Lu'an has long been one of the tea producing areas in China. Because of the environment suitable for the growth of tea, the Dabie Mountains began to produce tea during the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The Lu'an "plum slice" mentioned in the Qing Dynasty's "Suiyuan Food List" is the predecessor of the "Liu'an Gua Tablet". (Plum flakes: Refers to the tea leaves made by selecting one or two leaves during the rainy season, and is named to distinguish it from the sharp buds.) ）
The vast majority of tea produced in Lu'an City, Anhui Province, are green tea, not fermented teas. Due to the different production processes, the characteristics are different, but they all maintain the common characteristics of green soup. The quality of several teas in Lu'an City, which has a high reputation and great influence in the tea market at home and abroad, is introduced as follows:
Six angua slices
Liu'an melon slices: the shape of a single piece is straight, the leaf edge is rolled flat, shaped like a sliced melon, without buds, without stems; dry tea color is emerald green, evenly moistened with frost; soup color is turquoise, clear and bright; the aroma is fragrant, ruolan is like a fern, refreshing; the taste is fresh and rich, the aftertaste is cool and sweet; the yellow and green at the bottom of the leaf is evenly bright. Color, aroma, taste, shape are excellent, unique.
Huoshan yellow buds
Huoshan yellow buds: the shape is straight and micro-expanded, delicate and tender, shaped like a finch tongue, the leaf color is yellow-green, the soup color is green and yellow, clear and bright, with yellow rings, the aroma is fragrant and long-lasting, the taste is fresh and mellow, and the bottom of the leaves is tender and bright. There are about 3 types of Huoshan yellow bud aromas: namely, fragrance, floral fragrance, cooked chestnut incense, the origin of the climate and land are different, the aroma is different.
Shucheng small orchid
Shucheng small orchid: produced in the territory of Shucheng County, is a bud and a leaf first unfolded to a bud three-leaf bud tips through a special process of refining the roasted green tea, its characteristics are: the shape of the buds and leaves are connected, natural stretch, the color of green uniform, the sharp edge is revealed, after the bubble like orchid blooming, branches standing in the cup, the floral fragrance is lasting, the taste is mellow and sweet, the soup color is tender and green, and the bottom of the leaves is tender and evenly flowered.
Jin zhai cui eyebrows
Jinzhai Cuimei: does not contain leaf stalks, made of whole buds, the shape is delicate as eyebrows, slightly flattened, the color is tender and green, and the white is revealed; the soup color is light green and clear, the aroma is tender and fragrant, the fragrance is high and long-lasting, the taste is fresh and mellow, and the leaf bottom is bright and smooth. When drinking, brew with boiling water in a glass, the tea leaves hang in the cup, float up and down, and then slowly sink.
Huashan Silver Millimeter
Huashan Yinhao: belongs to the roasted green type of famous green tea, the shape of the tea is delicate and tightly knotted, revealing the Miao Feng, the color is green, the soup color is bright, the tender fragrance is long-lasting, the taste is mellow, the leaf bottom is tender and bright, and the tender tea is complete. When brewing, it is like a thousand dragons flying, and then it slowly sinks, and the heart of the rui is upward, standing at the bottom of the cup, like a thousand bamboo shoots coming out together, and the hundred cranes are clustered. It has a unique ornamental value.
Huoshan Yellow Tea
Huoshan Huangda tea production area: there are Dahuaping, Manshuihe, Buddha's Temple, LongjingChong, of which The products of Dahuaping are the most famous and the quality is also the best. Its appearance is strong and fat, the leaves are striped, the stems and leaves are connected like fishing hooks, the stem leaves are golden and moist, the soup color is dark yellow and brown, the leaf bottom is yellow and brown, the taste is thick and mellow, and it has a prominent and refreshing burnt aroma.
Shu Green (Stir-fried Green Tea)
Shu green (fried green tea): The main production areas are Shucheng County, Huoshan County, Jinzhai County, Yu'an District, Jin'an District, Lujiang County and other places. Its features: tight cord, green color with ash, fresh and long aroma, chestnut fragrance, mellow taste, soup color yellow and green, soft and bright leaf bottom.
Lu'an basket tea
Lu'an Basket Tea: It began around 1630 in the Ming Dynasty and reached the peak of Qing Guangxu. Produced in Yu'an District, Lu'an City, Jinzhai County and other places, domestic sales in Liangguang and Hong Kong, exported to Southeast Asian countries, quite prestigious. Because of its unique medicinal value, it is known as "holy tea" in the sales area. Its selection of materials is exquisite, the workmanship is exquisite, and it belongs to the noble tea in black tea.
Western Anhui white tea
West Anhui white tea: West Anhui white tea picking requires a bud and a leaf or a bud and two leaves to first unfold, buds and leaves into flowers, uniform size, short handle, after harvesting through appropriate spreading, greening, striping, initial baking, re-drying, spreading, Titian and other processes. The shape of the tea is straight and slightly flat, the color is golden and green, the aroma is fresh and long-lasting; after brewing, the tea buds are blossoming, the leaf bottom is jade white, the leaf veins are green, and the pieces of jade dance. Undercover white jade, the taste of drinking is fresh and mellow, the lips and teeth are fragrant, clear and sweet, and the aftertaste is endless.
Kung Fu black tea
Huoshan Black Tea: This tea is Kung Fu Black Tea. Fresh leaf picking requires fresh, tender, uniform and clean, that is, to achieve timely harvesting and timely production; the processing process is: withering, kneading, fermentation, drying and other processes. The shape of Huoshan black tea after being made: the strip is firm, obvious, sharp, and the color is dark. Endoplasm: the soup color is orange-red, the aroma is fresh and sweet, the taste is sweet and thick, and the leaf bottom is bright and tender.
Golden Dragon Jade Pearl Tea Please
Golden Dragon Jade Pearl Tea: The tea picking garden is located in the organic tea growth base upstream of the Meishan Reservoir in Jinzhai. The tea plant varieties of Golden Dragon Yuzhu Tea are local medium-sized willow leaf species, and the picking standard is one bud and one leaf or one bud and two leaves, which are refined by multiple processes such as killing green, kneading, stir-frying, shaping, cooling, baking Titian and so on. Its shape is round waist-shaped, the particles are tight, rounded and shiny. When brewing, it is like a dragon playing in the water, the soup color is clear and bright, the aroma is rich and clear, and the taste is mellow and sweet. The Golden Dragon Jade Pearl is of excellent quality and has a great reputation.
Jinzhai black tea
Jinzhai black tea: The tea originated in 1951, Jinzhai tea drinking tea taste is heavier, tea "fire gong" is more sufficient. Through withering, kneading, fermentation, hair fire, foot fire, spreading, pulling old fire and other processes. The shape is tight and thin, the appearance is golden, the soup color is copper red and bright with amber gold rings, the aroma is sweet with fire, the taste is fresh and sweet, and the red bottom of the leaves is evenly bright. Its typical quality characteristics are "copper red soup, fire sugar aroma".