Tie Guan Yin Mystery Characteristics

[Herb_Master]

Can anyone explain these to me ?

http://www.chinapages.com/bin/bbs_detai ... anguage=en

SKU ID(tie guanyin,anxi,fujian) USD/500g Fragrant Type
yx06t001 4.5 carbon fragrant
yx06t002 7 carbon fragrant
yx06t003 12 carbon fragrant
yx06t004 14.5 carbon fragrant
yx06t005 20 refreshing fragrance
yx06t006 21.5 refreshing fragrance
yx06t007 25 refreshing fragrance
yx06t008 26 refreshing fragrance
yx06t009 39 refreshing fragrance
yx06t010 41.5 refreshing fragrance
yx06t011 52 refreshing fragrance
yx06t012 65 refreshing fragrance
yx06t013 67.5 refreshing fragrance
yx06t014 75.5 refreshing fragrance
yx06t015 93.5 refreshing fragrance
yx06t016 109 refreshing fragrance
yx06t017 125 refreshing fragrance
yx06t018 135 refreshing&acid fragrance
yx06t019 150 refreshing fragrance
yx06t020 156 refreshing fragrance
yx06t021 166 refreshing&acid fragrance
yx06t022 169 refreshing fragrance
yx06t023 187 refreshing fragrance
yx06tb001 11 carbon fragrant
yx06tb002 16 carbon fragrant
yx06tb003 26 heavy fragrant
yx06tb004 34 heavy fragrant
yx06tb005 42 heavy fragrant
yx06tb006 57 heavy fragrant
yx06tb007 68 heavy fragrant
yx086tb08 83 heavy fragrant
yx06tb009 91 heavy fragrant
yx06tb010 99 heavy&acid fragrant
yx06tb011 110 heavy&acid fragrant
yx06tb012 135 heavy&acid fragrant
yx06tb013 156 heavy&acid fragrant
tieguanyinsuper1 160 refreshing fragrance
tieguanyinsuper2 218 refreshing fragrance
tieguanyinsuper3 217 refreshing fragrance
tieguanyinsuper4 240 heavy fragrant
tieguanyinsuper5 192 refreshing fragrance
kingoftieguanyin 220 heavy fragrant
superkingoftieguanyin1 510 heavy fragrant
superkingoftieguanyin2 250 heavy fragrant
2007yxt0410020 65 mellow fragrant
2007yxt04100120 39 mellow fragrant
giftpaking_tieguanyin_001(2006YXT-10090480) 135 refreshing fragrance
giftpaking_tieguanyin_002 83 refreshing fragrance
giftpaking_kingoftieguanyin 187 heavy fragrant
dragon print-tieguanyin 143 refreshing fragrance

[gingkoseto]

Where did you get this?
This looks just like someone's record book with Chinese words translated into Chinglish.
Hum... with monetary info. as well...
Are we peeking at someone's business record

[wyardley]

I think it's from a wholesaler site, and I think it's probably from over-use of automatic translation software.

[tenuki]

Giberish caused by the low signal to noise ratio of the internet colliding with poor information filtering capability.

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[Herb_Master]

I think it's from a wholesaler site, and I think it's probably from over-use of automatic translation software.

Yes I guessed it was a wholsaler or wholeshipper ?

I thought the [mis]translation of the leaf descriptions was amusingly superb.

But what intrigued me was 2 things

1. Are they selling 1 type of TGY as described above or
several different versions of TGY identified by different SKU IDs

2. The list of different SKU IDs give several different descriptors - whilst struggling to find adjectives [or even adverbs] to describe the TGY I am drinking - I wondered if the trade already has classes assigned to TGY of differing characteristics.
i.e.
Carbon Fragrant
Refreshing Fragrance
Refreshing and Acidic Fragrance
Heavy Fragrant
Heavy and Acidic Fragrant
Mellow Fragrant

I have no idea what the number following the SKU ID could be

But I would love to be experienced enough to taste a TGY and recommend it to a forum member as "This tea has 'Refreshing and Acidic Fragrance' "

Though the word Fragrant or Fragrance appears throughout, so may be somewhat redundant and best reserved for DanCong

[gingkoseto]

i.e.
Carbon Fragrant
Refreshing Fragrance
Refreshing and Acidic Fragrance
Heavy Fragrant
Heavy and Acidic Fragrant
Mellow Fragrant

Hey you have sharp eyes I guess these are related to the major terms used in TGY market describing flavors. The 3 general categories of flavors are zheng wei (classic flavor, which may relat to the "heavy" fragrant in their record), xiao qing (green flavor, which I guess is related to the refreshing flavor in their record), and tuo suan (acid hint flavor - this is despised by many professionals even though loved by many people).

Some vendors use 2 categories instead of above 3 categories. The 2 are just chun xiang (rich/heavy fragrance) and qing xiang (green/floral/refreshing fragrance). The latter is close to "xiao qing" and "tuo suan". But TGY made with "zheng wei/classic flavor" method can be made either Chun Xiang or Qing Xiang. Chun Xiang is similar to "traditional roast" sold by western vendors, but most Chun Xiang in Chinese market is not as heavily roasted as the "traditional roast". Qing Xiang is similar to "light roasted TGY" sold by western vendors.

The classic flavor is often made by carbon roast (or claimed so), therefore there is the "carbon fragrance". The acid hint flavor is mainly from "xiao qing" which is a greener kind of oolong. But the "heavy and acid fragrance", I guess the acid is from heavy roast, which I dislike very much, but I guess there are people loving it too

But there is no official system for all these terms, just many vendors use them and many people choose tea based on them.

[PolyhymnianMuse]

Giberish caused by the low signal to noise ratio of the internet colliding with poor information filtering capability.

> /dev/null

I'd believe it.