pure-cultivar

Literal meaning

pure + strain/breed

Definition#

'Pure-strain', used in the market mainly in '纯种大红袍' to mean Dahongpao made from a clonal line propagated from the Jiulongke mother bushes (commonly Qidan or Beidou) rather than a blend. Jiemian reports that Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University genetic work matched Qidan to mother bushes no. 2 and no. 6. The phrase is marketing language, not a standard category.

Translation and usage#

Language	Use	Alternatives & cautions
English	pure-cultivar single-cultivar Dahongpao from mother-bush clones translation	Also acceptable pure Dahongpao chunzhong pure-cultivar (Dahongpao) Avoid purebred animal-breeding metaphor; tea is clonally propagated original Da Hong Pao implies the mother bushes themselves
Deutsch	sortenreiner Da Hong Pao aus Mutterbusch-Klonen, nicht verschnitten translation	Also acceptable reinsortig Avoid reinrassig animal-breeding term
Русский	чистосортный Да Хун Пао из клонов материнских кустов, без купажа translation	Also acceptable сортовой Да Хун Пао Avoid чистокровный animal-breeding term
简体字	纯种
繁體字	純種
日本語	純種大紅袍

Common confusions#

Vendors use 'pure' to imply a link to the mother bushes, which have not been harvested since 2006.
Which cultivar counts as 'pure' (Qidan vs Beidou) is disputed among sellers.

Terms#

大红袍 dàhóngpáo 母树 mǔshù 拼配 pīnpèi 品种 pǐnzhǒng

Sources#

jiemian.com/article/14680224.html