Every October, Fuzhou is full of jasmine fragrance, ice and snow for Rong Yu as a fetus, the rhythm of Fuzhou City dances with jasmine. The annual Jasmine Tea King Competition is not only a skill "big competition" in the industry, but also a hot spot for Fuzhou citizens.
In order to continue to expand the influence and popularity of Fuzhou jasmine tea, guide the majority of tea farmers and tea enterprises to improve quality, play brand, expand sales channels, and jointly expand and strengthen the Jasmine tea industry in Fuzhou, on October 11, 2021, the Fuzhou Jasmine Tea King Competition was held in Fuzhou.
It is reported that the competition is guided by the Fuzhou Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, sponsored by the Fuzhou Strait Tea Industry Exchange Association and the Fuzhou Agriculture, Forestry and Water Conservancy Trade Union, and hosted by Fujian Tea Import and Export Co., Ltd. and the Fuzhou Strait Tea Industry Trade Union Federation. This year's Tea King Competition is based on eight shapes of traditional jasmine tea (needle bud shape, pine needle shape, flat shape, bead round shape, curly shape, ring shape, bar shape, bundle shape) and special jasmine tea (jasmine black tea, jasmine white tea, jasmine Puer, jasmine rock tea, jasmine longjing, jasmine iron Guanyin, etc.), classified and grouped. Through the procedures of looking at the appearance, smelling the aroma, tasting the taste, inspecting the soup color, touching the bottom of the leaf, etc., the experts selected 6 "tea kings" and 18 "gold awards" from the tea samples selected by the tea people and tea companies participating in this year's tea king competition according to the level of scoring. It is reported that the results of this tea king competition will be announced at the Fuzhou Jasmine Tea Culture Festival.
In order to ensure the fairness and authority of the event, the organizing committee of this year's Tea King Competition randomly invited 10 tea review experts such as Chen Jinshui, Chen Luan, Zhang Fangzhou, Sun Yun, Gao Feng, Guo Yaling, Luo Xinghuo, Zhou Qi, Yang Ruxing, Chen Sicong, etc. from the expert database to classify and shape the tea samples according to the categories of tea samples, and conduct sensory code review according to the "Tea Sensory Evaluation Method" (GB/T23776-2009).
Jasmine tea is a unique tea category in China. Fuzhou is the birthplace of the world's jasmine tea, Fuzhou jasmine and tea culture system is a globally important agricultural cultural heritage, And the traditional kilning process of Fuzhou jasmine tea is a national intangible cultural heritage. Fuzhou jasmine tea kiln making process is unique, its biggest feature is "see the tea does not see the flower", and the complexity of its production technology makes it difficult for outsiders to peek at the doorway. The whole set of jasmine tea production process can be simply summarized as "seven chairs for making flower tea, shaking and toasting".
Chen Jinshui, former station manager and senior engineer of Fujian Tea Quality Inspection Station, said that Fuzhou Attaches great importance to the inheritance and development of Jasmine Tea, and the Annual Fuzhou Jasmine Tea King Competition, innovation in inheritance, development in innovation, there are many innovative products, and with the needs of the market, the quality of products is gradually improving.
In recent years, the Fuzhou Municipal Party Committee and the Fuzhou Municipal Government have taken the development of the jasmine tea industry as one of the leading industries in Fuzhou and the key direction of tackling tough problems, increased policy support, promoted standardized production, created brand awareness, so that Fuzhou jasmine tea culture and tea-making technology can be better inherited and developed, and a new road of tea industry development with Fuzhou characteristics has been developed.
Since 2009, Fuzhou has insisted on holding a Fuzhou Jasmine Tea King Competition every year, and has made significant contributions to improving the quality of Fuzhou Jasmine Tea, building the Fuzhou Jasmine Tea Brand, and promoting the development of the industry through the scale, safety, standards, craftsmanship and quality of the competition. At the same time, in order to accelerate the implementation of the development of Fuzhou jasmine tea industry, in recent years, the Fuzhou Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has also actively held tasting meetings, skill competitions, cultural festivals and other activities to promote the improvement of Fuzhou jasmine tea production technology and level, and further expand the influence of Fuzhou jasmine tea brand.
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