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Jin Guanyin

Also known as: Gold Guanyin · Golden Guanyin

A high-aroma Tieguanyin x Huangdan cross — floral and creamy with fast-growing vigour.

Species
var. sinensis
Lineage
Modern hybrid
Country
China (Fujian)
Year
2002
Leaf size
Small-medium
Cup quality
4/5

Jin Guanyin (金觀音, "Gold Guanyin") is a Fujian cultivar created from Tieguanyin and Huangdan (Huang Jin Gui), the same parents as its better-known sister Huangguanyin. It combines Tieguanyin-like body with Huang Jin Gui's high floral aroma, on a plant with smaller, softer leaves that take twisting well.

It grows fast and abundantly, which has made it a popular choice for new tea fields, and it is made both in the lighter Anxi style and as a high-aroma Wuyi rock tea. The cup is floral and creamy with good honeyed body — a modern aroma-forward oolong in the Anxi-cross family.

Modern hybrid
Deliberate cross developed by tea research institutes. Developed 2002. Parent material: Tieguanyin, Huangdan (Huang Jin Gui).
Lineage data & sources
Documented cross — its two parent cultivars are recorded in tea-breeding registries; trace them in the lineage explorer.
Sources: teaguardian.com

Teas produced

Oolong (roasted)Oolong (light)

Flavor signature

FloralOrchidCreamHoneyMineral

Growing regions

Origins where Jin Guanyin grows

Brands likely carrying Jin Guanyin

Direct-sourcing operations with focus areas that align with this cultivar's typical growing regions.

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