Water Turtle Green Tea "Water Turtle" is one of the "Four Famous Congs" of Wuyi Rock Tea. It is produced on the half cliff under the Gezhai Peak of Niulan Kengshe in the Wuyi Mountains. It is so named because the tea leaves are thick and shiny like a golden turtle. Harvested in mid-May every year, it is mainly two-leaf or three-leaf, with a green and red color, sweet taste and high aroma. Drink strongly and not bitterly. The color is blue-brown and shiny, showing a "treasure light".
Water turtle, cloneless. Shrub type, mesophyllate, late species. The plant is tall, with half-open branches and dense branches. The leaves are horizontal and 7.2 cm long. Oblong oval, leaf color green glossy, leaf surface slightly raised or flat, leaf edge flat or microwave, water turtle body flat or slightly folded inward, leaf tip gradually pointed or sharp tip, leaf teeth slightly sharp and shallow dense, leaf texture is thick and brittle, making oolong tea, soup color golden, soft and bright leaf bottom, excellent quality.
The skin of the turtle is gray and white, the branches are slightly curved, the branches have a raw angle of 70 degrees, the branches and leaves have a raw angle of 70-80 degrees, the leaves are oblong, thin and brittle, the leaves are flattened, emerald green, shiny, the leaf margin is slightly wavy, the leaf tip is slightly blunt, the leaf flesh is raised, the main vein is slightly exposed, the lateral veins are thin and exposed, 8-10 pairs, the serrations are deep and sparse, 21-29 pairs, and the leaf margins are obliquely upward. The finished tea features tight cords, dark and sandy green color, rich aroma, mellow and sweet taste with irritation, soup color orange yellow to golden yellow, translucent, leaf bottom green leaf red trim, bright.
The name of the water turtle, rumored to have begun in the late Qing Dynasty, is famous for causing public prosecutions that cost thousands of dollars. The tree is native to the lower half of the rock of the Cow Pen Pit Du ge Peak, originally belonged to the Tianxin Temple, one day pouring heavy rain, the peak of the tea garden side bank collapsed, Than tea was washed by the water to the cow pen pit near the bottom of the half rock depression stopped, after the water flowed into a ditch on the side of the tree flowed down, when the Langu Rock Lord set up steps to build a stone fence at the place, the Yong soil stored it, which is the origin of the name of the water golden turtle. In 1919-1920, there was a lawsuit that caused both parties to spend thousands of dollars, and since then, the water turtle has become more famous and listed as one of the four famous conglomerates.