China is the birthplace of tea and currently has the world's largest tea production and tea drinking population. Around the 30 degrees north latitude of the golden tea belt, more than 1,000 counties and cities in more than 20 provinces, from Hainan Island to Bohai Bay, from Yunguichuan to Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui, produce nearly 3 million tons of dried tea every year. Among them, China's good tea, represented by the top ten famous teas, is famous at home and abroad and is loved by thousands of consumers. So, where are the good chinese teas produced?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="2" > the source of good tea</h1>
Tea originated in the mountains of Yunnan, Guangxi and Guizhou. It belongs to the southeast of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, with a warm and humid climate, abundant rainfall and fertile soil, making it the best place for tea to grow. In 1980, researchers found 1 million-year-old fossil tea seeds here, which is a powerful proof of the origin of tea.
Yunnan still retains many ancient tea trees that have grown for hundreds of years, and Pu'er tea and Dianhong are their crystallization. Pu'er tea is like a martial arts master hiding in the deep mountains for cultivation, if you don't shoot, you will shock the world. It is a true internal and external cultivation, a "sweeping monk" who has attained the ultimate realm of merit, with a simple and unpretentious surface, a deep connotation, and no end in sight.
Dianhong is a different picture. She is like a unique woman who came out of the plateau, only to describe beauty is not enough, the unique domineering and strong, let her unique charm, standing in a crowd of black tea, fragrant and unique.
Guizhou is now the most important tea-producing province in China, and the tea garden area once ranked first in the country. This is one of the first regions to mine tea every year, and Gangnam is still enjoying the peace and joy of the New Year, and they can't wait to reveal their fragrance.
Guizhou produces a lot of tea, the most famous is one of the dozens of famous people are even hair tip, even the great people praised: "Tea is very good, in the future on the hillside a variety of tea, tea can be named Mao tip." In addition, Anshun's waterfall Maofeng tea, Zunyi's black tea, Meitan Cuiya on the banks of the Meijiang River, etc., are also representative works of Guizhou.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="37" >2, Bashu and Zhongyuan</h1>
Gu Yanwu, a Qing dynasty, once said: "Since the Qin people took Shu, there has always been a matter of tea drinking." After the unification of the Six Kingdoms by the Qin Dynasty, the way tea is drunk has undergone fundamental changes, from boiling porridge with tea dishes to making tea for drinking, and then after thousands of years, there is now a way to drink tea.
Sichuan was one of the first regions to grow tea. More than 2,000 years ago, the Taoist monk Wu Lizhen planted a tea tree on Mengding Mountain, which achieved the millennium glory of Mengshan tea.
Tea proverbs have clouds: Yangtze River heart water, Mengshan peak tea. During the Tang Dynasty, Mengshan tea was already recognized as the first tea in the world. Mengding Mountain has contributed two good teas to the world - Mengding Manna and Mengding Yellow Bud. The former is one of the masterpieces of green tea, and the latter is the crowning work of yellow tea.
Of course, today it is more widely known as Emei Mangosteen Leaf Green. In China's high-grade green tea, Bamboo Leaf Qing is like the "Kingdom of Heaven" out of the Fei Jia Gongzi, relict and independent, temperament to the death, only the appearance is amazing, not to mention the unique endoplasm. Nowadays, in recent years, bamboo leaf green has developed rapidly and has become a new upstart of green tea.
Sichuan produces good tea, and Sichuan people prefer to drink tea. Chengdu has countless teahouses, all over the streets. Some people say that Sichuanese people spend one-tenth of their lives in teahouses.
Tea spread outward from the land of Bashu, first entering Shaanxi and the southeast of Henan, which was the political, economic and cultural center of the Qin and Han dynasties. Although Shaanxi tea is not as famous as Sichuan and Yunnan, it is also a tea producing area with a long history in China. Nowadays, Shaanxi has a variety of famous teas such as Meridian Xianhao, Ziyang Maojian, Canned Tea, Shaanxi Poria Tea, Shaanxi Black Tea, Shaanxi Green Brick Tea, Shaanxi White Tea and so on.
As for Henan, since ancient times, it has been a place where the masses of heroes chase deer in the Central Plains, and it is naturally indispensable to participate in tea. Henan tea first pushed Xinyang Maojian, it is the country's top ten famous tea, Su Shi once praised: "Huainan tea, Xinyang first."
Xinyang is located in the transition zone between north and south, and is the most suitable area for tea cultivation in Henan. If you were to ask who is the best Chinese green tea? I believe that among the many famous teas, the name of Xinyang Maojian is absolutely indispensable, and even its position will be very high.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="40" >3, Jiangnan tea paradise</h1>
It is said that southwest China is the most suitable place for tea plants to grow, but it is Jiangnan that really makes tea flourish and become a national drink. Zhejiang, Anhui and Jiangsu provinces, tea production can only be ranked in the middle, but to talk about tea fame, but it is The top in China, the top ten tea provinces account for more than half.
Longjing, West Lake, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, is known as the "Green Tea Queen" and is the deserved king of green tea today. The top Longjing of the five core production areas is still difficult to find at a huge price. However, the flat-shaped tea on the market under the guise of the name of West Lake Longjing is everywhere.
