清香型
Term · Classification
light-fragrance style
Literal meaning
clear + fragrance + type
Definition#
'Light-fragrance type': the lightly oxidized, lightly roasted or unroasted style of Minnan and Taiwanese oolong that keeps green leaf colour and a floral aroma. For Anxi Tieguanyin it is one of the trade types beside 浓香型 and 陈香型 (the EU GI specification calls it 'clean aroma'); in Taiwan TRES uses it in the class names 清香型條形包種茶 and 清香型球形烏龍茶.
Translation and usage#
| Language | Use | Alternatives & cautions |
|---|---|---|
| English | light-fragrance style lightly oxidized, little or no roast, floral pinyin with a gloss |
Also acceptable
Avoid unoxidized it is still a partly oxidized oolong |
| Deutsch | Qingxiang-Typ leicht oxidiert, kaum geröstet, blumig pinyin with a gloss |
Also acceptable
|
| Русский | цинсян «чистый аромат»: слабоокисленный, слабо прожаренный улун pinyin with a gloss |
Also acceptable
|
| 简体字繁體字 | 清香型 | |
| 日本語 | 清香型 |
Common confusions#
Terms#
Entries that use this term 8#
安溪铁观音
Anxi Tieguanyin Ānxī Tiěguānyīn
Rolled oolong from the Tieguanyin cultivar, protected as a GI for the whole of Anxi County. GB/T 19598-2025 defines three styles: clean (清香), heavy (浓香) and aged (陈香).
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安溪县
Anxi County Ānxī Xiàn
Minnan oolong county, origin of Tieguanyin; the whole county is the 'Anxi Tie Guan Yin' GI area. About 600,000 mu of gardens; a national hub of the tea trade.
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永春佛手
Yongchun Foshou Yǒngchūn Fóshǒu
Oolong from the large-leaved Foshou cultivar, protected as a GI for Yongchun County (GB/T 21824-2008); its aroma is likened to pear or citron.
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台湾乌龙茶
Taiwan oolong Táiwān wūlóngchá
Grouping for Taiwan's partly oxidised teas, from strip Baozhong (about 8–25% oxidation per TRES) to Oriental Beauty (50–60%), mostly from Qingxin Wulong and Jinxuan.
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高山乌龙茶
Taiwan high-mountain oolong Gāoshān wūlóngchá
Lightly oxidised, ball-rolled oolong from gardens at about 1,000 m or more in Nantou, Chiayi and Taichung; the threshold is a convention.
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阿里山高山茶
Alishan high-mountain oolong Ālǐshān gāoshān chá
High-mountain oolong from Chiayi’s Greater Alishan tea area, including Meishan, Zhuqi, Fanlu and Alishan, mainly made from Qingxin Wulong and Jinxuan.
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梨山茶
Lishan high-mountain oolong Líshān chá
High-mountain Qingxin oolong from Lishan and Baxianshan in Taichung's Heping District, among Taiwan's highest gardens; only two or three crops a year in places.
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金萱茶
Jin Xuan oolong Jīnxuān chá
Oolong made from Jinxuan, Taiwan’s TTES 12 cultivar. Suitable leaf and careful manufacture can bring out a natural milk-like aroma.
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