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China has a rich and enduring tea culture that dates back thousands of years. Early records suggest that tea leaves were initially used in cooking. As a dedicated beverage, tea was established quite early, becoming especially popular during later periods. At one point, tea was considered a luxury enjoyed only by the elite. Over time, tea drinking became widespread, enjoyed by people from all walks of life — from royalty to commoners. This sparked a culture of appreciating and discussing tea. The systematic study and documentation of tea culture were pioneered by scholars like Lu Yu, whose work The Classic of Tea helped define the principles of tea cultivation and preparation. Tea has been cultivated and used in China for over 4,000 years. Around the 5th century, Chinese tea began to be exported to neighboring regions in Southeast and Central Asia. By the 10th century, trade routes facilitated the spread of Chinese brick tea into Central Asia via Siberia. In the 17th century, the Dutch introduced tea to Europe, and the British further popularized it, bringing tea culture to the Americas and Australia. This global journey turned tea into a beloved beverage enjoyed by people worldwide.

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Bitan Piaoxue Tea

Bitan Piaoxue was created in the 1990s by Xu Jinhua, a well-known tea master. Since the 1970s, his handmade scented tea has become famous and is known as “Xugong Tea”. In 1995, the Xinjin Xugong Tea Culture Research Institute was established as an institution specializing in the study of “Bitan Piao Xue”.

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Black Brick Tea

Black brick tea was created by Hunan Baixi Tea Factory in 1939. Its creation not only expanded the black tea market, but also changed people’s tea drinking habits. In 1988, the factory’s innovative black brick tea won the silver medal at the first National Food Expo, and its “high-quality black brick tea strips” also won the gold medal at the 2007 China International Tea Expo.

Hubei Green Tea

Caihua Maojian Tea

Caihua Maojian is a newly created famous tea, created in the 1980s. It is a strong-flavored green tea, and its premium Maojian King has obtained a Chinese patent certificate. In 1997, Caihua Maojian was awarded the title of “Top Ten Famous Teas” in Hubei Province; in 2011, it won the “Gold Award” at the 9th China International Agricultural Products Trade Fair.

Hubei Green Tea

Cheyunshan Maojian Tea

Cheyunshan Maojian is a famous historical tea, created during the Republic of China. People praised it as “slim and graceful, with a natural fragrance without makeup.” The tea was praised as a top-quality product at the Panama Iconic Exposition in 1915; since the 1970s, it has won gold medals, special prizes and first prizes for many times.

Compressed Tea

Chongqing Tuocha

Chongqing Tuocha is a newly created famous tea, created in 1953. In that year, Chongqing established the Chongqing Tea Factory, which started to produce Tuocha by transferring green tea raw materials from Yunnan. Later, as Chongqing’s tea production developed, local raw materials gradually replaced Yunnan raw materials, and won the gold medal at the 22nd World Quality Food Selection Conference in 1983.

Gongfu Black Tea

Chuanhong Gongfu Tea

Sichuan Hong Gongfu is a Gongfu black tea that emerged in the 1950s. Although it has a short history, it is popular in the international market and has become one of the rising high-quality Gongfu black teas in my country. Currently, the Sichuan Hong Gongfu brand has gone international.

Northern Fujian Oolong Tea

Dahongpao Tea

Wuyi Dahongpao is a famous historical tea and the best of oolong tea. There are currently 6 Dahongpao tea trees, which are shrub-type, with thick leaves and slightly reddish buds. When the sun shines on the tea trees and rocks, the rock light reflects, and the whole tree looks bright red like fire from a distance, as if a red robe is covering the tree, hence the name “Dahongpao”. The 6 mother trees produce very little Dahongpao, so it is extremely precious, with an annual output of 70 to 80 taels of tea, and harvesting is now prohibited.

Scented Tea

Daidai Black Tea

Dai Dai Hong is a new scented tea created by combining Dai Dai flowers and Jin Jun Mei. Based on the traditional scented tea processing technology, it adopts the basic process of four scents and one can. Dai Dai Hong tea has the effects of promoting blood circulation, soothing the liver, harmonizing the stomach, and regulating qi.

Learn More about Tea

China’s tea culture has a long history, from the documentary records, early Tea Leaves may also have been used as an ingredient in the food; and as a specialized beverage, should be no later than the Western Han Dynasty. By the time of the Wei, Jin and North and South Dynasties, tea once became a luxury drink. After the Sui and Tang dynasties, tea is more popular, up to the royal family, down to the people, all love tea, tea, tea has become a fashion, but until Lu Yu, “Tea Classic” only to systematically sort out the tea culture and writing.

The Chinese have been discovering and utilizing tea for what is believed to be at least 4,000 years. Around the time of the Northern and Southern Dynasties in the 5th century A.D., Tea Leaves from China began to be exported to neighboring countries in Southeast Asia and other parts of Asia. in the 10th century, Mongolian caravans came to China to engage in trade, and Chinese brick tea was brought to Central Asia via Siberia. in the 17th century, Tea Leaves was brought to Europe by the Dutch, and the British brought the fashion of drinking Tea Leaves to the Americas and Australia, spreading it all over the world.

