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Taiwan

Sìjìchūn四季春

sìjìchūn

Origin
Táiwān (台灣, Táiwān), Nántóu County (南投縣, Nántóu Xiàn), Míngjiān Towns...
Tea type
Oolong Tea
Caffeine Level
Medium
Water Temperature
90.000000
Tea notes

Brewing, origin and taste.

Si Ji Chun – 'Four Seasons Spring': a productive Taiwanese oolong with a bright gardenia aroma and a fresh, sweet taste.

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Brewing, origin and taste notes

Brewing
Brewing Temperature
90.000000 - 95.000000
Tea Amount
Gongfu method: 8 g per 200 ml (tea ratio 1:25). Everyday method: 3–5 g per 250–300 ml. Cold brewing: 5 g per 1000 ml.
Teaware
Porcelain gàiwǎn (蓋碗, gàiwǎn) — optimal choice for revealing floral profile. Yíxīng clay teapot (宜興紫砂壺, Yíxīng zǐshā hú) also suitable, though porcelain...
Water Temperature
90.000000
Brewing Notes
Pour 1000 ml cold water over 5 g tea, place in refrigerator for 4–5 hours. This method reduces tannin and caffeine extraction, giving an especially clean, sweet and refreshing b...
Water Temperature Detail
90–95 °C for hot brewing. For cold brewing (cold-brew) — cold water (~5 °C), steeping 4–5 hours in refrigerator.
Origin
Tea Type
Oolong
Origin Country
CN
Province
Taiwan
Category
Taiwanese oolongs from low- and mid-altitude zones. Does not belong to high-mountain teas (高山茶, gāoshān chá); main plantations are located significantly below 1000 m elevat...
Coordinates
Approximately 23°50' N, 120°40' E (core tea zone of Mingjian, Bailing Plateau on the southern tip of the Bagua Mountain range).
Origin
Táiwān (台灣, Táiwān), Nántóu County (南投縣, Nántóu Xiàn), Míngjiān Township (名間鄉, Míngjiān Xiāng) — the main production center. Also cu...
Taste
Dry Leaf Appearance
Tightly rolled semi-spherical granules (半球狀, bànqiú zhuàng), tight and compact. Color — dark green with oily luster (墨綠油潤, mòlǜ yóurùn), with light...
Dry Leaf Aroma
Intense, clean floral aroma with distinct gardenia dominance (梔子花香, zhīzihuā xiāng) — Sijichun's calling card. Secondary notes: magnolia (玉蘭香, yùlán xiāng), wild g...
Liquor Aroma
Rich floral spectrum with increasing sweetness. In hot liquor — full, oily floral-fruity bouquet. When cold — cleaner, more transparent floral tone with gardenia accent. In mode...
Liquor Color
With light oxidation — honey-green with golden cast (蜜綠透金黃, mìlǜ tòu jīnhuáng), transparent and clear. With moderate oxidation — orange-yellow, bright and rich (橙...
Spent Leaves
Whole, elastic, fleshy leaves with characteristic "green leaf with red border" pattern — green-olive center and reddish-brown oxidized edges. Leaves are thick and soft...
Taste
Fresh and brisk (鮮爽, xiānshuǎng), with pronounced smooth sweetness (甘滑, gānhuá) and full-bodied aftertaste. Returning sweetness (回甘, huígān) — prolonged, with cool &qu...
Details
Oxidation
15.000000 - 30.000000
Oxidation Maximum
30.000000
Oxidation Maximum Detail
30
Cultivar
Sìjìchūn (四季春, sìjìchūn) — a local Taiwanese cultivar (地方性品種, dìfāngxìng pǐnzhǒng) arising from natural hybridization. Not an officially registered...
Picking
The main advantage of the cultivar — possibility of harvesting up to 6–8 times per year (some sources indicate 4–5 full harvests with additional summer ones). Most valuable — sp...
Phase
Early
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