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Liù Bǎo Hēi Chá
Guangxi
Liù Bǎo Hēi Chá六堡茶
Liù bǎo chá
- Origin
- China, Guǎngxī Zhuāng Autonomous Region (广西壮族自治区, Guǎngxī Zhuàngzú Zì...
- Tea type
- Dark Tea
- Caffeine Level
- Medium
- Water Temperature
- 95.000000
Tea notes
Brewing, origin and taste.
A legendary dark tea from Guangxi with a 1,500-year history, famous for its betel nut aroma and its ability to improve with age.
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Brewing, origin and taste notes
Brewing
- Brewing Temperature
- 95.000000 - 100.000000
- Tea Amount
- 5–7 g per 100–150 ml water (gongfu brewing method); 5 g per 500 ml water (for boiling).
- Teaware
- Optimal — Yíxīng clay teapot (紫砂壶, zǐshā hú), excellently retaining heat and "remembering" tea. Also suitable: porcelain or ceramic gaiwan (盖碗, gàiwǎn)....
- Water Temperature
- 95.000000
- Brewing Notes
- 5 g tea per 500 ml water. Bring to boil and simmer on low heat 5–10 minutes. Allow to cool slightly — when cooling, the liquor acquires special viscosity and oiliness (稠滑, ch...
- Water Temperature Detail
- 95–100°C (boiling water). Liu Bao Cha is a "heat-loving" tea that fully reveals itself only at maximum temperature.
Origin
- Tea Type
- Dark
- Origin Country
- CN
- Province
- Guangxi
- Geographical Indication Status
- 1
- Category
- Famous Teas of China. One of 24 renowned teas listed during the Qing era. National geographical indication product (地理标志产品, dìlǐ biāozhì chǎnpǐn) since 2011. Productio...
- Coordinates
- Approximately 23°50′–24°10′ North latitude, 110°30′–111°20′ East longitude (for the core production region — Liubao Township, Cangwu County).
Taste
- Dry Leaf Appearance
- Conventional form — twisted strips (条索, tiáosuǒ), tightly compressed, strong. Color — black-brown (黑褐, hēi hè), with oily luster. Pressed tea — dense baskets, bricks, ...
- Dry Leaf Aroma
- Deep, warm, woody-earthy, with characteristic aged notes (陈香, chénxiāng). In aged specimens, the famous betel nut aroma (槟榔香, bīnláng xiāng) appears — Liu Bao Cha'...
- Liquor Aroma
- Clean, aged (纯陈, chún chén). Warm, enveloping tones dominate: dried fruits, prunes, nuts, old wood, forest moss. In tea with "golden flowers" — subtle mushro...
- Liquor Color
- From dark amber to thick red-brown, in heavily aged specimens — almost black with ruby highlights. Transparent, clean, bright, with beautiful oily luster (红浓明亮, hóng nó...
- Spent Leaves
- Whole, resilient leaves that unfold after brewing. Color — from red-brown (红褐, hóng hè) to dark brown, almost black (黑褐, hēi hè). Texture — soft, elastic, without...
- Taste
- Full-bodied, rich, thick (醇厚, chúnhòu), oily-smooth (甘滑, gān huá), refreshing (爽口, shuǎng kǒu), with long and distinct returning sweetness (回甘, huí gān). In ...
Details
- Oxidation
- 0.000000 - 0.000000
- Leaf Shape
- Brick
- Oxidation Maximum
- 0.000000
- Geographical Indication Status Detail
- 1
- Oxidation Maximum Detail
- 0
- Cultivar
- The main raw material consists of leaves from the local group variety of Cangwu County — Cāngwú Group Variety (苍梧群体种, Cāngwú Qúntǐ Zhǒng), as well as large- and m...
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