Chapter 12 Section 1 Tea fragrance is famous all over the world

There is a Chinese saying, "Seven things to do when you open the door in the morning: firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and tea", which shows that tea is an indispensable item in people's daily life.Not only the Han people, but also the ethnic minorities in our country have many unique tea-drinking customs. Today, half of the world's population has the habit of drinking tea. Tea has become the most important beverage in the world. China is the hometown of tea trees.Tea (Camellia Sinensis) belongs to the family Theaceae, an evergreen shrub.It is about 1.5-2 meters high. Its leaves are long, oval, with small serrations. It has five small white flowers. The fruit is oblate.

my country is the first country in the world to discover, cultivate and utilize tea.According to historical data, tea trees originated in China.As early as 5,000 years ago, our ancestors discovered that tea has the effect of detoxification.It is recorded in the Han Dynasty: "Shen Nong tasted the taste of all kinds of herbs, and the sweetness and bitterness of the water spring, so that the people knew what to avoid. At this time, he encountered seventy poisons every day, and got tea [chacha] to solve it." "Tu" is the ancient word for tea. Write.This mythological record undoubtedly shows the fact that the primary stage of agriculture in the primitive society where Shennong lived had already "detoxified with tea".When did tea change from medicinal to people's drink?In the "Tea Classics" of the Tang Dynasty, according to the tea events recorded in "Erya" and "Yanzi Chunqiu" and other books, Lu Yu of the Tang Dynasty believed that Zhou Gong Jidan (11th century B.C.), the younger brother of King Wu of Zhou, or Yan Ying (A.D.) of Qi State in the Spring and Autumn Period Before?—500 BC) the two first knew about tea drinking, so many people believe that tea drinking already existed in northern China during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770 BC—221 BC).In the Qin and Han dynasties, tea drinking gradually became popular, and tea became a commodity, spreading everywhere.During the time of Emperor Xuandi of the Han Dynasty, Wang Bao, a literati, wrote a Fu "Tongyue", which talked about "making all the utensils for cooking tea" and "buying tea in Wudu". Buying tea shows that tea has entered the circulation field as a commodity.At this time, the counties of Chongqing, Dayi, Qionglai, Tianquan, Mingshan, Ya'an, Yingjing and other counties west of Chengdu in Sichuan Province had become the producing areas of Chinese tea.There are both wild and artificially cultivated tea trees, and there are many varieties. More than 2,000 years ago, my country had the technology of artificially cultivating tea trees.From the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Southern and Northern Dynasties, tea trees gradually expanded in some mountainous areas in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.The prosperous period of China's tea industry was the Tang and Song Dynasties, when there were large-scale employment workshops and chambers of commerce that operated large tea industries.The prevalence of the custom of drinking tea is especially related to the prevalence of Buddhism.During the Kaiyuan period of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (713-741 A.D.), there was a Lingyan Temple in Mount Tai, where many monks and believers wanted to sit in meditation.It is not allowed to eat or doze off while sitting in meditation. After a long time, it is very difficult. The old monk suggested that you can drink tea to refresh your mind.Later, it followed suit and spread to other temples, and then affected the capital and other cities, where sencha shops and tea stalls appeared for monks and common people to drink.It was Lu Yu who played a major role in the popularization of tea drinking customs. He had a great research on tea production and consumption, and published the first tea encyclopedia in China and the world in the first year of Emperor Dezong of Tang Dynasty (AD 780). "Tea Classics".This book is not long, but it is rich in content, including ten chapters on the source of tea, its utensils, its making, its utensils, its cooking, its drinking, its things, its origin, its outline, and its pictures.Summarize the types of tea, the efficacy of tea, the characteristics of tea, the production of tea and tea sets, the quality of water, the custom of drinking tea, the processing and brewing technology of tea, the origin of tea, allusions about tea and tea prescriptions, etc. Wait.In the source of "The Classic of Tea", it is clearly stated that "tea maker, the Jiaben of the south" points out that the south of my country is the origin of tea trees.The book advocates that "it is better not to drink alcohol for life than to drink tea for three meals", and divides tea into coarse tea, loose tea, powdered tea and cake tea. There are as many as 11 provinces including Jiangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangdong, and Guangxi, and 42 famous production areas are specified, of which Zhejiang has the most, with seven.

