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Jiangsu

Yángxiàn Xuě Yá阳羡雪芽

Yángxiàn Xuěyá

Origin
China, Jiāngsū Province (江苏省, Jiāngsū shěng), Yíxīng City (宜兴市, Yíxīn...
Tea type
Green Tea
Caffeine Level
Medium
Water Temperature
80.000000
Tea notes

Brewing, origin and taste.

Snow Shoot from Yangxian — a revived green tea with a delicate chestnut and floral aroma.

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Brewing, origin and taste notes

Brewing
Brewing Temperature
80.000000 - 85.000000
Tea Amount
3 g per 150 ml (1:50 ratio). For gaiwan: 5 g per 100–120 ml.
Teaware
Glass tumbler (ideal for observing the opening of "snow buds"). Porcelain gàiwǎn (盖碗). Yíxīng clay teapot from zǐshā (紫砂壶) — historically and aesthetically t...
Water Temperature
80.000000
Water Temperature Detail
80–85°C. Boiling water above 85°C is undesirable: destroys chlorophyll, liquor yellows, taste becomes coarse. However, according to local tradition, quality Yangxian X...
Gongfu Water Temperature
75.000000
Origin
Tea Type
Green
Origin Country
CN
Province
Jiangsu
Category
Modern restored famous tea of China (新创名茶, xīnchuàng míngchá), representative of the third generation of Yixing teas. Product with protected geographical indicati...
Coordinates
Approximately 31.20° N, 119.80° E (reference point — southern hilly part of Yixing).
Origin
China, Jiāngsū Province (江苏省, Jiāngsū shěng), Yíxīng City (宜兴市, Yíxīng shì). The production zone is located in the southern hilly-mountainous part of Yixing, on t...
Taste
Dry Leaf Appearance
Needle-like form (针芽状, zhēnyá zhuàng) — shoots straight, thin, tightly twisted (紧直匀细). Color — rich emerald green with clearly visible silvery-white down (翠绿显毫). Unifo...
Dry Leaf Aroma
Clean, delicate, with a hint of "young" freshness (清香, qīngxiāng). For expensive pickings before Qingming, characteristic so-called "tender aroma" (嫩香, n&#23...
Liquor Aroma
Elegant and clean (清雅, qīngyǎ), medium intensity, without harshness. Tonality — fresh greenery with light chestnut and floral notes. Aroma is persistent.
Liquor Color
Tender green, transparent and bright (嫩绿清澈明亮).
Spent Leaves
Tender, even, whole "bouquets" of shoots (嫩匀成朵), bright green color with living luster (绿润鲜活).
Taste
Fresh and clean (鲜醇, xiānchún), with pronounced sucrose-type sweetness (甘醇, gānchún). Bitterness and astringency are minimal — polyphenol content is relatively low (ab...
Details
Oxidation
0.000000 - 0.000000
Leaf Shape
Needle
Roast Level
None
Oxidation Maximum
0.000000
Oxidation Maximum Detail
0
Cultivar
Main: Yixing population small-leaf variety (宜兴群体小叶种, Yíxīng qúntǐ xiǎoyè zhǒng) — a nationally recognized local superior variety, and Zhǔyèzhǒng (槠叶种, zhū y&...
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