Packaging Brewed tea Origin

Product packaging Tiānzūn gòngyá

Brewed tea color Brewing guide

Origin notes Tea origin

Tea Encyclopedia

Tiānzūn gòngyá

Name: Tiānzūn gòngyá
SKU: TIANZUN-GONGYA-CN

天尊贡芽

No ratings yet

No reviews yet · Write a review

Tea passport

Tea type: Green Tea

SKU · TIANZUN-GONGYA-CN

Compare teas

How to brew

01 / Sensations

Taste profile

From the first impression to the smallest tasting note.

Intensity, balance and flavor notes

TEA DATANumeric scores appear only after the tasting profile is filled; descriptive notes are shown separately.

Flavor descriptors

Tasting notes

No tasting notes are available for this tea yet.

Numeric scores have not been added yet

Scores will appear after tasting. Descriptive notes are listed separately.

02 / Practice

Brewing

Choose a method and start with the parameters published for this tea.

Brewing

Western brewing

Water temperature: 80 - 85 °C
Tea amount: 3 g per 150 ml.
Teaware: A glass tumbler or a white gaiwan.

Taste

Taste profile

Dry Leaf Aroma: No data in the sources consulted.
Liquor Aroma: Clean, high and lasting (香气清高持久); the same later reference writes of a rich floral aroma.
Liquor Color: Green and bright (汤色绿而明亮); in the retelling of the chronicle — tender green and bright (汤色嫩绿明亮).
Spent Leaves: The buds unfold in the cup, “resembling sparrow tongues” (状如雀舌).
Taste: Fresh, brisk, mellow and sweetish (滋味鲜爽甘醇) — this is how a reference retells the county chronicle; nothing more detailed is found in the sources consulted.

03 / Origin passport

Origin and production

Tea type: Green
Geographical Indication Status: Yes

Tea characteristics

Cultivar: No data in the sources consulted.
Picking: According to one reference — around Qingming, at the beginning of April.
Pluck Standard: One bud with one just-opened leaf (一芽一叶初展) — according to a reference. Another writes of picking “mainly buds”.
Raw Material: No data in the sources consulted.

04 / Tea care

Keep it fresh

Storage: StorageClass practice. In airtight packaging, in a refrigerator at 0–5 °C, away from light, moisture and odors. Best drunk within a year.

Details

Cultural Significance: One of the protected tea names of Tonglu County alongside the needle-shaped Xueshui Yunlü; both are backed by the same county association.
Name Breakdown: “*Tiānzūn*” (天尊) is the name of the peak and the rock where, according to the references, the tea grows; “*gòngyá*” (贡芽) means “tribute bud”, a sign that the tea was presented to the court.
Chemistry: Chemical CompositionPhysicochemical data are not found in the sources consulted.
Health: Health PropertiesThere are no verified data on the effects of this particular tea.