Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province, held a blessing tea party for "Putuo Buddha Tea"
Putuo Buddha tea, produced in Putuo Mountain, Zhejiang Province, because the wild tea plants that produce this tea grow on the highest peak of Putuo Mountain
Buddha's Peak Mountain, also known as "Buddha's Top Cloud Tea".
Origin style
Putuo Mountain is located in the southeastern waters of the Qiantang River in Zhejiang Province, the Zhoushan Islands, which the ancients called "Haitian Buddha Country", and the Sea
Jiuhua Mountain, Mount Emei and Mount Wutai are the four famous mountains of Buddhism in China. It has a temperate oceanic climate with warm winters
Cool summer, humid seasons, fertile land, lush trees, clouds and mist, very suitable for the growth of tea plants.
Historical origins
There is no specific historical evidence of when Putuo Mountain began to produce tea, but it is said that in the Tang Dynasty, there was already tea when monks lived on the mountain, and the history is very long. Since Putuo is a "Buddha's country", the tea produced is mostly used by monks to worship Buddhas and guests, so it has the title of "Buddha tea". Another theory is that Putuo Buddha tea is related to the Japanese tea ceremony. The tea ceremony is a tea drinking ceremony in Japan, which was first held in temples and was only popularized to the people during the Toyotomi Hideyoshi period. Putuo and Japan have frequent maritime traffic, especially close exchanges between monks, so the name "Buddha tea" evolved from the Japanese tea ceremony. Putuo Buddha tea rose and fell, and was produced more during the Kangyong period of the Qing Dynasty, but in the past, most of the Putuo Mountainous Area was owned by the temple, and ordinary people rarely saw it.
Buddha tea
Harvesting techniques
The picking of Putuo Buddha tea needs to wait before and after the valley rain, take advantage of the good weather, and select one bud, two or three leaves, and the buds and strong leaves.
The production process is divided into five processes: killing green, kneading, frying two greens, frying three greens, and hui qian. Stir-frying pot, each time fried,
It must be washed once to keep the tea green.
Quality features
Putuo Buddha tea is shaped like a circle, like an eyebrow, like a tadpole, emerald green in color, and rich in aroma. Putuo has
Small strands of mountain springs, the water quality is clear, slightly sweet, the four seasons do not dry up, it is rumored that the water washes the eyes, can be blind, the treatment of eye diseases, so also known
"Divine Water", "Eye Wash Pool". Use this spring "divine water" to boil Putuo Buddha tea, then the tea soup is clear, and after drinking, people will have a "hairy bone and wind in June cool" Qingputuo Buddha tea cool feeling.