The book "The Classic of Tea" extols that drinking tea is suitable for "those who practice frugality", and it has played an important role in advocating the use of tea instead of wine and practicing thrift in later generations.At that time, the emperor invited Lu Yu into the palace and asked him to cook tea himself. After tasting it, the emperor praised it greatly, so he followed suit, "The tea ceremony is popular, and all princes and courtiers drink it."Since then, Lu Yu has been praised as "the ancestor of tea", "the sage of tea" and "the fairy of tea".

Tea production developed in the Song Dynasty. According to "Song History Shihuo Zhi" records, at the beginning of Jianyan in the Southern Song Dynasty (AD 1127), there were 242 counties in 66 states producing tea.The annual output of tea in the Song Dynasty was about 500,000 tons, and Sichuan accounted for half of it.From Yuan to Ming, the production and distribution of tea fluctuated greatly.In the Yuan Dynasty, tea processing technology was improved, tea gardens were destroyed by war, and the economy of tea areas gradually declined.In the Ming Dynasty, tea production skills were improved, distribution was expanded, and the "tea-horse trade" with the ethnic minorities in the Northwest was strengthened, and a large amount of commercial tea was exported to Europe and the United States.At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Chinese tea was mainly transported by the Dutch East India Company to Britain and the United States by sea. In the middle of the 15th century, Britain already had the habit of drinking tea. It was popular to drink black tea in the afternoon, and it was considered an elegant move. ) translated from.The name of tea in Russian (sound card) is a change of the pronunciation of "tea" in northern my country. From 1678 to 1880, Chinese tea monopolized the world market. In 1880, as many as 1.45 million tons of tea were exported to Britain.Subsequently, the British East India Company tried every means to bring Chinese tea trees to India and Sri Lanka to plant and develop tea gardens in order to obtain great profits from tea. After 1900, China’s tea exports dropped sharply from 1 million dans to only 200,000 to 300,000 dans in 1948 on the eve of liberation.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, great efforts were made to restore old tea gardens, establish new tea gardens, improve tea varieties, promote scientific tea cultivation, and the tea economy is on the road to stable development.According to statistics in recent years, there are about 20 million mu of tea gardens, and the export of tea has more than doubled the historical high level, which still cannot meet the needs of the world market. In particular, high-quality famous tea is still a traditional export product, sold in more than 100 countries and regions on five continents.There are 51 countries in the world that have introduced Chinese tea seeds and tea trees, and my country is recognized as the motherland of tea.At present, there are 18 major tea-producing provinces (districts) including Zhejiang, Hunan, Anhui, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Henan, Shandong, Shaanxi, Gansu, Jiangsu, and Tibet. In more than 60 counties, twice as many as before the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Chinese tea has a wide variety of designs and colors, which can be divided into six categories: green tea, black tea, dark tea, green tea, yellow tea, and white tea.Chinese tea is well-known all over the world, and we will briefly describe some of its best treasures. Green tea is made by high-temperature killing, rolling and drying without fermentation.There are fried green type, baked green type, sun-dried green type, and steamed green type. Among them, the fried green type has many varieties of famous teas.Stir-fried green tea is also called eyebrow tea. The leaves are curved like eyebrows. After brewing, the soup color is green.West Lake Longjing, Taihu Biluochun, Xinyang Maojian and Nanjing Yuhua tea also belong to this kind.Roasted green tea is made by roasting and drying. Its tea color is dark green, the tea soup is bright yellow, the fragrance is mellow, the surface is porous, and the flower absorption is strong. There are sharp tea, bar tea, Guapian, Maofeng and so on.Sun-dried green tea, after being dried in the sun, is baked and dried. The tea sticks are loose, dark blue, and deep yellow after flushing.There are mainly Chuanqing, Dianqing and Ziyang teas.Steamed green tea is made by steaming and high-temperature killing. Both the brown color and the soup color are green, such as Fujian steamed green tea and Hubei Yulu tea.There are the most famous green teas, mainly Wuxian Dongting Biluochun, Hangzhou Longjing, Huangshan Maofeng, Lu'an Guapian, Taiping Houkui, Tunxi Tunlu, Lushan Yunwu, Wuwuyuan green tea, etc.

