In Kuiduo Town, Jiulong County, Kardze Prefecture, Sichuan Province
Hills above 2000~3000 meters above sea level
There is one area with the highest known elevation in the world
The only ecological ancient tea garden in Tibet
This is where tea plants were first planted on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
At the same time, it is also a Tibet-related area on the ancient tea horse road
The only place where tea is grown, made, and sold
The ancient tea tree with the highest elevation in the world is still preserved
Become the most vivid "living fossil" of the Tea Horse Road passing through here
The entire tea plantation is surrounded by mountains
Tea trees are naturally formed between the mountains
The average age is more than 200 years
Some have survived for as long as 700 years
The clouds linger, and there are many green trees, like palm prints on the earth
Named "Tianxiang on the Clouds"
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According to relevant literature
Kowloon since the Tang and Song dynasties
There is a history of tea making
It is the only tea-producing area in the entire Tibetan area with historical records
The ancient Tea Horse Road, formed during the Tang and Song dynasties, once passed through here
The prosperity of the Tea Horse Ancient Road, the horse gang is endless
Leaving a large number of imprints of tea made by predecessors
Years of inheritance and development
Form a set of distinctive artistic tea-making styles
Rongba tea ancient tea making process
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Tianxiang Tea Garden Road Luo Tairong | absorb
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Rongba tea
Rongba tea, which means "tea of the Tibetans"
It is one of the unique teas in Tibet
It belongs to the traditional black tea practice
It is especially popular in Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet and other places
Because of the unique taste, it eliminates food and greasy
It once became an indispensable drink in the lives of the people of the plateau
Kowloon Rongba tea
It has a history of more than 700 years
Tea trees grow in the mountains of nature
Known as "the highest black tea in the world"
Ancient tea tree
Rongba tea ancient method tea
Rongba ancient tea making process
Rooted in the rich history and culture of the Pumi people
Clusters of fresh and tender tea leaves
It is made into a lump of velvet tea
Flows into every household
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Every year in October
Tea leaves in the mountains and forests condense water vapor
Exactly the most fragrant moment
The tea farmers hurried to pick
It is used to make the purest Rongba tea
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Pick good tea leaves
After steaming, stir-frying, fermentation, pouring
Finally, it is pressed into tea bricks
Traditional tea-making tools for Rongba tea: guillotine, mold, mallet, pair of nests
1. Cut the tea
Tea farmers cut the tea with branches and leaves, cutting it to a size of about 5cm;
2. Steam and stir well
Put the cut tea leaves into a large pot, the wood burns in the stove, the tea leaves are shrouded in mist, low temperature in the early stage, high temperature in the later stage, cooked over high heat until seven minutes ripe, and the heat induces the aromatic molecules in the tea;
3. Fermentation-wrapping-re-fermentation
When the fresh leaves lose their grassy flavor, the first fermentation begins.
The tea leaves are fermented together with the boiled water for about a week; Then turn the tea leaves over and evenly, wrap them on a hundred-year-old wooden building, the tea leaves gradually change from dark green to bronze, and the second fermentation begins, about a week.
4. Pour and knead
The tea leaves are evenly poured by the tea, gently pulled and pushed, kneaded, and the cord is gradually tightened;
5. Repression
Finally, it is put into a mold such as a stone nest or stone mound, and under the gravity of the mallet, the excess bitter water in the cells is sent, and the tea leaves are pressed into tea bricks of about 15×20×10cm.
The mallet interacts with the tea leaves, locking in the richer aroma of the tea and the tea, and this sweet taste has become the unique hallmark of Rongba tea.
A slightly rough and quaint tea-making process
The stir-frying process was abandoned
Through a rustic approach
The ingredients in the tea are preserved to the greatest extent
It also makes the tea itself have a primitive fragrance
The tea soup is rich, fresh and refreshing
According to the locals
Rongba tea used to be sold to Mianning and Muli in ancient tea horse roads
It has the effect of nourishing the stomach and refreshing the mind
Even when livestock are tired
Feeding tea residue can eliminate disease and relieve fatigue
So far, the tea making process of Rongba tea
It is still widely used among the local Pumi people
It is the true inheritance of the Pumi living habits
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New age Rongba tea
Kowloon Rongba tea has passed the world's most demanding tea
SGS515 pesticide residue monitoring in Switzerland
It has been rated as "National Organic Food" and "National Green Food"
In 2022, it will be jointly built in Zhejiang and Kowloon
"Kowloon out of the mountains" regional public brand led
Kowloon Tea began to write on the 5,000-kilometer road out of the mountain
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2021.8.18
Hangzhou's first "Common Prosperity and Common Beauty Gang Festival", "West Lake Longjing" and "Jiulong Tianxiang" held hands to tell the story of good goods coming out of the mountains.
2022.6
The first batch of people from the "Nine Dragons Out of the Mountains" activity sang songs at the Hangzhou Jiuqu Hongmei Base and talked about the future together at the Zisa Dashi Dongyue Tea Party in Dongyue Community, West Lake District.
2022.8.4
The "Kowloon Out of the Mountains" jointly created by Daily Business Daily and Changlong Airlines and the 20th anniversary of the Daily Business Daily celebrated the theme flight arrived in Hangzhou, and the mellow and fragrant "Kowloon Rongba Tea" attracted praise from passengers.
2022.10.15-19
"Kowloon Rongba Tea" was unveiled at SIAL Paris, the world's largest food and beverage innovation exhibition at the Villepinte exhibition center in the northern suburbs of Paris, France, and was favored by a wide range of merchants.
2022.11.19-20
The first batch of people who came out of the mountains in the "Nine Dragons Out of the Mountains" activity sang songs at the Hangzhou Jiuqu Red Plum Base, and talked about the future together at the Zisa Dashi Dongyue tea party in Dongyue Community, West Lake District.
Gazebo in the mountains
Tea plantation covered in snow in winter Gao Xiuqing | absorb
Looking back from the tea hills
Brew a cup of ancient tea soup
Take a sip and savor it
Suddenly, it seemed to be heard again
The melodious ringtone from the ancient tea horse road...