Green tea is the largest tea in China, and the production area is widely distributed. Among them, Zhejiang, Anhui and Jiangxi provinces are the main bases for green tea production in China.
Zhejiang's green tea has many famous products and a long history.
West Lake Longjing
China's first tea, produced in The West Lake of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, Shifeng, Longjing, Wuyun Mountain, Hupao area, has been divided into four categories of "lion, dragon, cloud, tiger" in history, most of which believe that the quality produced in Shifeng is the best.
Longjing is known for its four masterpieces of "green color, fragrant, mellow taste and beautiful shape". The shape is flat and straight, the color is slightly yellow like brown beige, the taste is sweet and mellow, the aroma is elegant and clear, the soup color is turquoise and yellow, and the bottom of the leaves is delicate and tender.
Kaihua Dragon Top
The tea was once interrupted, and development began in 1957 and resumed production in 1979. Longding tea buds are prominent, shaped like the white clouds of the green dragon plate, after boiling water brewing, the bud tips stand upright, such as youlan blooming, the soup color is clear and bright, the taste is refreshing and fresh, the teeth are left fragrant, brewed three times, there is still charm.
The main production areas are distributed in Qixi, Suzhuang, Changhong, Zhangwan and other townships in Kaihua County. Kaihua has a long history of producing good tea, and according to records, Ming Chongzhen has become a tribute tea for four years. In the 24th year of the Qing Dynasty, there is a record of "the yellow silk bag and the flag basket when the famous tea was paid tribute, and the special person paid tribute".
Snow and water clouds are green
It is produced in Paradise Peak and Xueshui Ridge in Xinhe Township, Tonglu County. The mountain peaks in the territory are continuous, and the altitude is above 900 meters, so this tea has the metaphor of "deep mountain wonder".
As early as the Three Kingdoms Period, in the "Tongjun Medicine Collection", there were "Wuchang, Lujiang, Jinling good tea, not tonglu." Fan Zhongyan of the Song Dynasty once made "Dashing Tonglu County, Spring Mountain is half tea." What's so good about light thunder? Startling the buds before the rain" verse.
The tea should be brewed in a colorless transparent glass, gaze at it, see the bud core floating up and down, starting as a bird's mouth playing beads, and then like a thousand peaks under the water, green bud jade standing, clear soup green shadow, wisps of white mist, fragrance attacking people. Raise a glass and sip it, and gradually feel refreshed, full of freshness, intoxicating.
Angie white tablets
Also known as jade tea, the shape is flat and straight, one leaf wrapped and one bud, shaped like an orchid, emerald green in color, and the white is revealed. After brewing, the aroma is high and long-lasting, the taste is fresh and sweet, the soup color is clear and bright, and the buds and leaves are recognizable.
It is also peculiar in that the young shoots in the spring are white, with one tea and two leaves as the whitest, and the new shoots in the summer and autumn after the leaves become green, gradually whiten to full color in mid-April, and gradually return to green in May.
Folk customs are commonly known as "fairy herb tea", and the local mountain people regard spring tea as the "holy spirit" and often collect it to cure diseases. Mainly produced in Shanhe Township, Anji County, the tea garden is located in the high mountains and deep valleys, the morning and evening clouds are filled with fog, the temperature difference between day and night is large, the soil layer is deep and fertile, and it has a unique natural environment.
Trail Camellia
Also known as Jingshan Maofeng Tea, it is produced in the northwest of Yuhang County, the jingshan mountain of the northeast peak of Tianmu Mountain, named after the place of origin.
According to the "Chronicle of Continuing Yuhang County", the place where tea is produced, there are four wall docks and liwu of Jingshan Mountain, and the people who come out are more good, and it is especially rare to lingxiao Peak, and the monks of Jingshan Temple pick up rain tea from the valley and store it with small silk to give to people. The Founder Zuqin master once planted several tea trees, harvested for Buddha, and spread to the valley for more than a year, and its taste is fresh and fragrant, that is, the current path of camellia is also.
The Japanese monk Zen master Akiaki Namura once studied Buddhism at Jingshan Temple, and when he returned to China, he brought the seeds of Jingshan tea and tea drinking utensils, and introduced the tea milling method to Japan. The tea leaves are delicate in appearance, green in color, rich in aroma, and tender in soup and tender in taste.
Usually, to make 1 kg of special grade or first-class trail camellia, about 62,000 fresh bud leaves are picked.
Gu Zhu purple shoots
Because of its fresh tea bud leaves are slightly purple, young leaves rolled back like bamboo shoot shells, so it got its name. The tea is produced in the area of Guzhu Mountain in Shuikou Township, Changxing County, Huzhou City, and is the "old predecessor" in Shangpin tribute tea, which was discussed as "the first in tea" by tea saint Lu Yu as early as the Tang Dynasty.
Feng Ren searched for spring and semi-alcohol back, and Xian'e entered the water and the royal curtain opened. The peony flowers laugh and move, and spread the Huzhou purple shoots to come", this is the Tang Dynasty poet Zhang Wengui's vivid description of the tribute scene of purple shoot tea at that time.
The tea leaves are compact, complete and beautiful. Brewed in boiling water, the aroma is rich, the soup color is clear, the tea taste is fresh and mellow, the aftertaste is sweet, and there is an elegant feeling that penetrates the heart and lungs. The fresh leaves of Guzhu purple shoots are very young, and 500 grams of dried tea are fried, and about 36,000 bud leaves are whisked.
Thousand Island Jade Leaf
Produced in the Qingxi area of Chun'an County, it was originally called Qiandao Lake Longjing. In 1982, the tea developers of Qiandao Lake Forest Farm developed Qiandao Jade Leaf on the basis of the good seeds of Jiukeng and combined with the process of Longjing in West Lake.