As the saying goes, "There is heaven above, and there are Suzhou and Hangzhou below." The West Lake in Hangzhou is beautiful, and the famous tea produced by West Lake Longjing is well-known to every household and ranks first among the famous teas.It has always been known for its "green color, fragrance, mellow taste, and beautiful shape".The poem "You Longjing" in the collection of Yu in the Yuan Dynasty: "Wandering on the Longjing, the clouds are eye-catching. Cheng Gong loves guests, and fetches water to pour [yiyi] in the secluded sinus. Sitting in my eaves, the lingering fragrance does not smell. But see the ladle In the middle of the Qing Dynasty, green shadows fell on Bixiu. After cooking and frying golden buds, after not taking the rain, two or three sons came with them, and they swallowed three times and couldn’t bear to cough.” According to legend, Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty went to the south of the Yangtze River to drink Longjing tea, 18 days before the closure of the temple The first tea tree is called "Royal Tea", which is presented to the royal family every year.The slopes and valleys of West Lake have abundant rainfall, mild climate, and loose soil. During spring tea picking, it is drizzly and misty, and the moist tea trees grow luxuriantly. Shifeng, Longjing, Wuyun Mountain, and Hupao Mountain produce excellent tea, known as "Lion, There are four types of dragon, cloud and tiger.Among them, Longjing Village and Shizifeng tea are of high quality. The tea picked before Qingming is called Mingqian, and the tea picked before Guyu is called Yuqian.High-grade Longjing tea is shaped like a bowl of nails. In the brewing cup, the buds and leaves form flowers, each bud and leaf, and the blossoms stand upright, one flag and one gun, complementing each other.The soup is clear, fragrant, sweet and fragrant like orchids.Shifeng tea is the best in Longjing. It is picked every year before the Ching Ming Festival, and it is a representative of Mingqian tea.The premium Longjing tea won the National High Quality Food Gold Award in 1985. The buds and leaves of this kind of tea are as small as the heart of a lotus, and the tip is like the tongue of a sparrow. It is flat and straight in shape, uniform in size, like an orchid. , "fragrant and clear", as a VIP gift tea, it is famous all over the world.

Dongting Biluochun, Wu County, Jiangsu Province, Wujiang County, Jiangsu Province, Taihu East Dongting Mountain Biluochun is a treasure of green tea.The leaves are slender, curled and spiral-shaped, dark green in brown color, collected in early spring, and belong to Mingqian tea, with hairs on the back of the leaves, rich and fragrant, and the soup is bright green and bright.There is also a legend about Biluochun. According to "Taihu Lake Preparation": It is said that more than 1300 years ago, there was Biluofeng in Dongting Dongshan Mountain, and there were several wild tea plants between the stone walls, and the mountain people picked them one after another.When the bamboo basket couldn't fit, the tea-picking girl carried it into her bosom, and the tea burst out with a strange fragrance due to the heat. People called it "Scaring Sharen Xiang" (meaning fragrant Sharen) tea. Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty went to the south of the Yangtze River to drink this tea. Looking at the shape and color of its tea leaves, it was renamed "Biluochun".After brewing, Biluochun looks like white clouds churning and snowflakes flying.The requirement for water temperature is not high, warm boiled water can sink to the bottom of the cup, the tea is poured after flushing, and it still releases fragrance and leaves. It is a high-end gift tea.

