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Guangdong

Dàyèqīng大叶青

dàyèqīng

Origin
China, Guǎngdōng Province (广东, Guǎngdōng). Main production areas: pre...
Tea type
Yellow Tea
Caffeine Level
High
Water Temperature
95.000000
Tea notes

Brewing, origin and taste.

Da Ye Qing – a rare yellow tea from Guangdong with large leaves, withering, and a rich roasted-grain flavour with chestnut notes.

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Brewing, origin and taste notes

Brewing
Brewing Temperature
95.000000 - 100.000000
Tea Amount
5 g per 150 ml water (1:30 ratio).
Teaware
Gàiwǎn (盖碗, gàiwǎn) made of porcelain or glazed ceramics — optimal choice, allowing extraction control and leaf opening observation. Yíxīng teapot made of purple ...
Water Temperature
95.000000
Water Temperature Detail
95–100°C. Dayeqing, unlike delicate yellow teas from buds (Junshan Yin Zhen, Mengding Huang Ya), withstands and requires high temperature for full flavor development of lar...
Gongfu Water Temperature
78.000000
Origin
Tea Type
Yellow
Origin Country
CN
Province
Guangdong
Category
Regional specialty of Guangdong Province, representative of the huang da cha class.
Coordinates
Approximately 24°–25° North latitude, 112°–114° East longitude.
Origin
China, Guǎngdōng Province (广东, Guǎngdōng). Main production areas: prefectural-level cities of Sháoguān (韶关, Sháoguān), Zhàoqìng (肇庆, Zhàoqìng), Zh&...
Taste
Dry Leaf Appearance
Large, full, tight cord-like leaves (条索肥壮紧结, tiáo suǒ féi zhuàng jǐn jié). Leaf is heavy, dense, whole, with well-visible white down. Leaf size significantly...
Dry Leaf Aroma
Clean, restrained, with characteristic note of "gobasiang" (锅耙香, guō bā xiāng) — warm aroma reminiscent of toasted rice crust. Depending on processing degree, light fl...
Liquor Aroma
Clean, pronounced, with predominance of toasted, bread notes. Unfolds gradually: first steeps give fresher, vegetal aroma, subsequent ones — deeper and warmer. In aged samples, ...
Liquor Color
Bright, clear, rich orange-yellow color (橙黄明亮, chéng huáng míng liàng). With tea age, liquor may acquire deeper, amber shade.
Spent Leaves
Leaves of uniform light yellow color (淡黄匀整), soft, elastic, well-opened. In quality samples, distinct reddish edge around leaf margin (红边, hóng biān) is noticeable, indicat...
Taste
Rich, dense (浓醇, nóng chún), with pronounced oily texture. Taste is dominated by tones of malt, roasted grain, chestnut. Astringency is moderate, quickly transforms in...
Details
Oxidation
5.000000 - 15.000000
Roast Level
None
Oxidation Maximum
15.000000
Oxidation Maximum Detail
15
Cultivar
The raw material used is predominantly the Yunnan large-leaf variety of tea tree — *Camellia sinensis* var. *assamica*, known in China as Yúnnán Dàyè Zhǒng (...
Picking
The main picking season falls in spring (March — April) and summer (May — June). Spring picking yields more aromatic and refined raw material, summer — stronger and more robust.
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