Re: Help identify this green tea & amino acid in Anji Baipian

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> Question #2 > > Then there is another sample package labelled "Anji Pai Cha".

Is that Wade-Giles? That is, Anji Bai Cha in Pinyin?

Now, this tea has all the classic AJBP look: light greenish-white in > color (jade), leaves are smallish and made of 1-bud-1-leaf or > 1-bud-2-leaves system. I read that AJBP has a higher amino acid > level than most other green teas. My question is how does the > increased amount of amino acid supposed to affect the tea's taste? > In other words, what am I supposed to look for on the palate or nose > to detect the amino acid?

I'm guessing that the amino acid in question would be theanine. That granted, the nose wouldn't be affected, but astringency would be diminished.

/Lew

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Lewis Perin
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In Wade-Giles it should be Anchi Pai Ch'a.

MarshalN

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MarshalN

Mixing the leaves with older. lower quality ones. Your picture has shoots, and larger leaves, which should not be the case in either Anji Bai Cha or Bai Pian. It might even be adulterated with other leaves...Anji Bai Pian is a roast-fried green tea that uses several varietals of tea from the Zhejiang region within and outside of Anji county, but the better quality ones are processed as per varietal...

Danny

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samarkand

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