Huangshan Maofeng Ming Dynasty traveler Xu Xiake said: "When you return from the five mountains, you don't look at the mountains, and when you come back from Huangshan, you don't look at the mountains." Huangshan is located in Anhui. The mountain is full of clouds", the unique natural environment nourishes the Huangshan tea garden.Huangshan Maofeng Tea Garden is located near Yungu Temple, Songgu Nunnery, Suoqiao Nunnery, Ciguang Pavilion and Banshan Temple at an altitude of 1200 meters on both sides of Taohuafeng Taohuaxi.The annual precipitation in this area is 2000 mm, and the soil is deep. The tea trees grow in the "fairyland" surrounded by white clouds and mountain flowers. It still has a fragrance after being cooled for the second time. It was a tribute tea in the Song Dynasty.In the Qing Dynasty, it was called Huangshan Yunwu Tea, and it was mostly transported to Fuzhou to make scented tea and sold in Northeast and North China.At present, it is concentrated in She〔sheshe〕 County for processing and production, and then it is transported and sold in domestic and foreign markets.

Lu'an Guapian Lu'an Guapian is produced in Lu'an City and Qiyun Mountain in Jinzhai County, Anhui Province. Among them, Huangshi, Lichong and Bat Cave in Qiyun Mountain are of the best quality. "Liu'an Zhou Zhi" called it the best tea, and it was paid as a tribute in the Ming Dynasty.The melon slices are in the shape of melon seeds, emerald green in color, with only leaves and no tea stalks. The aroma is clear and rich in "chestnut fragrance". It still has a sweet fragrance after brewing three or four times. It is both a drink and a good medicine. High, digestion, detoxification and fatigue."Lu'an Guapian is produced in the Dabie Mountains in southern Anhui Province, where the humidity is high, there are many clouds and fog, and the frying is excellent, so the quality is excellent.Lu'an Guapian contains a lot of tannic acid, which has the functions of clearing away heart-fire and reducing fire, nourishing the mind and nourishing the heart. It does not hurt the spleen and stomach, and is suitable for middle-aged and elderly people. It is known as a good health care product.

Wuyuan green tea "Wulu" produced in Wuyuan County, Jiangxi Province has a long history. In Tang Luyu's "Tea Classics", there is a record that "shezhou tea is born in Wuyuan Valley". "Song History Shihuo Zhi" listed Wuyuan tea as the six famous teas in the country one.In the Ming and Qing dynasties, Yanshan osmanthus tree bottom tea, Xitou Liyuan tea, Dafan (fan Fan) Lingshan tea, and Jixi Shangtanyuan tea were known as the four famous teas in "Wu Green" and listed as tributes. Wu green tea has delicate leaves and a shape like a curved eyebrow, also known as "Zhenmei".After brewing, the water quality is clear and sweet, and the smell is fresh and refreshing. It has entered the international market since the 18th century.American William Ucks praised in "The Complete Book of Tea" published in 1935 that "Wuyuan green tea is the top grade of Luzhuang green tea (tea packed for export) and the best quality of Chinese green tea. It is characterized by leaf quality It is soft, tender and smooth, with clear and moist water, slightly gray in color, with a special aroma of primrose, and a very strong taste." It is still famous at home and abroad as a famous tea. Taiping Monkey Queen Taiping Monkey King tea is produced in the high mountainous area of ​​Houkeng, Taiping County, Anhui Province.It is a treasure of top-notch baked green tea. The tea soup is clear in color, pekoe, and has a unique fragrance.It has the reputation of "gathering swords and guns" and "dancing dragons and phoenixes".When brewed into a cup, each flower has two leaves holding a bud, which can be said to be "two knives and one gun".The new tea is green and weighs heavily in the hand, and there is a sound when it is thrown into the plate, while the main vein of the tea is purple-red, the side veins are pink, and the white hairs are hidden in it. interest.The tea soup has orchid fragrance in the mouth, and it remains unchanged after brewing for several times, sweet, fresh and mellow. In 1915, the Panama International Exposition won the gold medal.This kind of tea garden is distributed in sunny