This also shows how big the name of West Lake Longjing really is. In addition, Dafo Longjing, Anji White Tea, Wuyang Chunyu, Golden Award Huiming Tea, Jingshan Tea, etc., are all well-known teas in Zhejiang.
Jiangsu Biluochun is one of the top ten famous teas in the country, and has been famous since ancient times. Biluo spring is born of the aura of heaven and earth, and the core production area is on two small islands in Taihu Lake, one is the East Mountain and the other is the West Mountain. Biluo spring tea has a strong aroma, also known as scary incense, and the real tea is as its name suggests.
Nanjing Yuhua Tea is a representative work in the newly created famous tea. This tea is made to commemorate the revolutionary martyrs, "shaped like pine needles, emerald green and tall", symbolizing the spirit of revolutionary martyrs' loyalty and indomitability, eternal green, and is well received by consumers.
Anhui spans two major tea regions in the south and north of the jiangsu river, and there are many famous teas. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, Huishang, whose main business was Hui tea. There are both Jiangnan tea represented by the ancient Huizhou area and Jiangbei tea represented by Dabie Mountain. Huangshan Maofeng, Taiping Monkey Kui, Keemun Black Tea, and Liu'an Gua Slice are all the top ten famous teas in China.
In addition, there are many niche teas in Anhui, including Huoshan Yellow Bud, Yuexi Cuilan, Shucheng Small Orchid, Tingxi Orchid, Yongxi Huoqing and so on. In addition, although the local production of An tea in Keemun is not well-known in the mainland, it is full of stamina and can be expected in the future.
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Nowadays, among Chinese tea, the status of South China tea is like a day in the sky. Oolong tea, black tea and white tea, 3 types of tea in China's 6 major tea categories all originate from this land.
There are many types of oolong tea, the process is complex, and it is roughly divided into four categories, namely northern Fujian oolong, southern Fujian oolong, Guangdong oolong and Taiwan oolong. Tieguanyin, Da Hong Pao, Phoenix Single Bush, and Frozen Top Oolong are all outstanding representatives of them, and have now become one of the most popular teas among consumers.
Fujian Zhengshan small seed is the originator of black tea, created for more than 400 years, is the earliest Chinese black tea that crossed the ocean to Europe. Later, the popular Keemun black tea was rumored to be based on the Zhengshan small seed process and localized and improved. Nowadays, in addition to the small varieties of Zhengshan in Fujian, the newly created top black tea Jin Junmei has also become the darling of the market, and the price is much higher than that of ordinary black tea.
Guangdong has not only oolong tea, not only phoenix single bush, but also black tea. Qingyuan Yingde black tea, the aroma is fresh and pure, the floral fragrance is obvious, the taste is thick and sweet, and it is famous all over the world.
White tea used to be a niche tea like yellow tea, but after several years of publicity and promotion, it has now become one of the hottest fermented teas on the market. White silver needles, white peony, gongmei, shoumei and new process white tea together constitute the most important product line of white tea.
South China's strategic location and warm and humid climate make it the most suitable for tea plant growth, and the tea picking season lasts from spring to late autumn. Therefore, the output of the south China tea region, especially the tea production of Fujian, ranks first in the country.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="46" >5, South Tea North Introduction</h1>
After talking about the Four Tea Regions in South China, Southwest China and Jiangnan Tea Area, we finally talk about the Jiangbei Tea Area. As mentioned earlier, the Dabie Mountain area in Anhui belongs to the Jiangbei Tea District, but what needs to be emphasized here is the famous "South Tea North Introduction" project after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
30 degrees north latitude is the famous golden tea belt, cross this line, and then go north, there was no tea production in the past. However, after the founding of New China, with the efforts of the majority of tea experts, Qingdao, Rizhao and Laoshan in Shandong have experimented with tea plants, and finally succeeded.
From the 1960s to today, the "South Tea North Introduction" project has gone through a total of 5 stages, from sporadic planting, to planned introduction, to expanding and summarizing and improving, to now entering the stage of area expansion, quality improvement and benefit growth, and finally the tea trees that can only grow in the south have been planted all over the land of Qilu, and all the way to the north, to bring Liaoning Lushan.
Now, the green tea and black tea in Rizhao and Laoshan in Shandong have become the representative works of tea in high latitudes. The aroma is strong, the taste is mellow, and the foam resistance is high, which makes Jiangbei tea have a different background color. Jiangnan tea is warm and soft, and Jiangbei tea is strong and thick. It is the success of the "South Tea North Introduction" project that makes Chinese tea more attractive.
We walked along the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, the birthplace of tea, to the land of Tianfu and the Central Plains, and then along the Yangtze River all the way down, to suzhou and Hangzhou paradise and Huishang hometown, can not forget the source of oolong, worried about the fragrance of duck, drifted across the sea to find the top of the cave, and finally followed the South Tea North Lead, all the way to the north, back to Rizhao and Laoshan Mountain, drink a cup of high fragrance and bubble-resistant coastal green.
Footprints all over the country, spanning more than 20 provinces and cities, in these thousands of unique teas, which one is your favorite?