Needle Leaf

Yuèguāng Jīn Zhī月光金枝

yuèguāng jīn zhī

Origin: China, Yúnnán Province (云南省, Yúnnán Shěng). Main production areas — F...
Tea type: Needle Leaf
Caffeine Level: High
Water Temperature: 90.000000

Tea notes

Brewing, origin and taste.

Exquisite Yunnan black tea with golden buds, a floral-honey aroma and velvety taste — a gem for gongfu brewing.

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Brewing

Brewing Temperature: 90.000000 - 95.000000
Tea Amount: 4–5 g per 100–120 ml (gongfu method); 3 g per 200–250 ml (European steeping, mug).
Teaware: Porcelain gàiwǎn (盖碗) 100–120 ml — best choice for aroma evaluation. Glass teapot allows admiring liquor color. Dianhong suits simple mug brewing well — liquor remains mild...
Water Temperature: 90.000000
Brewing Notes: Dianhong excellently suits milk or honey addition — tea's full body doesn't disappear when mixed, and caramel-honey profile harmoniously complements.
Water Temperature Detail: 90–95°C. For delicate tippy batches — 85–90°C; large-leaf Dianhong withstands 95°C without bitterness.

Origin

Tea Type: Red
Origin Country: CN
Province: Yunnan
Category: Diānhóng (滇红, Diānhóng) — Yunnan red tea school based on large-leaf raw material. Belongs to the gōngfū black tea type (工夫红茶, gōngfū hóngchá). Diānhóng ...
Coordinates: approximately 24°35′ N, 99°55′ E (center of Fengqing County).
Origin: China, Yúnnán Province (云南省, Yúnnán Shěng). Main production areas — Fèngqìng County (凤庆县, Fèngqìng Xiàn), Líncāng City (临沧市), a...

Taste

Dry Leaf Appearance: Thin, tightly twisted cords resembling pine needles (松针, sōngzhēn). Color — dark, with oily luster. Abundant golden tips are especially noticeable, evenly distributed in leaf ma...
Dry Leaf Aroma: Sweet, honey-like, with distinct tones of caramel and dried fruits. Background floral note — light, unobtrusive.
Liquor Aroma: Multi-layered: floral-fruity notes dominate (garden roses, ripe apricot, dried plum), in middle plane — honey, caramel. When cooling, shades of baked sweet potato and milk choco...
Liquor Color: Bright red, clear, with pronounced luster. In highest grades — with golden ring (金圈) around cup edge, indicating high theaflavin content.
Spent Leaves: Red-copper with orange shade, elastic, uniform. In highest grades — leaves whole, buds well distinguishable, texture soft and lively.
Taste: Full and rounded (醇厚, chúnhòu), with bright sweetness, freshness (甘爽, gānshuǎng) and mild astringency. Liquor body — full, velvety, with pronounced oily texture charac...

Details

Oxidation: 85.000000 - 95.000000
Leaf Shape: Needle
Oxidation Maximum: 95.000000
Oxidation Maximum Detail: 95
Cultivar: Yunnan large-leaf type (*Camellia sinensis var. assamica*). Main cultivar — Fèngqìng Large Leaf (凤庆大叶种, Fèngqìng Dàyè Zhǒng), recognized as a natio...
Picking: Spring (March–April) — main season for premium batches; summer and autumn raw material is used for mass batches. Spring buds contain maximum amino acids and give the sweetest, m...

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