slopes and Jiagu, where the temperature difference between day and night is large and the direct sunlight is short.During the picking season of top-quality tea, orchids are in full bloom, and the fragrance of the orchids blows away the young buds, giving the tea an intoxicating fragrance.Houkuijian tea is well-known in the world because of its excellent picking and processing technology, and the tea in sealed tin barrels is exported to five continents. Black tea is a fully fermented tea after fresh tea leaves are withered, rolled, fermented, and dried.The color of black tea is dark brown and oily, and it turns red after making soup. It has a strong aroma and a sweet taste.Black tea is currently the most produced and sold tea in the world. The British have a history of drinking black tea for 300 years. Adding sugar and milk to black tea often becomes a necessary drink for "afternoon tea". Therefore, Britain is the country with the largest consumption of black tea.Americans use black tea to make "ice tea", adding lemon and sugar, which accounts for 80%-90% of summer drinks. It is a drink that relieves heat and is good for health.The rise of black tea in my country since the Qing Dynasty is related to the demand of the export market.So far, Chinese black tea accounts for about 80% of my country's export tea, and is exported to Britain, the United States, Western Europe, North Africa, Japan and Southeast Asia.China's black tea production areas are distributed in 12 provinces and more than 60 counties. The most expensive black teas are Qihong and Dianhong, followed by Chuanhong, Ninghong and Yinghong.There are three types of black tea in my country, including Gongfu black tea, Souchong black tea, and red crushed tea.Gongfu black tea is named after the time-consuming process of making it. The tea leaves are neat in shape, dark in color, bright red in soup color, and sweet in taste. Qihong and Dianhong belong to this type.Souchong black tea has strong strands, slightly thick mesophyll, and a strong aroma. Lapsang Souchong in Chong'an, Fujian is the top grade.Broken red tea can be divided into four types according to the shape: strip shape, granular shape, flake shape, and fine powder. Yunnan, Guangdong, and Guangxi big-leaf teas belong to this category. Keemun black tea Keemun black tea is produced in Qimen, Guichi, Shitai, Dongzhi mountainous area of ​​Anhui and Fuliang area of ​​Jiangxi (around Jingdezhen today). Banana and apple flavor, known as the "hero" of international black tea, and "the most fragrant" in the British market, and India's Darjeeling black tea and Sri Lanka's Uva black tea are the three most fragrant teas in the world, but its aroma is higher than the latter. The two rank first in China's black tea exports.Keemun black tea belongs to Gongfu tea.According to "Fujian Production Records", it is carefully roasted from young shoots using the Wuyi method. It has a black color and a different taste, and is called Gongfu tea.Tea production is time-consuming and labor-intensive. It is divided into two stages: initial production and refining. The initial production is through four processes of withering, rolling, fermentation, and drying to promote the moderate oxidation of polyphenol compounds in fresh tea. Restoring fire, uniform heap and other procedures to separate all grades of commercial tea.High-grade Keemun black tea is called "Qimen Xiang", and because of its unique and enduring fragrance, it has become a sought-after product in the international market. Dianhong Dianhong is produced in Fengqing, Lincang, Shuangjiang, Yunxian, Changning, Xiaguan and Menghai area of ​​​​Xishuangbanna Autonomous Prefecture in the Lancang River Basin of Yunnan Province.Dianhong is mainly red broken tea (graded black tea), and there is a small amount of Gongfu tea.Dian crushed black tea is a rising star expanded to adapt to the current trend of crushed black tea in the international market.Among them, the broken orange hair has emerged, and some people praised it as "uniform particles, lustrous and moist; the golden buds are thin, and the orange hair is full of slopes; the red liquid color is fragrant; the color is complete, the quality is excellent; the milk is brewed, and the taste is delicious. Taste; good food