Since ancient times, the yellow tea family has not had six other five major families of tea high-profile, the family internal branches are relatively simple, there are only three large branches, namely yellow tea, yellow tea and yellow bud tea, as the name suggests, the classification of yellow tea is determined according to the bud leaf picking standards.
Yellow tea is generally picked in standard one bud with three leaves at most, with long leaves and high recognition.
Yellow tea is generally picked with one bud and one leaf, compared with the "coarse branches and large leaves" of yellow tea, the tenderness of yellow tea is much higher.
Yellow bud tea is more exquisite, generally picking is a bud and a leaf first development, the most stringent requirements for appearance.
Yellow tea family is actually three branches, each branch under the tea varieties are not much, compared with other tea classes, the yellow tea family is indeed "thin tea", the distribution area is more limited, mainly concentrated in the following seven provinces ↓↓↓
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" > Anhui</h1>
Anhui's yellow tea has a complete range of varieties, yellow tea yellow tea yellow small tea yellow bud tea are produced, especially the "West Anhui" yellow tea, the most output, the reputation.
For example, the "West Anhui Yellow Tea" we often see refers to the yellow tea produced in the Lu'an area, not just a tea.
In the Ming Dynasty Xu Cishu's "Tea Thinning and Tea Production", it is recorded: "... North of the Great River, it is called Lu'an, but Liu'an is the name of its county, which is actually produced in Huoshan County. The tea is the most raw, and the famous products are also vibrating. Henan Shanshan people use it. The south is said to be able to remove dirt and grease, to accumulate stagnation and common treasure love. Gu Pishan is not good at manufacturing, just in the food bell big salary roasting, before the kettle, has been scorched, can be used. It is also made of bamboo giant tubes, stored while hot, although there are only green branches and purple shoots, they will wilt and yellow, only for the next food, Xi Kan pindou. ”
This is very close to the current huangda tea production method and characteristics in western Anhui, that is to say, at least in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, Lu'an had the production of yellow tea.
Chen Chuan, the king of Chinese tea, once described in detail the main production areas of Anhui yellow tea in the "Anhui Tea Classic", of which Huoshan County produced the most yellow tea and was also the most famous, in addition to the West Anhui Yellow Tea, the West Anhui Yellow Tea, and the famous Huoshan Yellow Bud.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" > Hubei</h1>
Hubei Yuan'an has a mountain because of the deer name, the mountain has a temple because of the mountain name, the temple has a tea because of the temple name, so there is a tea "Yuan'an Luyuan", which was used as a tribute tea during the Qianlong period. It belongs to the category of yellow tea.
Jin Tian, the 45th monk of the Guangxu Linji Zhenzong of the Qing Dynasty, wrote a poem when tasting Luyuan tea: "The mountain essence stone liquid is superior, a kind of fragrant fragrance full of face lavender, not only pure heart and good eyesight, but also Zen can sleep in the devil army." ”
In addition to the famous tea Yuan'an Luyuan, Hubei also has a relatively niche huangda tea produced in Yingshan.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" > Hunan</h1>
In 2011, the China Tea Circulation Association awarded Yueyang the title of "Hometown of Yellow Tea in China", and as the hometown of Yellow Tea in China, how can there be no Yellow Tea in Yueyang, Hunan.
As we all know, although yellow tea has a long history of production, due to various or external reasons, the production of yellow tea in many regions has been broken or "yellow to green", and Yueyang's "Junshan Silver Needle", a genuine yellow tea as a historical tea, has always retained the traditional craft of braising yellow.
Of course, the historical background is also very strong, as early as the Tang Dynasty, "Junshan Silver Needle" was called "Yellow Plume Hair", tribute tea or something needless to say, in modern times there is a "gold inlaid jade" reputation. The tea industry praises the "Junshan Silver Needle" as the crown of yellow tea.
Of course, the "yellow tea town" picks up not only the Junshan silver needle, but also the famous tea "Beigang Maojian" and the "Huangshan Maojian" in Ningxiang.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" > Zhejiang</h1>
Zhejiang Pingyang tea production since ancient times, Pingyang yellow soup was first made in the Qianlong (1736 ~ 1795) years, high quality, unique flavor of Pingyang yellow soup naturally favored by the imperial court, included in the tribute.
And until the guangxu and Xuantong years, the tea was still used as a tribute to the imperial court.
By the time of the Republic of China, more than a thousand quintals of Pingyang Huangtang tea were sold to Beijing, Tianjin, Yingkou and other places every year.
Zhejiang yellow tea also has Mogan yellow buds. Mogan yellow buds are relatively low-key in yellow tea, and there was no fame in the early days, but the history of tea production in Moganshan has been since the beginning of the Jin Dynasty.
According to Qianlong's "Chronicle of Wukang County", "Moganshan has wild tea, mountain tea, and ground tea, tea before the rain, plum tip, head tea, and second tea. ”
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" > Sichuan</h1>
Speaking of tea bud tea, the first to bear the brunt of Sichuan Ya'an's "Mengding Yellow Bud", Sichuan Ya'an's tea planting history is at least counted in the Western Han Dynasty, and after the founding of New China, Mengding Yellow Bud was also rated as one of the top ten famous teas in the country.
In addition to yellow bud tea Mengding yellow bud, Sichuan has other yellow tea "Ya'an Yellow Tea" and so on.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" > Guizhou</h1>
Guizhou Dafang County Haima Palace Township production of "Haima Palace Tea", a small group of varieties in yellow tea, this yellow tea with the same name as the land is relatively rare, according to the picking standard should be divided into yellow tea category.
It is said to have been created by Guizhou tea farmers during the Qianlong period.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" > Guangdong</h1>
Guangdong Shaoguan, Zhaoqing and Zhanjiang", "Guangdong Big Leaf Qing", typical of Huang Da tea.
It is said that the six major types of tea in this special place in Taiwan are produced, but it is estimated that the amount of yellow tea is small, and it is impossible to find a very well-founded data proof, and Taiwan's tea has followed the production method of Fujian and Guangdong in China, so here is a mouthful.
The population of the yellow tea family is relatively simple compared to other tea families, and the main production areas are concentrated in Sichuan, Hunan, Anhui, Zhejiang and other places.
Hubei, Guangdong, Guizhou and even Taiwan produce yellow tea, but the output is small, and some are even less known...