Morphological Characteristics of Tea Bush

The scientific name of the Tea bush is *Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze*.

Camellia sinensis is a perennial woody evergreen plant. *Camellia* means “genus Camellia”, *sinensis* means “camellia”, *sinensis* means “camellia”, *sinensis* means “camellia”.

It is Latin for “China”. Tea bush in the classification of plants belongs to the angiosperms, dicotyledons, Camellia, Camelliaceae, Camellia sinensis. It has been proved that China is the origin of Tea bush, is the birthplace of the world tea culture.

Shape of the Tea Bush

Tea bush tree type has trees, small trees and shrubs. Tree-type Tea bush tree is tall, with a clear trunk, generally up to 3 meters high, Yunnan and other places in the primitive forest growth of wild Tea bush can be as high as 10 meters or more; small tree-type Tea bush in Fujian, Guangdong and Yunnan Xishuangbanna more cultivated, with a more obvious trunk, 20-30 cm from the ground at the branch; shrub-type Tea bush tree crown is shorter, the natural state of growth, the tree height of 1.5 to 3 meters, no obvious trunk, the most cultivated. The shrub type tea tree has a shorter crown and is 1.5 to 3 meters tall in the natural growth state, with no obvious trunk, and is cultivated the most.

Small Tree Type Tea Bush (Fenghuang Dancong Tea)

The Roots of the Tea Bush

Tea bush roots consist of main roots, lateral roots, fine roots and root hairs. The main root can be vertically deep into the soil layer 2 to 3 meters, generally cultivated shrub type Tea bush root system into the soil about 1 meter. The main root and one or two lateral roots constitute the skeleton of the root system, fixed Tea bush, channeling nutrients, storage nutrients and other roles.

Stem of Tea bush

The stem is the axial structure that links the roots of the Tea bush to the leaves, flowers and fruits and transports water, inorganic salts and organic nutrients. There are buds growing at the top of the stem and in the leaf axils at the nodes, and when the leaves fall off, the traces left at the nodes are called leaf scars.

Leaves of Tea Bush

Leaf blade is developed from the bud, is the most active nutritional organ in the life of Tea bush, it has the function of photosynthesis, respiration and transpiration, providing the organic matter and energy needed for the growth and development of Tea bush. Tea bush leaves are single alternate leaves with serrated edges (generally 16 to 32 pairs), short stalks at the end, and reticulate veins on the leaf surface (the main vein is obvious and sends out 5 to 15 pairs of lateral veins to both sides). The shape of the leaf blade is most commonly oval and ovoid. There are four types of leaf tip shapes: rounded tip, blunt tip, acuminate tip, and acute tip (sharp tip).

Tea Bush Leaves Have Distinct Main Veins with Serrated Edges

The Buds of the Tea Bush

The buds of Tea bush are the protoplasts of branches, leaves and flowers. Those located at the top of the branches are called terminal buds, and those located between the leaf axils of the branches are called axillary buds. From the terminal buds and axillary buds grow into the new shoots, is used for tea raw materials Added process. Tea bush new growth is characterized by rotational growth, that is, the first growth (spring growth): late March to early May; the second growth (summer growth): early June to early July; the third growth (autumn growth): mid-July to early October.

Flowers of the Tea Bush

Tea bushes mostly bloom in October to November. Tea bush flowers are bisexual, slightly fragrant, often white, and a few yellowish or pinkish.

Fruits of the Tea Bush

The fruit of the Tea bush is a capsule, usually three-celled, but also one- or two-celled, and rarely four- or five-celled. The tea seeds in the fruit can be used to extract oil.

The century-old Tea bushes on Jingmai Mountain harbor a parasitic plant called “Crab’s Foot”, which is green in color (brownish-yellow after Sunning), and has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying toxins, stimulating the stomach and eliminating food, and lowering blood lipids and blood pressure.

The Three Characteristics of Tea Leaves

Hygroscopicity

Because Tea Leaves contains many hydrophilic components, such as sugars, polyphenols, proteins, gliadin, etc., and Tea Leaves is a loose and porous object, there are many tiny holes inside, with capillary effect, easy to absorb water and gas in the air. Therefore, Tea Leaves has a very strong hygroscopicity.

Odor Absorption

Because Tea Leaves contains palmitic acid, terpenes and other substances and its porous organizational structure, therefore, Tea Leaves has the property of absorbing odors. According to this characteristic of Tea Leaves, on the one hand, use it to manhole all kinds of flower tea; On the other hand, Tea Leaves should be prohibited with the odor, toxicity items together, to avoid making Tea Leaves crosstalk and pollution. Of course, if the shoe cabinet has odor, you can put some Tea Leaves dregs to absorb the flavor.

Aging Potential

Generally speaking, the quality of Green Tea and Black Tea gradually deteriorates with the prolongation of preservation time, such as gray color, reduced Fragrance, flat Tea Taste, Tea Liquor Color, etc. This change is called “aging”, which is a comprehensive manifestation of the change of components. This change is called “aging”, which is a comprehensive performance of the change of ingredients. The most important reason why Tea Leaves are aged is Oxidation. These changes are more obvious in Green Tea or Black Tea.

