Chapter 7 Chapter 1 Famous Chinese Tea 1. Green Tea-2

6.Taiping Monkey Queen is produced in the three villages of Houkeng, Hougang and Yancun in Xinming Township, Taiping County, Huangshan District, Huangshan City, Anhui Province.Monkey tea is so named because of its superior quality.Houkeng is located in Huangshan Mountain, with towering trees, dense clouds and mist, and humid air with a relative humidity of more than 80%.The soil of the tea garden is fertile, rich in humus, suitable for acidity and alkalinity, and the pH value is between 4.5 and 6.5.An excellent variety of persimmon tea tree has been bred, with tender buds, fat leaves, and many hairs, which are the main factors for the unique appearance and excellent quality of Houkui.

Picking and production process: Generally, the garden is opened before the rainy season, and the picking is stopped before the beginning of summer.The picking time is short, only 15-20 days per year.Picking in batches is one bud with three leaves and four leaves, and strictly implements "four selections": one is to pick tea leaves on the tea hills that sit in the north and the south is shrouded in clouds and mist; second is to pick tea trees that grow vigorously; The twigs are picked; the four pick the tea leaves that are fat and big.The picked three or four leaves of one bud are broken off from the stem of the second leaf, and the opening of the second leaf of one bud and two leaves is commonly known as "pointed head", which is a good raw material for making monkey king.The picking weather is generally chosen in the afternoon on sunny or cloudy days before the fog recedes, and in the afternoon.After finishing, kneading, baking and other processes, it is made on the same day.

Taiping Houkui's excellent tea quality: the finished tea is straight, slightly pointed at both ends, flat and even, plump and strong, with pekoe all over the body, lush but not obvious, contained but not exposed, dark green in color, and the main vein of the leaves is the color of pig liver. Just like an olive; when brewed in a cup, the buds and leaves slowly unfold and form a flower, with two leaves holding a bud, hanging or sinking; the tea field is clear and green, with a refreshing aroma, containing an attractive orchid fragrance, and a mellow and refreshing taste.Its quality is divided according to the traditional method: Houkui is the top grade, followed by Kuijian, followed by traditional top teas such as Gongjian, Tianjian, Dijian, Renjian, Hejian, Yuanjian, and Wanjian.Now it is divided into three grades: the top grade is Houkui, the second is Kuijian, and the third is Jiancha.

Taiping Houkui was founded in the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty from 1875 to 1908. In 1915, it won the first-class gold medal and certificate at the Panama International Exposition. In 1982, it was rated as one of the national famous teas in the National Famous Tea Selection held in Changsha. In 1986, it was once again rated as a national famous tea in Fujian. In 1990, it was rated as the National Famous Tea for the third time in Xinyang City, Henan Province.It is mainly sold in large and medium-sized cities in China, and a small amount is exported. 7.Wuxi Haocha Wuxi Haocha is mainly produced in the suburbs of Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province.Its raw material is a good clone of Dahao, and it is named after its finished product, Baihao.Dahao tea tree was introduced from Fujian in 1966. It is a semi-arbor, large-leaved, early-bud species, and has strong adaptability in the suburbs of Wuxi on the shore of Taihu Lake.It is characterized by strong germination power, neat germination, extra hairy bud tips, fat and heavy bud heads, and has the characteristics of high yield and strong stress resistance.The raw materials for making millet tea are mainly made of one bud and one leaf, which are first unfolded and half unfolded, and are refined through processes such as killing greens, kneading, rubbing, and drying.The finished tea leaves are curly, plump and green, covered with pekoe, rich in aroma, bright green soup, and tender at the bottom of the leaves.

Wuxi Hao Tea has been favored by consumers since it was put on the market. It has won many awards in the competitions of famous teas and high-quality food: the tea won the Jiangsu Provincial High-quality Food Award in 1984; It was appraised as a national famous tea and a high-quality agricultural product by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Commerce; in 1988, it won the silver medal at the first China Food Expo; in 1991, it was awarded the title of "Chinese Cultural Famous Tea" at the Hangzhou International Tea Culture Festival; Won the Excellent Product Award at the Agricultural Expo.

8.Tunlu Tunlu has product names such as Zhenmei, Fengmei, Tegong and Xigong.It was named because it was concentrated in Tunxi for processing and output in history.It is one of the best famous teas in my country's foreign trade export green tea.It is mainly produced in Xiuning, Shexian, Qimen, Jingde, Jixi, Tunxi, Ningguo, Guangde and other places in Anhui Province.Most of the tea trees are planted at the foot of Huangshan Mountain and along the banks of the Xin'an River. The annual average temperature is about 15°C and the annual precipitation is over 1400mm. , Yang Shulin, Huangshan Daye and other fine tea varieties.