and thinking, unique style". Dianhong fresh tea leaves are collected from large-leaf tea trees in Yunnan. Thearubigins and theaflavins are produced during processing, so the tea has a strong fragrance and bright red soup color. Sichuan black tea, also known as Sichuan Gongfu tea, is produced in Yibin, Sichuan. "Chuanhong" is refined from the unique "Zaobaijian" variety in Yibin area. During the Qingming season, fresh and tender leaves are picked, and the famous black tea is created through multiple processes. It is known as the "five golden flowers" of Sichuan tea. one.This kind of tea has tight and thin strands with front shoots, the soup is bright red, the aroma is sharp and long-lasting, and the taste is strong and mellow.Among them, "Zaobaijian Kung Fu Black Tea" won the Gold Medal of the 24th Portuguese Food Awards in 1985.Sichuan black tea is exported to 100,000 tons per year, accounting for half of Sichuan's tea export volume. It is a new black tea that sells well in the international market. Lapsang Souchong Lapsang Souchong Black Tea comes from Wuyi Mountain in Fujian Province. "Zhengshan" refers to the tea made in Wuyi Mountain, which is listed as authentic by the tea industry, while the tea produced near Wuyi Mountain is called "Waishan" tea. "Zhengshan Souchong" is a "Souchong tea" produced in Wuyi Mountain.It is of excellent quality, with strong cords, glossy black, and smell of rosin and jujube sugar. Adding milk will not reduce its aroma. The color of the milk tea after preparation is more colorful. This kind of tea has been exported for more than 120 years, reaching several Tens of thousands of tons are exported to Europe via Fuzhou. Among the green teas, oolong tea is the main one, which belongs to medium-fermented tea, and combines the processing techniques of black tea and green tea. It is a unique product in China, and there is no such tea in other countries.The bottom and the center of the leaves of oolong tea are green, and the outside is red. It is called "green leaves with red edges" or "green jade plate with red edges".The leaf root has green stalks, the mesophyll is thick and soft, the cords are fat and curly, the tea sticks have dragonfly heads and frog feet. After brewing, the soup is golden and bright, fragrant and mellow.Oolong tea is divided into oolong, narcissus, color, Tieguanyin, etc., Wuyi rock tea and Anxi Tieguanyin are the most famous among oolong teas.The main producing areas of oolong tea in my country are Fujian, Guangdong, and Taiwan. Fujian oolong tea ranks first. Wuyi tea is produced in northern Fujian, and Tieguanyin tea is produced in Anxi and Yongchun in southern Fujian. Oolong tea has a history of 2,000 years in China. Oolong tea trees have strict requirements on the ecological environment, and "one side of water and soil" has its own unique taste.Oolong tea is fragrant and delicious, and has special medicinal functions.According to Japanese medical research, the tea can reduce cholesterol and neutral fat, lower blood pressure, and prevent cardiovascular disease.The French medical community believes that oolong tea can prevent aging, lose weight and prevent cancer.Americans believe that its high fluoride content prevents tooth decay.Oolong tea is popular all over the world. People call it "beauty tea", "slim tea", "longevity tea" and "slimming tea". I like to drink this kind of hometown tea. Wuyi rock tea Wuyi rock tea is produced in Wuyi Mountain, the first mountain in Fujian Province, also known as strong tea.Xu Kui [Yin Yin] of the Tang Dynasty commented that this tea was "favored by the elites of the mountains and rivers, and the product has the victory of the fragrance of rock bone tea".Song Huizong Zhao Ji loved Wuyi rock tea very much. Fan Zhongyan of the Northern Song Dynasty said in "The Song of Fighting Tea": "Every spring comes from the southeast, and the warm water first opens slightly in Jianxi. Listed as tribute tea.Wuyi rock tea trees grow in the crevices of mountains and rocks, with short sunshine time and high humidity. The weathered soil layer contains rich organic minerals.The folks have always praised "West Lake Longjing, Wuyi Rock Tea". In the Song and Yuan dynasties, Wuyi Mountain opened up the "Royal Tea Garden". "In