China has thousands of years of tea history, in the process of development, the formation of many distinctive tea names. Before we took stock of the most beautiful tea names, the most strange tea names, today, we will take a look at some of the tea names that are often mistaken for flowers.
Shucheng orchid
Shucheng orchid, a specialty of Shucheng County, Anhui, was created in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.
Shucheng orchid, the shape of the buds and leaves are connected like orchids, the color is emerald green and uniform, the millimeter is revealed; after brewing, such as orchids open, branches stand upright in the cup, there is a unique orchid fragrance, commonly known as "a stick of incense on the hot air". The tea soup is fresh and long-lasting, the taste is mellow, the soup color is tender and green, and the leaf bottom is evenly formed into flowers, showing a tender yellow-green color.
Tongcheng small flowers
Tongcheng small flowers, a specialty of Tongcheng City, Anhui Province.
Tongcheng has a long history of tea cultivation, and the history records that the Ming Dynasty Grand Sima Lushan Duke (Sun Jin) obtained different tea seeds when he traveled, and planted the pepper garden of the Dragon Sleep Mountain. Therefore, Jiaoyuan tea, together with Guzhu and Mengding, was among the "tributes", then called Jiaoyuan tea, and because it resembled the first flower after brewing, it was also known as "Tongcheng Small Flower".
Tongcheng small flower finished tea has a stretched appearance, emerald green color, shaped like an orchid; the soup color is tender and bright; the aroma is fresh and lasting with orchid fragrance; the taste is fresh and mellow; and the leaf bottom is tender and uniform. Its unique quality characteristics are "color green soup clear, orchid sweet rhyme".
Yue Xi Cuilan
Yuexi Cuilan, a specialty of Yuexi County, Anhui Province.
The shape of the tea buds and leaves are connected, stretched into flowers, emerald green in color, shaped like an orchid, the aroma is clear and long-lasting, the soup color is light green and bright, the taste is mellow and fresh, and the bottom of the leaf is tender and bright.
Southern Fujian \ Northern Fujian Daffodils
Narcissus varieties, suitable for oolong tea. However, due to the different origins of narcissus, the naming is also different.
Strip-shaped oolong tea made from Fujian daffodil species in northern Fujian according to the minbei oolong tea picking technology is called northern Fujian daffodil. The daffodil species planted in Wuyi Mountain were introduced around the time of Daoguang, and their tea is called Daffodil or Wuyi Daffodil.
The narcissus produced in Yongchun, Minnan, is called Minnan Daffodil from Fujian Daffodil Species and is made from Minnan Oolong Tea.
Guangdong Raoping and Chao'an use phoenix daffodil species originating from Chao'an phoenix, and the strip-shaped oolong tea made is called phoenix daffodil.
Wuyi/White Bud Qilan
Qilan is a genus of oolong tea, including Wuyi Qilan, White Bud Qilan and so on.
Wuyi Qilan is one of the well-known varieties of Wuyi Rock Tea. The dry tea color is dark brown and green, the cords are tightly knotted and evenly formed; the soup color is orange and yellow, bright, the aroma is dissolved in water, lasting and unchanged; the aroma has honey aroma and orchid fragrance.
White bud Qilan, a specialty of Pinghe County, Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province, the finished tea has a tightly knotted shape, uniform and beautiful, and the color is blue-brown and oily and slightly honey yellow. The inner aroma is clear and refreshing, the variety characteristics are prominent, the orchid fragrance is long, the taste is mellow, the overflowing variety is fragrant, the soup color is orange and yellow, the leaf bottom is soft and bright, and it has the charm of mountain bone.
Covered stone flowers
Mengding stone flower is a famous green tea, the earliest flat-shaped green tea in China. The shape is natural and beautiful, the appearance is like moss on the stone, and the whole bud is shaped like a flower after brewing, this tea is produced in Mengshan, so it is called Mengding Stone Flower.
The special Grade Mengshan Stone Flower Tea Green is made of mingqian full bud head, and each kilogram of dried tea requires 40,000 to 50,000 bud heads. The production process of Mengshan stone flowers follows the "three stir-frying and three drying" method of the Tang and Song Dynasties.
Green peony
Among the more well-known green peonies are Jiangshan Green Peony and Huangshan Green Peony.
Jiangshan green peony belongs to green tea, which was first made in the Tang Dynasty, and the Northern Song Dynasty literary hero Su Dongpo was praised as "Strange Tea".
Extinct during the Republic of China, it was re-developed in 1980 and named Jiangshan Green Peony.
The finished tea strips are straight and natural in shape, the pekoe is revealed, the color is emerald green and attractive, the aroma is clear, the taste is fresh and refreshing, the soup color is turquoise and clear, the buds and leaves are distinct, and the leaf color is tender and green.
Huangshan green peony is a tea produced in Shexian County, Anhui Province, the shape is like a dark green chrysanthemum, pekoe revealed, the color is yellow and green, the inner aroma is rich and lasting, the soup color is yellow and green, the taste is mellow and sweet, the leaf bottom is flowered, and the yellow and green are fresh.
White peony
The raw materials are collected from zhenghe dabai tea, Fuding dabai tea and daffodils and other excellent tea plant varieties, and select one bud and one two leaves for processing.
White peony because of its green leaves with silver white heart, shaped like a flower, after brewing the green leaves support the young buds, like buds blooming, so it got a good name. The aroma is fresh, the soup is pale yellow, and the taste is fresh.
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Bashan Hibiscus
Bashan Cuiju, also known as Bashan Hibiscus, is a chrysanthemum-shaped roasted green tea produced in Langao, Shaanxi. Before and after the Qingming Dynasty, one bud and one or two leaves are picked, and after killing, kneading, frying, flowering, drying, and shaping, it is made into a flower shape, each flower is 3-5g, one bubble per flower. Yellow and green, floral, fresh and mellow, soup color light green bright.
In addition to these, what other tea names are often mistaken for flowers?