Yunnan Tuo tea, created in Xiaguan, Yunnan, is also known as Xiaguan Tuo tea. The production system has a long history, as early as the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) Xie Zhao's "Dianluo" book has a record of "Shishu uses All Pu Tea, steaming and tuanzhi".
Its tea quality is superior, the taste is unique, the effect is outstanding, and it is loved by the majority of the population, and Pu'er Tuo tea also has the more aged and fragrant Pu'er tea, which has the value of collection. In China, Xiaguan Tuo tea, Together with Yunnan Baiyao and Yunyan, is known as the "Three Treasures of Central Yunnan". Tuo tea is a fairly old product in Yunnan tea, and has long been sold well in and outside the province.
The modern shape of Yunnan Tuo Tea was created in the 28th year of Qing Guangxu (1902), which has a history of more than 100 years, and has evolved from the so-called "girl tea" (also known as private room tea) in Jinggu County, Simao District, into the shape of modern Tuo tea.
Where does the pure taste of Shimonoseki Tuo tea and the unique "smoke aroma" taste come from?
Dali, Yunnan, is a place where countless people dream of living. Although the Shimonoseki wind often blows people cold to the bone marrow, it can make the pressed tea dry quickly. At the same time, the water used by tuo tea in the autoclaving process will also have a certain impact on the quality of tea. The Cangshan stream flows endlessly all year round, and the clear and sweet spring water provides a high-quality water source for the water used by the tea factory to process tea, ensuring the original fragrance and rich endoplasm of the tea.
The phrase "smoke-free and not off" is widely spread among the old tea customers who are familiar with Shimonoseki Tuo tea, and even many tea customers love this "smoke fragrance" and become the taste recognition mark of Shimonoseki Tuo tea. For a long time, everyone believed that the smell of smoke came from the initial process of Mao tea. In the past, tea leaves were not valuable, tea farmers had a hard life, cooking, roasting tea were used in a pot, and the smoke flavor of burning firewood was easily absorbed by tea leaves. However, the development to this day, Pu'er tea raw materials prices are high, mao tea primary process has also greatly improved, with a professional primary production, tea farmers also have a special green stove at home, fire smoke are discharged into the air through high chimneys, the probability of tea being polluted is very low. But even so, the smell of smoke in Shimonoseki Tuo tea is still there. Where does this smoke aroma come from and how does it come about?
Many people think that the so-called "smoke" is the transformation of the "sun flavor", the production of tobacco incense requires Mao tea to be irradiated by the sun's strong ultraviolet rays, and then stored in a relatively low temperature, dry environment for more than two or three years. This is related to the regional small environment, just like Moutai wine out of Moutai Town can not come out of that taste. It is precisely because of the special environment in Shimonoseki and the traditional craftsmanship passed down from hand to hand that the unique aroma and taste of Shimonoseki Tuo tea cannot be replicated.
Everyone says that drinking tea is to drink Guantuo tea, what are the benefits of drinking Tuo tea?
Yunnan Tuo tea is a special drink that can remove fat, lose weight, fit the body, and prolong life. The Compendium of Materia Medica records that "Pu'er tea tastes bitter and carved." Relieve greasy cattle and sheep poison, including intestinal encephation", has the effect of digestion.
The vitamin C, vitamin E, tea polyphenols, amino acids and trace elements contained in tea have antioxidant effects and delay the aging process, so Pu'er tea is called "yishou tea".
In today's technologically advanced world, some traditional crafts have been listed as intangible cultural protection heritage by the state.
Taking tea making as an example, from the first to the fifth national intangible culture list, a total of thirty-seven tea techniques have been shortlisted, of which The Xiaguan Tuo tea making technology has been included in the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage protection list. Shimonoseki Tuo Tea was created in 1902 and has a history of nearly 120 years, during which time the hand-to-hand transmission has never stopped and maintained an orderly inheritance. A hundred years is very short, it is only a short and tiny drop in the thousands of years of history of the sea of tea. The hundred years are also very long, and it carries the hardships and perseverance of an enterprise day after day.
Yunnan's unique geographical landscape and multi-ethnic customs and customs have shaped a unique border culture, and Xiaguantuo tea is a shining pearl on the West Yunnan Plateau.