the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1391 A.D.), it was changed to loose-shaped tea, called Tanchun, Cichun, and Zisun, which were the predecessors of rock tea.At the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty, the annual output of Wuyi Rock Tea was 100,000 jin, and its fragrance spread all over the world.The Scottish poet Alan Ramsey wrote a poem in 1721 to praise: "Xingjia Township is so precious and the herbs are special." "Love.Wuyi rock tea contains a mixture called gallic acid, also known as "Wuyi acid". European and American countries regard "Wuyi variant" as the representative of Chinese tea trees. India has also begun to grow tea to imitate Wuyi tea. Japan hired the local Chinese oolong tea master It can be said that Wuyi oolong tea not only attracts the world's attention because of its excellent quality, but also its creation and development have a very high status and far-reaching influence in the history of Chinese and foreign tea.Wuyi rock tea first created "Kung Fu black tea" on the basis of green tea, and then further made contemporary oolong tea, which spread to all parts of the world.Wuyi rock tea is picked three times a year, divided into spring tea, summer tea and autumn tea, especially "Dahongpao", "Iron Arhat", "Giant Cockscomb" and "Water Golden Turtle".Liang Zhangju of the Qing Dynasty believed that Wuyi rock tea "one is fragrant, two is clear, three is sweet, and four is lively" in "Return to the Field". "Xiang" refers to the lingering fragrance after brewing for several times; "Qing" refers to the clearness of the tea; "Gan" refers to the sweetness that always remains on the tongue; the secret. Anxi Tieguanyin Anxi Tieguanyin is a treasure of oolong tea, which has the characteristics of red and green tea. It is produced in the inland mountainous area of ​​Anxi in the south of Fujian Province and is a famous southern Fujian oolong tea.The word Tieguanyin arouses people's rich associations. It is the name of the tea variety and the name of the tea tree. It is named because the true leaves are dark green, the leaves are thick and heavy like iron, and the "green leaves and red borders" are as beautiful as Guanyin Bodhisattva.Tieguanyin tea sticks are fat and solid, with a slightly bitter taste and a mellow aftertaste. "Seven brewing has its fragrance", durable to brewing. It was exported from Xiamen in the 18th century. It is cheap and good and sold well in Southeast Asia.The harvesting method follows Wuyi rock tea and has new developments.During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, a monk Ruan Minxi wrote an Anxi tea song and mentioned that "Xi tea imitates the rock tea sample, and it is fried first and then baked to make no difference." And let it dry quietly, so that the edges of the leaves ferment and turn red, and the center of the leaves remains green, turning into a semi-fermented tea, which is not only rich and mellow in black tea, but also refreshing and sweet in green tea.Drinking oolong tea is very interesting. Heat a small ceramic pot and a small cup, fill the pot with tea leaves that are almost full, and drink it three or four times. Smell the fragrance first, and then sip slowly. The art of tea ceremony that soothes the mind and puzzles the mind. Yellow tea is micro-fermented tea, yellow soup and yellow juice. The famous ones are Junshan Silver Needle in Dongting Lake, Hunan, and Mengding Yellow Bud Tea in Sichuan. White tea is not fermented or twisted, and is only made by withering. It is a rare and precious variety, such as Nankun Baisui tea in Longmen, Guangdong, Wudong tea in Lichuan, Hubei, and Lingyun Baimao tea in Guangxi. Dark tea, also known as pressed tea, has many varieties of designs and colors, mellow taste, and dark brown oil. The tea leaves are steamed and pressed into replica teas of different shapes.There are black hair tea, old green tea Jinjian, Jinyu and so on.It is mainly supplied to ethnic minority areas, so it is also called Bianpin tea or brick tea.The production areas are Sichuan, Yunnan, Hunan and Hubei.Yunnan Pu'er tea is produced in Xishuangbanna, and it is collected and distributed in Pu'er County. Tuocha produced in Xiaguan in western Yunnan and Chongqing Tuocha are also well-known both at home and abroad.