Harvesting process and tea quality: To collect tea tree buds and leaves from Mingzhou, Huangshan and other tea trees as raw materials to process and produce Tunlu, divide fresh leaves into green, knead, and dry three processes to make raw tea, and then shake, cut, round, and dry repeatedly. Fanning, frying and other processes are used to make Tezhen, Zhenmei, Fengmei, Tegong, Yucha and other colors.Since the 1950s, Tunlu has simplified the cumbersome names of grades, unified the specifications, and divided them into Zhenmei, Gongxi and Yucha through refining.Tunlu finished products are tightly knotted, even and strong, green in color, high and long-lasting in aroma, containing floral aroma or ripe chestnut aroma; after brewing, the tea leaves unfold slowly, the bottom of the leaves is green and bright, the soup is bright yellow and clear, and the taste is strong and mellow. Bitter, then sweet.

Tunlu cultivation was produced in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and has a history of more than 1,200 years.During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty (1573-1619), it made its debut in the international market. From 1851 to 1864, eyebrow tea was created and exported to Europe. In 1920, there were 109 tea shops in Tunxi that sold green tea for export, and the production and sales were booming.After the founding of New China, the Tunxi Tea Factory was established in 1950, and the production was gradually shifted from manual operation to mechanization. In 1981, Tezhen first-class tea won the silver medal of national high-quality products. In 1985, Tezhen first class and Zhenmei first class won the National High Quality Food Silver Medal. In 1988, Tezhen Extra Grade and Tezhen Grade I won the silver medal of the 27th World Food Expo in Athens and the gold medal of the first China Food Expo.Currently sold in more than 80 countries and regions such as Morocco, Algeria, Senegal, the United States, Saudi Arabia, the Commonwealth of Independent States, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.

9.Rizhu Xueya Rizhu Xueya, referred to as Rizhu tea, also known as "Lanxue", belongs to the modern and ancient famous tea of ​​fried green tea.Rizhu tea is produced in Rizhuling, Kuaiji Mountain, southeast of Shaoxing County, Zhejiang Province. Because the buds are thin and pointed, with snow-white hairs all over the place, it is named.The place is shaded by ancient trees and overgrown with wild bamboos. There are two villages, Shangzhu and Xiazhu, close to the ridge, which are the origins of this tea.Yucha Bay is located under Xiazhu Village and is one of the famous producing areas.The production area is shrouded in clouds and mist, with fertile soil, an average annual temperature of 16.5°C, an average annual precipitation of 1418 mm, and a frost-free period of about 230 days throughout the year.

The tea trees in this area are lower than other tea gardens, and the budding period is slower. Picking process and tea quality: Due to its late germination period, the first bud and the first and second leaves are usually picked after the Grain Rain. After being fried and refined, the finished tea is tight and thin, and the buds are covered with white hairs and orchids. Fragrant, sweet and nourishing, thick and mellow, the soup color is milky white, after five times of brewing, the fragrance still exists. Shaoxing Rizhuling has a long history of tea production, and the tea sage Lu Yu once praised it as a precious fairy tea.

Ouyang Xiu of the Northern Song Dynasty said: "The tea in the two Zhejiang provinces is the best." Lu You, a patriotic poet in the Southern Song Dynasty, is from Shaoxing, and he loves the Rizhu tea produced in his hometown even more. Utensils, when you find famous springs and good water, cook and taste them on the spot, and compose poems impromptuly.For example, there is a poem that says: "Rizhu tea in the bag is passed down to the world, it is not a famous spring that cannot be tasted." Rizhu tea became a tribute to the world in the Northern Song Dynasty. It is used as a tea producing area exclusively for the imperial court, and it is called "Yuchawan".The method of stir-fried greens also began in the Northern Song Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, the name "Lanxue" became popular in the capital, and high-ranking officials and nobles did not drink it unless it was "Lanxue", so it formed its heyday.After the founding of New China, Rizhu Xueya was listed as a famous Chinese tea. 10.China Rain Tea 8147 China Rain Tea is one of the brand-name products operated by Shanghai Tea Import and Export Corporation. The earliest Pingshui pearl tea produced in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, is a color produced during refined processing. In the late 1960s, due to the need for exporting rain tea, the extraction of rain tea from eyebrow tea refining was expanded.By the late 1970s, almost all the green tea refining and processing factories affiliated to the country produced this color, accounting for more than 10% of the eyebrow tea series products. Shanghai Tea Import and Export Co., Ltd. makes the color, aroma, taste and shape of Yucha unique through the blending technology of promoting strengths and avoiding weaknesses.The finished tea leaves are tender and firm, the color is green and frosty, the aroma is fresh and strong, the taste is mellow, and the soup color is bright yellow and green.Become a famous brand product with high reputation in the international market.Wannianqing brand rain tea 8147G501 was awarded the title of high-quality export commodity by Shanghai from 1985 to 1992; in 1986, it was awarded the international high-quality golden laurel award at the selection meeting of the French International Gastronomy and Tourism Association. In 1991, the national rain tea export volume exceeded 1,000 tons.It is mainly sold to dozens of countries and regions such as Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, Nigeria, Gambia, Togo, France, and Saudi Arabia.