In July 1983, Professor Zhuang Wanfang of Zhejiang Agricultural University and other tea experts visited Chun'an, and after tasting the Qiandao Longjing tea at that time, according to the scenery of Qiandao Lake and the thick and thick tea leaves, there were characteristics of pekoe, and personally nominated "Qiandao Yuye".
The shape is flat and straight, green and dewy. The buds are strong and bright, emerald green and tender yellow, the aroma is clear, the inner texture is fragrant and lasting, the soup color is yellow and green, the taste is mellow and fresh, and the bottom of the leaves is tender and fragrant.
Thousand Island Silver Needle
It is produced along the Xin'an River in Jiande City. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, Jiande tea was included in the tribute tea, and the Ming Dynasty's "Zaolin Miscellaneous Tricks" recorded a detailed list of tribute teas at that time, including: "Jiande County Bud Tea Five Jin".
With a long historical heritage coupled with the decades of development and exploration of Xin'anjiang tea population, the innovative Jiande fine tea is known as Qiandao Silver Needle Tea. The shape is straight like a needle, the color is fresh, the tea soup is tender and green, the fragrance is high and rich, the taste is fresh and mellow, and after brewing, the suspended jade stands in the cup.
Waterfall fairy tea
A specialty of Yuyao City, also known as Yuyao Waterfall Tea and Yuyao Xian Tea. Because the tea tree is rooted in the fragrant gray soil on the mountain, sucking the water vapor of the waterfall, the tea leaves made of tea are as jadeite as emerald, the fragrance is high and beautiful, and the quality is excellent.
In the Tea Classic, Lu Yu quoted the now-lost "Divine Record" record of the Western Jin Dynasty's "Yu Hong's Great Tea", and wrote about the waterfall immortal tea in three places in the "Four Instruments", "Seven Things", and "Eight Out".
Xian Ming has a tight shape, Miao Xiu is slightly flattened, the color is green, the aroma is fresh, the taste is fresh and mellow, the soup color is green and bright, and the bottom of the leaves is tender and evenly formed. Lost after the Ming Dynasty, production resumed in 1979 after the founding of New China.
In addition to green tea, there are also white tea, yellow tea, green tea, black tea and flower tea, among which Zhejiang also has famous products.
Yellow tea Mogan yellow buds
Moganshan is the remnant of Tianmu Mountain, located in Deqing County, and is said to have been named after the mountain at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period when the cadre general and Mo Evil forged the sword.
Moganshan had monks grow tea as far back as the Jin Dynasty, and Tang Luyu's "Tea Classic" once recorded the mogan tea incident. The Qing "Wukang County Chronicle" has a record that "tea producing Tashan is particularly good, the monks plant it, the tea absorbs clouds and mist, and its aroma is ten times stronger".
According to records, the origin of Mogan yellow bud is related to the late Mr. Zhuang Wanfang, a famous tea scientist in China. In the spring of 1956, Zhuang Wanfang was recuperating in Moganshan Mountain, one day, he was walking in Yinshan Street, met an old woman selling tea, asked for 10 yuan a catty, asked where the tea was produced? The old woman laughed and said nothing.
Zhuang Wanfang thought that this was the native tea of the mountain, bought some tastings, felt that the aroma was excellent, enough to rival other famous teas, so he wrote a poem: "Try to cook the yellow bud spring water, the fragrant taste is worthy of the name." Where is The Ancient Production of Tashan? Where the seller came from is unclear. ”
As late as 1979, with the participation of two professors Zhang Tangheng and Zhuang Wanfang of the Tea Department of Zhejiang Agricultural University, he and the relevant departments of Deqing County jointly created the only yellow tea in Huzhou area, "Mogan Yellow Bud".
The shape is tight and thin like a lotus heart, the buds are fat and strong, the color is yellow and tender, the soup is orange and yellow, the aroma is fresh, and the taste is mellow.
Black Tea Nine-Curved Red Plum
Jiuqu Red Plum Tea is produced in Hubu, Renqiao and Dawushan areas on the outskirts of Hangzhou, especially in Hubu Dahushan.
Due to the remote location of Lingshan and the inconvenience of transportation in the old days, Jiuqu Red Plum Tea is like a boudoir lady who is not known in the deep mountains, and has always been unknown.
A fortuitous opportunity enabled Jiuqu Red Plum Tea to become famous in Shenzhou and spread overseas. Here's another story.
Lingshan was called Hubu in ancient times, and there was an old saying that there were ten scenic spots in LakeBull. One of the ten scenic spots, the waterhole of "Double Lion Dripping Pond", commonly known as Kasa Shell Pond, grows 18 tea trees on the slope of Chaoyang Mountain next to Kasa Shell Pond.
During the Qingming Festival in 1929, local farmer Shen Renchun picked a batch of small and tender Qingmingtou tea on these 18 tea trees, which were carefully made and processed into about two kilograms of the best Jiuqu red plum tea, and personally sent to the West Lake Expo held in Gushan, Hangzhou at that time to participate in the evaluation.
The tea covered with pale yellow fluff, the strips are tight, curved like fish hooks, and resemble silkworm ants, which aroused the curiosity of the tea evaluators.
Wait until you brew with boiling water, when you start, but see the tea buds in the cup stretching, curving and stretching, like small fish floating up and down in the water.
Then, the tea soup is bright red in color, and the aroma is rich, and it looks like the tea leaves are bright red, just like the red plums in the water, which is gorgeous and pleasing to the eye. At once, it attracted many tea people present.
After the appreciation of the tea experts attending the meeting, they praised this tea leaf as sweet and refreshing, and the tea tasting was like drinking guiyuan soup, with an endless aftertaste, and since then it has become popular.
According to China Tea Knowledge Network, Tea Literature and Art Network, etc