群体种, Ānhuà Qúntǐ Zhǒng) — a local population of tea plants with rich genetic diversity. Th...
Picking: Main harvest period — from spring to autumn (April — October). For higher grades (Tian Jian), spring harvest is preferable; for brick and pressed teas, summer and autumn raw mat...

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