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100°CTemperature
7g 100ml
Wash: 5s • 1st: 10s • Add: +5sGongfu Timing
Origin
Hunan, China
Harvest
Spring 2012
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SpicySweetEarthy
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This aged Dark tea offers a complex profile, revealing notes of spicy warmth, underlying sweetness, and a thick, rich body. Hints of brewer's yeast and earthy mushrooms emerge, a testament to its unique processing and long maturation.
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About This Tea
What does 2012 Gao Jian Shan "Qian Liang Cha" Hunan Hei Cha Tea taste like?
This aged Dark tea offers a complex profile, revealing notes of spicy warmth, underlying sweetness, and a thick, rich body. Hints of brewer's yeast and earthy mushrooms emerge, a testament to its uniq. It leans spicy, sweet and earthy.
How should I brew 2012 Gao Jian Shan "Qian Liang Cha" Hunan Hei Cha Tea?
Water around 95–100 °C (203–212 °F). In a mug, steep 3–5 min. For gongfu, use 5–7 g per 100 ml, 10–20 s steeps (10–20+ rounds). You'll get to see how the flavor changes across multiple rounds. Rinse the leaves once with boiling water before your first real steep. It cleans off storage dust and gets the flavor going.
Where does 2012 Gao Jian Shan "Qian Liang Cha" Hunan Hei Cha Tea come from?
Grown in Hunan, China. This batch is from the Spring 2012 harvest.
How much does 2012 Gao Jian Shan "Qian Liang Cha" Hunan Hei Cha Tea cost?
Starts at $12.50 from Yunnan Sourcing, or about $0.10/g. A 100g package gets you around 17 gongfu sessions at ~6 g each, which works out to about $0.60 per session. Compare dark prices across vendors on Teadar.
$7.70$0.10/g