唛号嘜號
Term · Market
recipe number
Literal meaning
mark number
Definition#
A factory recipe code, classically four digits: first two = year the recipe was set, third = average leaf grade, fourth = factory (1 Kunming, 2 Menghai, 3 Xiaguan, 4 the Pu'er Tea Factory 普洱茶厂; its location, Simao or the old Pu'er county seat, is not settled in the sources). Examples: 7542 (raw), 7572 (ripe). 唛 is a loan of English 'mark' via Cantonese trade usage.
Translation and usage#
| Language | Use | Alternatives & cautions |
|---|---|---|
| English | recipe number factory recipe code pinyin with a gloss |
Also acceptable
Avoid batch number different: identifies production run |
| Deutsch | Rezepturnummer Fabrik-Rezepturcode (z. B. 7542) translation |
Also acceptable
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| Русский | номер рецептуры заводской код рецептуры (напр. 7542) translation |
Also acceptable
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| 简体字 | 唛号 | |
| 繁體字 | 嘜號 | Regional usage
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| 日本語 | 嘜号 | Also acceptable
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Common confusions#
- Confused with batch number; the third digit is read as quality.
- Factory digit 4 is the 普洱茶厂 in Yang Kai (《普洱》), Jiemian and a 2016 Sohu account, which dates that state factory to April 1975; Shi Kunmu and Chinese Wikipedia list only 1–3; English Wikipedia's 4 = Lancang/Fengqing and 5 = Pu-erh is uncited.
Terms#
Entries that use this term 2#
云南省茶叶进出口公司
Yunnan Tea Import & Export Yúnnán Shěng Cháyè Jìnchūkǒu Gōngsī
Yunnan's provincial state tea trading company, founded 1938. It held export rights, ran the mark-number system, sold the big factories' pu'er under the 中茶 label and later the Jixing brand.
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7542 青饼
Menghai 7542 qī wǔ sì èr qīngbǐng
Menghai's benchmark sheng recipe, produced almost every year since the 1970s and widely treated as the yardstick for factory sheng.
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