Phoenix daffodil, oolong tea, native to the Fenghuang Mountains in Chao'an County, Guangdong Province, is said to have been cultivated during the Southern Song Dynasty, with a history of more than 900 years. Because of its long history of tailoring. The "Chronicle of Chaozhou Prefecture" says: "The famous tea of Phoenix Mountain is also known as tribute tea. ”
Legend has it that at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Song Emperor Zhao Fu went south to Chaoshan and passed through the Fenghuang Mountain, Wushan Mountain, and when he was thirsty, the attendants picked a leaf with a leaf tip like a bird's beak and cooked it, and drank it to stop coughing and produce a miraculous effect. Since then, it has been widely cultivated, called "Song Seed", and has a history of more than 900 years. According to the "First Draft of Guangdong Tongzhi" in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, "Tea, chaozhi out of Sangpu is good", Chao'an at that time has become one of the tea producing areas in Guangdong. In the Qing Dynasty, Phoenix Tea was gradually recognized by people and included in the national famous tea.
How is Phoenix Narcissus made?
The Phoenix Daffodil plant is tall and large, with large leaves, oblong or oval in shape, and the leaf tips are drooping, slightly resembling a bird's beak, so local farmers call it "bird's beak tea". The serrations of the leaves are shallow and bright, and the shoots are more pale green and less. From the perspective of leaf structure, the phoenix daffodil is closer to the wild type than the Breed of Fujian Daffodil, and is highly resistant to stress. The phoenix daffodils picked between the Qingming Dynasty and the Lixia period are spring teas, the summer and summer teas are harvested after the Lixia to the small summer, the autumn tea is harvested between the autumn and the frost falls, and the snowflake tea is harvested during the winter solstice and the light snow.
The picking criterion is the young shoots forming a resident bud after the first
A leaf is suitable for the middle of the noodles, too tender into the tea bitter, the fragrance is not high; too old, the tea taste is coarse, not resistant to bubbles. The picking time is best in the afternoon, and the different types of fresh leaves should be mined and made separately.
The initial production process of Phoenix Daffodils goes through the processes of sunning, cooling, making green (touching green, shaking green, spreading), frying green, kneading, baking and so on.
The climate of Fenghuang Mountain is warm, the rainfall is abundant, the soil is rich in a variety of organic matter, and the unique geographical environment has created the famous tea story of Phoenix Daffodil. The phoenix daffodils of beauty, fragrance, color and sweetness are not only an indispensable color in the lives of Teochew people, but also the sustenance of their nostalgia.