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Green Tea

Matu Lü Chá马图绿茶

Mǎtú lǜchá

Origin
China, Guǎngdōng Province (广东省), Méizhōu City (梅州市), Fēngshùn County ...
Tea type
Green Tea
Caffeine Level
High
Water Temperature
80.000000
Tea notes

Brewing, origin and taste.

Legendary green tea from Guangdong with a chestnut aroma and revolutionary history: 'Red Army Tea' from Matu village.

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Brewing, origin and taste notes

Brewing
Brewing Temperature
80.000000 - 85.000000
Tea Amount
3 g per 100 ml (gaiwan) or 3 g per 200 ml (glass cup).
Water Temperature
80.000000
Brewing Notes
Optimal for extraction control and observing "mountain melody" in successive infusions.For observing "standing buds" (芽叶竖立, yá yè shù lì)...
Water Temperature Detail
80–85°C.
Gongfu Water Temperature
75.000000
Origin
Tea Type
Green
Origin Country
CN
Province
Guangdong
Category
National Geographical Indication Product of China (国家地理标志保护产品, 2014). Intangible Cultural Heritage of Méizhōu (梅州市非物质文化遗产) — "二炒二揉" technology. One of the "E...
Coordinates
Approximately 24°05′ N, 116°10′ E.
Origin
China, Guǎngdōng Province (广东省), Méizhōu City (梅州市), Fēngshùn County (丰顺县, Fēngshùn Xiàn), Lónggǎng Town (龙岗镇, Lónggǎng Zhèn), Mǎtú Villa...
Taste
Dry Leaf Appearance
"Eyebrow-like" tea leaves (眉形): tight, slightly curved, gray-green with down (灰绿显毫, huī lǜ xiǎn háo). Size — medium, uniform. In the highest grade (century-old tr...
Dry Leaf Aroma
Chestnut (板栗香, bǎnlì xiāng) — primary, warm and rounded. "Roasted rice aroma" (炒米香, chǎomǐ xiāng) — from traditional "fire work" (火工, huǒgōng) of double...
Liquor Aroma
Chestnut-rice complex unfolds brightly, with addition of "mountain melody" (山韵, shānyùn) — high-altitude terroir tone, perceived as a cool mineral "shadow&qu...
Liquor Color
Blue-green, transparent, with light yellow tone in light (青绿透亮略带微黄, qīnglǜ tòuliàng lüè dài wēi huáng). Clear, without turbidity.
Spent Leaves
Soft, tender, uniform, "lively" (柔软幼嫩、匀整鲜活, róuruǎn yòunèn, yúnzhěng xiānhuó). Leaves open completely, maintaining integrity — sign of careful...
Taste
Sweet-mellow (甘醇, gān chún) — sweetness is noticeable from the first infusion. Fresh (鲜爽, xiān shuǎng). Dense and strong (浓强, nóng qiáng) — high content of solubl...
Details
Oxidation
0.000000 - 0.000000
Processing
Chaoqing
Roast Level
None
Oxidation Maximum
0.000000
Oxidation Maximum Detail
0
Cultivar
Primary — Small-leaf oolong (小叶乌龙群体种, xiǎoyè wūlóng qúntǐ zhǒng), *Camellia sinensis* var. *sinensis*, population variety, bush type, medium-leaf. Descendants of ...
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