Jietan tea is produced in Yuanling County, Huaihua City, Hunan Province, China, and is produced in China's golden tea belt at 28-30 degrees north latitude. Yuanling is a state-level poverty-stricken county, with superior ecological environment in the territory, and is the "hometown of China's ecological organic tea" and "the hometown of China's famous tea", and the history of tea production can be traced back to more than 300 years ago. During the Tang Dynasty in China (618-907 AD), Jietan tea was listed as a tribute tea in the imperial court and became an important commodity for economic trade on the ancient Silk Road.
"Jietan Tea" is named after Jietan Village, which originates in Yuanling County, Huaihua City, Hunan Province. In 1991, it was rated as "International Cultural Famous Tea" and included in the "Catalogue of Chinese Famous Tea"; in 2011, it was selected as a national geographical indication protection product; in 2014, it obtained a geographical indication certification trademark; in 2017, it was awarded "China's Excellent Tea Regional Public Brand" and "Hunan Province's Top Ten Agricultural Regional Public Brands"; in 2018, according to the assessment of the CARD China Agricultural Brand Research Center of Zhejiang University, the brand value of Jietan Tea was 1.896 billion yuan.
"Jietan tea", originated from the Qin and Han Dynasties, flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and was called "Chenzhou Jietan Tea" in the Ming and Qing dynasties. According to Shi Kao, Jietan tea was already famous as early as the Two Jin Dynasties, and it was even more famous during the Tang Dynasty. The "No Shooting Mountain" contained in the Tea Classic of Lu Yu, a tea saint of the Tang Dynasty, is a famous mountain that is rich in Jietan tea in Huaihua. Legend has it that more than 1300 years ago, Tang Ruizong Li Dan took refuge in Yuanling, living in the Jietan Tea Garden Hu Yuanwai home, Tang Ruizong found that Jietan tea is aromatic, sweet aftertaste, has a clear heart and calm, moisturize the internal organs, regard the tea as the best in tea, Hu Fengjiao, the daughter of Hu Yuanwai, is good at picking tea to make tea, the two get along day and night, love each other, because of the tea relationship, it has been passed down through the ages. Jietan tea later attracted princes and nobles, civil and military officials to taste it. Emperor Ruizong of Tang dynasty appointed the Yuanling Jietan Tea Garden as a royal tea garden, and jietan tea as a royal tribute.
"Jietan tea", superior quality, outstanding. Jietan tea strips are tight and round, the soup color is tender and green, the water extract is as high as 49.8%, 12.8% higher than the national standard, ranking first in the national green tea category, the content of tea polyphenols and amino acids is higher than the average level of similar teas, with high zinc, high manganese, low aluminum, selenium-rich and other characteristics, high endoplasm aroma and long-lasting, taste fresh and sweet, after drinking back to sweet, known as "China's outstanding representative of high-end green tea." In 2010, it won the Special Gold Award, the highest award in the green tea category of China (Shanghai) International Tea Expo, and in 2015, it won the "Centennial World Expo China Famous Tea Gold Award" at the Milan World Expo in Italy.
Jietan tea industry has become an important industry to promote the precise poverty alleviation of Yuanling County, the county's existing tea garden area of 150,000 mu, the annual output of 10,000 tons, the comprehensive output value of tea 1.5 billion yuan, brand valuation of 1.896 billion yuan. Strive to 2020, the total area of tea gardens in the county will reach 200,000 mu, the organic tea certified tea garden will reach 150,000 mu, the annual output of tea will reach 30,000 tons, and the annual output value will reach 5 billion yuan.
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