When it comes to Tuo tea, the older generation of Chongqing people should be very impressed. In the past, after eating hot pot, people would also ask friends to go to the tea house or in the dam, chat, and then brew a few pots of lidded bowl tuo tea to relieve the grease of the hot pot, this bowl of tuo tea, but also carries the memory of chongqing people for most of their lives.
In 1953, Chongqing Tea Factory officially began to produce Tuo tea, this thick like a wall bowl, round like bread of the superior tight pressure tea, has been with high cost performance, high foam resistance, mellow and sweet characteristics, firmly occupy the mainstream tea consumption market in Sichuan and Chongqing region.
From the 1960s to the 1970s, it was the growth period of Chongqing Tuo Tea, and the Chongqing Tea Factory also had the only production line in China, and people can be seen drinking Tuo Tea in major tea houses or streets in Chongqing.
In 1983, Chongqing Tuo Tea ushered in the most brilliant moment, it won the first world quality gold award for China's tea industry since the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Since then, foreign tea orders have flocked to Chongqing, resulting in the local difficulty in seeing the shadow of Tuo tea, and even many times can only rely on "trust relationship" to buy Tuo tea.
But later, due to changes in the market, Chongqing Tea Factory stopped production in 2003, and Chongqing Tuo Tea gradually faded its aura, leaving only the left-behind employees in the old factory area on the south bank.
However, Chongqing Tuo tea did not fall, in 2004, by the old staff reorganization of "Chongqing Yifeng Tea Co., Ltd." inherited the production of Tuo tea and "Mountain City" brand, and combined with the cultural atmosphere of Chongqing in the new era, injected the Yangtze River ropeway, green lion white elephant, large hall and other Chongqing elements, re-official production and listing.
Nowadays, many shops in Chongqing can see the figure of Mountain City Tuo Tea, whether in terms of taste or packaging, it is highly sought after by foreign tourists, and it is very suitable to take home to send relatives and friends.
Although the packaging of Shancheng Tuo tea has changed, what remains unchanged is its taste, and there is also a faint sweetness when drunk cold, which is a taste that has gone through the ages and is also the pride of Chongqing.
After years of precipitation, Mountain City Tuo Tea has become a living habit for Chongqing people, and it is also the memory of generations of Chongqing people.
Now, there are many tea houses in Chongqing, and the types of tea leaves have increased a lot more than before, but Tuo tea is still the most popular, some tea houses have a cup of tea for only 5 yuan, and even can always renew tea, and friends can stay here for an afternoon with a cup of tea and enjoy the most leisure time.
With the rapid development of society now, Chongqing's characteristics are also more and more, hot pot, 8D magic city and other labels are very famous, but as a symbol of Chongqing, Tuo tea, is developing silently, rarely known by outsiders.
Foreign tourists can come to the most authentic tea house in Chongqing, feel the profound tea culture, and taste the fragrance of Tuo tea. Do you like to drink Mountain City Tuo Tea? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.