Tieguanyin (Simplified Chinese: 铁观音; Traditional Chinese: 鐵觀音; Pinyin: tiěguānyīn; Min Nan POJ: Thih-koan-im; Cantonese Jyutping: tit8 gwun1 yam1; literally meaning iron guanyin) is a premium variety of Chinese oolong tea associated with Anxi in the Fujian province. Named after the Buddhist deity Guan Yin, it has also been translated as "Iron Goddess of Mercy". Recently the tea has been grown in Nantou, Taiwan where it thrives. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Traditional Chinese (Traditional Chinese: 正體字/繁體字, Simplified Chinese: 正体字/繁体字) refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), commonly called Pinyin, is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... Mǐn Nán (Chinese: 閩南語), also spelt as Minnan or Min-nan; native name Bân-lâm-gú; literally means Southern Min or Southern Fujian and refers to the local language/dialect of southern Fujian province, China. ... Taiwanese (Chinese: 台語, 台灣話 or 福佬話; Taiwanese Pe̍h-oÄ“-jÄ«: Tâi-oân-oÄ“ or Hō-ló-oÄ“; Hanyu Pinyin: TáiyÇ” or Táiwānhuà) is the primary spoken language of 70% of the Taiwanese population. ... Standard Cantonese is a variant, and is generally considered the prestige dialect of Cantonese Chinese. ... Jyutping (sometimes spelled Jyutpin) is a romanization system for Standard Cantonese developed by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (LSHK) in 1993. ... General Name, Symbol, Number iron, Fe, 26 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 8, 4, d Appearance lustrous metallic with a grayish tinge Standard atomic weight 55. ... Kuan Yin (Pinyin: Guanyin; also written Kwan Yin or in other variants which hyphenate or remove the space between the two words) is the bodhisattva of compassion as venerated by East Asian Buddhists. ... Rolled Oolong tea leaves Oolong (Chinese: ; Pinyin: ) is a traditional Chinese type of tea somewhere in between green and black in oxidation, ranging from 10% to 70% oxidation. ...   (Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Fu-chien; Postal map spelling: Fukien, Foukien; local transliteration Hokkien from Min Nan Hok-kiàn) is one of the provinces on the southeast coast of the Peoples Republic of China. ... For the Chen Dynasty empress whose Buddhist nun name was Guanyin, see Empress Shen Wuhua. ... Nantou is the name of several places: Nantou County (南投縣) of Taiwan Nantou City (南投市) a city in Nantou County Nantou, Guangdong (南头镇) a town in the Guangdong province This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might...

Other spellings and names include Ti Kuan Yin, Tit Kwun Yum, Ti Kwan Yin, Tie Guan Yin, Iron Goddess of Mercy, and Tea of the Iron Bodhisattva. This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

Tasting and brewing

The tea should be brewed with fresh mineral water at 85°c using smaller intervals of time when steeping rather than smaller amounts of tea. Tieguanyin tea produces a fragrant orchid-like aroma when steeped, the tea may be very floral or very fruity also.

In modern times, the leaf of the tieguanyin tea is rolled into small tubes and then dried for consumption. In effect, this allows for the tea leaves to be brewed more times. As the leaf unfurls, differing aromatics and tastes are released with each brewing. TieGuanYin tea is excellent for GongFu Tea. The Gong Fu or Kung Fu Tea Ceremony (Chinese: 工夫茶) is a Chinese way of preparing tea skillfully. ...

History

Varieties

• Jade Tieguanyin is harvested between 5th and the 10th May and has a light green Jade color. It produces a very flowery aroma and taste.
• Autumn Tieguanyin is harvested in the autumn and sought after by Tieguanyin lovers.
• Guanyin Wang is the best of Tieguanyin. It means GuanYin King. The best Jade Tieguanyin and Autumn Tieguanyin are classified as GuanYin Wang.

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