Hui Yi 每年春天造访福鼎两次。她对这批茶的笔记描述,在通风竹匾上进行了五十二小时的萎凋,每天手工翻动四次,然后以短暂的低温干燥,使含水量锁定在百分之七以下。没有揉捻、没有塑形 — 茶叶保持舒展、略显不羁的形态,茶梗完整。这正是真正的 gòng méi 与更常见的 shòu méi 等级的区别:采摘标准更精细,萎凋时间更长、更为谨慎。
她选择这批茶用于样品计划,因为它展示了从容的日光萎凋对寻常品种叶片所产生的效果。这里没有珍稀古树的故事,没有高山的神秘气息 — 唯有工艺、天气与时间。2026 年春季,福建沿海异常干燥,使得果园般的水果特质比往常更早集中。Hui Yi 建议将这包茶的一半趁鲜品饮,另一半陈放一年后比较。
The leaf, brewed
Soft hay, melon rind, river-stone minerality
dry leaf
Olive-grey leaves with pale stems and silver tips — scent of sun-dried grass and pressed apple.
wet leaf
Opens to soft moss-green with copper edges, smelling of warm hay, pear skin, and a faint dairy note.
liquor
Pale straw turning amber by infusion four — clear, with a fine oily sheen on the surface.
aroma
Cup aroma sits low and quiet — chamomile, melon rind, distant beeswax, no roast.
taste
Light-bodied but textured — orchard fruit and hay up front, a middle of cooked pear, then a clean mineral pull. Very low astringency.
finish
Cool huigan in the upper throat, returning as sweet melon water about thirty seconds after the swallow.
Brewing
A method, not a recipe.
Method
gongfu
Ratio
5g / 110ml
Water temp
92°C
First infusion
15s after a 5s rinse
Subsequent
6 to 8 infusions — add 10s each round, push to 60s for the last two