The difference between Huang Jingui and Tieguanyin

Huang Jingui is another best of oolong tea, which is different from Tieguanyin in style. It is originated in Anxi Tiger Qiu Luoyan Village. It is the earliest one of the existing oolong tea varieties, and the oolong tea has a high aroma. Therefore, it is called "Qingming Tea" and "Toutian fragrance" in the producing area. It has the reputation of "one morning and two strange things". Let's take a look at the difference between Huang Jingui and Tieguanyin.

The quality characteristics of Tieguanyin

[shape] the rope is fat, round and dragonfly, heavy, the heart of the branch is hard, the skin of the branch is neat, most of the leaves are curled to the back of the leaf, the color is black and oily, and the sand and green is obvious (most of the red edges have been removed in the new process).

[endoplasm] the aroma is rich and long-lasting, with obvious rhyme, with orchid or raw peanut kernel flavor, coconut flavor and other fragrance. The tea is golden and orange, the taste is mellow and delicious, slightly honey, fresh and sweet.

[leaf bottom] the branches are round, the pedicel is red and bright, the petiole is wide and thick (brown pedicel), the leaf is thick and soft, and the leaf surface is wavy, called "silk satin".

Quality characteristics of Golden Cinnamomum

[shape] the cable is pointed and loose, the posture is floating, not heavy, the leaf stalk is small, the color is yellow and nan, emerald yellow or yellowish green, shiny.

[endoplasm] the soup is golden and bright or light yellow and clear. The aroma is extremely high and elegant, often with a mixture of sweet-scented osmanthus, gardenia and pear fragrance, mellow and fresh taste, sweet, palatable and refreshing, known as fragrant, strange and fresh.

[leaf bottom] yellowish green, leaf apex slightly protruding, oblong, main vein emerging, leaf thin, leaf margin serrated shallowly.

The difference between Huang Jingui and Tieguanyin

[Tieguanyin] the shape is oval, the teeth are sparse and obtuse, the leaf surface is raised slightly backward, the leaf base is obtuse, and the leaf tip is concave and droops slightly to the left.

[Golden cinnamon] Leaf-shaped elliptic, delicate, soft, apex slightly pointed, base oblique or slightly obtuse, leaf surface raised, slightly rib-shaped, lateral veins bright and dense, leaf teeth deep and obvious and sharp.