Anxi Tieguanyin, one of the top ten famous teas, the representative of oolong tea, began between 1725 and 1735, between green tea and black tea, belongs to the semi-fermented tea category, and is favored for its unique charm and superior quality
Tieguanyin, a native of Anxi, Fujian, was invented between 1725 and 1735. It belongs to the oolong tea category and is a representative of the oolong tea category, one of the top ten famous teas in China. Between green tea and black tea, it belongs to the semi-fermented tea category, Tieguanyin has a unique "Guanyin rhyme", fragrant and elegant rhyme, "seven bubbles of Yuxiang Creek Moon Dew full of joy Ling Yuntao". In addition to the health care functions of general tea, it also has the effects of anti-aging, anti-cancer, anti-arteriosclerosis, prevention and treatment of diabetes, weight loss and bodybuilding, prevention and treatment of dental caries, clearing heat and reducing fire, and sobering up by anti-smoke.
It is reported that Anxi Tieguanyin tea originated in the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, when Anxi tea farmers bred many excellent tea varieties, among which the quality of Tieguanyin tea was the best. The tea tree Tieguanyin tree is not large, the branches are draped, the leaf color is dark green, the leaf quality is soft and thick, and the buds and leaves are fat. Oolong tea made from the buds and leaves of Tieguanyin is also called Tieguanyin, so "Tieguanyin" is not only the name of the tea tree variety, but also the name of the tea.
Fujian Anxi is China's ancient tea area, Tieguanyin grows a lot of ancient wild tea trees, tea in Lantian, Jiandou and other places found wild tea trees are 7 meters high, the crown of 3.2 meters, according to expert research, has more than 1000 years of age. In 2011, the Anxi Tea Association decided to cultivate it by the Anxi County Drinking Tea Professional Cooperative.
Tea production in Anxi began in 1725 and has a history of more than 200 years.
In Song. In the Yuan Dynasty, Anxi, the origin of Tieguanyin, whether it was a temple or a farmer, had produced tea. According to the "Qingshui Rock Chronicles": "The peak of clear water, the clouds and the fog, the monks plant tea, the breath of the mountains and the mountains, the essence of the sun and the moon, the mist of the haze, and the food can cure all kinds of diseases." Lao Liao and other people belong to people, and the taste of fragrance is not as good. There are two or three plants of Song Zhi in the ghost empty mouth, and its taste is particularly fragrant, and its merit is great, and it is not felt that the two armpits are born when drinking, and if you meet Lu Yu, you will talk about it with tea." Anxi tea went to the world through the "Maritime Silk Road" and sold well overseas.
To the Ming Dynasty tea production is slightly prosperous, Ming Jiajing "Anxi County Chronicles" has "tea, dragon juan. Chongxin (now Long Juan. Xiping. Ashida) is a lot of people." "Chang Le. Chongshan and other goods (referring to tea) sell a lot". Wuyi began to produce steamed Qingtuan tea from the Tang Dynasty, and after the late Ming Dynasty, tea farmers accumulated the essence of tea making experience in the past dynasties and created Wuyi rock tea. At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the Anxi tea industry developed rapidly, and the golden cinnamon was discovered one after another. Benshan. Bergamot. Hairy crab. MEI Zhan. A large number of excellent tea varieties such as large-leaf oolong. The discovery of these varieties has brought the Anxi tea industry into a stage of peak development. The famous monk Shi Chaoquan of the Qing Dynasty has the verse "Xi tea imitates the rock tea system, first fried and then roasted", which shows that there was a production of Xi tea in the Qing Dynasty, and Anxi tea farmers created oolong tea. What kind of tea does Tieguanyin belong to, oolong tea is between green tea and black tea, belongs to the semi-fermented tea category, and is one of the six major tea categories of Chinese green tea, black tea, green tea (oolong tea), white tea, yellow tea, and dark tea. The birth of oolong tea picking technology is another major innovation in China's traditional tea-making process. Anxi oolong tea is favored for its unique charm and superior quality.
features
"Tieguanyin" tea tree, delicate nature, small yield, so there is a saying that "good to drink and not easy to plant", "Tieguanyin" tea is also more precious. The purebred Tieguanyin plant is a shrub type, with a wide range of trees, oblique branches, and horizontal leaves. The leaf shape is elliptical, the leaf margin teeth are sparse and blunt, the leaf surface is wavy and raised, with obvious rib shape, slightly reversed to the back, the mesophyll is hypertrophied, the leaf color is dark green and smooth, the leaf base is slightly blunt, the leaf tip is slightly concave, slightly crooked to the left, slightly drooping, and the young buds are purple-red, so it is called "red bud crooked tail peach", which is one of the characteristics of purebred.
Tieguanyin is the best of oolong tea, and its quality characteristics are: tea strips are curled, fat and round, heavy and even, the color is sand green, and the overall shape resembles a dragonfly head, spiral body, and frog legs. After brewing, the soup color is golden and bright like amber, with a natural and rich orchid fragrance, the taste is mellow and sweet, and the sweet aftertaste is long, commonly known as "rhyme". The fragrance of Tieguanyin tea is high and long-lasting, which can be described as "seven bubbles with residual fragrance".
Appearance: The cord is fat, round and round, heavy, the branch is hard, the branch scalp is neat, most of the leaves are curled on the back of the tea seedlings, the color is black and oily, and the sand green is obvious (in the new process, most of the red edging has been removed).
Endoplasm: The aroma is rich and long-lasting, the rhyme is obvious, with orchid fragrance or raw peanut kernel flavor, coconut fragrance and other fragrances; The tea soup is golden, orange and yellow, the taste is mellow and sweet, slightly honeyed, fresh and sweet.
Leaf bottom: the branch body is round, the peduncle is red and bright, the petiole is wide and thick (palm leaf pedicle), the leaf is thick and soft, and the leaf surface is wavy, which is called "satin surface".
The most core characteristics: dry tea is heavy, dark green in color; The aroma of the tea soup is obvious, with great layers and thickness; The bottom of the leaves should be thick and soft.
The types of Anxi Tieguanyin can be divided into: fragrance type; strong fragrance type; Fresh flavor type; rhyme type; Charcoal roasting type