Beneficial Ingredient Effects of Tea Leaves

Name	Efficacy
tea polyphenols	Including catechins, flavonoids, etc., can be antioxidant, antibacterial, anti-mutagenic, anti-cancer, lower blood pressure, prevent atherosclerosis and prevent cardiovascular disease
caffeine (loanword)	Nervous stimulant, diuretic and cardiac stimulant, and gives Tea Leaves a bitter flavor
theanine	Amino acids unique to Tea Leaves are important components in the formation of Tea Fragrance and freshness of Tea Taste, and have the effect of lowering blood pressure, calming, and reducing psychological pressure
B vitamins	Increase skin elasticity, maintain normal function of the heart, nerves, digestive system and retina
vitamin C	Prevents and improves scurvy, increases body resistance and promotes wound healing
theaflavin	Effective in lowering blood lipids, protecting cardiovascular and preventing vascular sclerosis
vitamin K	Promotes hepatic synthesis of hemagglutinin
tea polysaccharide	Enhance body immune function, lower blood sugar
aromatic substance	Sedative, analgesic, sleeping, relaxing, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory
tea saponin	Lower cholesterol, antibacterial
fluoride	strengthen teeth and prevent caries

Health Benefits of Tea

Reduces Risk of Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality

According to the study report, Japanese researchers from 1994 onwards on a place more than 40,000 40 to 79 years old middle-aged and elderly people to follow up the survey found that, compared with less than 1 cup of tea a day, drink more than 5 cups of green tea a day, the average risk of death due to cerebrovascular disease in men fell by 22%, women fell by 31%, which cerebral infarction fell the most pronounced, a decline of 42% in men, women fell by up to 62%. According to the British “Daily Mail” reported that a recent study found that drinking 3 cups of tea a day can reduce the risk of myocardial infarction by 70%. Finland and France have also reported that studies show that drinking 2 to 3 cups of tea a day can reduce the risk of stroke.

Has a Cholesterol and Blood Pressure Lowering Effect

Researchers at the University of Hong Kong found that drinking tea can make the total blood cholesterol level down 25%. There is also a study of the relationship between tea and hypertension found that the incidence of hypertension in people who do not drink tea for 10.55%, often drink tea for 6.95%, tea does have a certain role in lowering blood pressure.

Helps Reduce the Risk of Developing Diabetes

A researcher on 17,000 men and women aged 40-65 years old long-term follow-up observation found that more than 6 cups of green tea a day than less than 1 cup a week, the risk of diabetes is reduced by 33%. There is also information that drinking green tea made with cold boiled water is more effective in combating diabetes.

Helps Fight Premature Dementia

Tea has a protective effect on brain cells. Tea is effective in slowing down the degeneration of the brain and helps maintain the health of the blood vessels in the brain. Recent studies have shown that drinking more tea can improve memory and prevent premature dementia.

Anti-stress and Anti-anxiety Effects

Modern life is fast-paced and stressful, often causing anxiety, tension, irritability, depression and other psychosomatic symptoms. Green tea contains theanine, which is a relaxant without sedative effect, can help the brain to increase the production of gamma waves, gamma waves can help control anxiety, improve attention, improve mental status and general function, generally 3-4 cups of green tea can contain 100-200 mg of theanine, which makes green tea in the anti-stress and anti-anxiety has a better effect.

Boosts Immunity

Harvard University researchers pointed out that people who drink 5 cups of tea a day for 2 weeks, their bodies will produce a large number of antiviral interferon, the content of which is 10 times more than those who do not drink tea, this protein can fight infection can improve human immunity and effectively help the body to fight off the flu.

Improves Sterilizing Power

In May 2008, there is a report, Egyptian scholars with “green tea plus antimicrobials” test 28 kinds of germs. The results found that green tea can make the antimicrobial potency, the highest bactericidal efficiency can be increased by more than 3 times, and, there are a variety of bacteria to reduce the role of drug resistance.

Has a Weight Loss and Slimming Effect

Researchers have found that tea drinkers who have been drinking tea for more than 10 years can lose about 20% of their body fat percentage in men and up to 30% in women compared to non-tea drinkers. Is not it a beautiful thing to lose weight in tea tasting. Not only that, tea is also a good protective effect on the skin beauty agent, drink more tea people beautiful.

Origin of Tea Drinking

There is a long record of tea drinking in Chinese history, and it is not possible to identify exactly in what era, but the general era is claimed. And evidence can also be found to show that indeed the habit of drinking tea in many parts of the world was passed on from China. Therefore, many people believe that tea drinking was first invented by the Chinese, and that the habit of drinking tea and growing Tea Leaves in other parts of the world was directly or indirectly passed on from China.

But some people have been able to find evidence that the habit of drinking Tea was not only invented by the Chinese, but also in other parts of the world, such as India, Africa, etc. In 1823, a major of the British invasion army found wild Tea bushes in India, and thus some people have begun to assume that Tea originated in India, or at least in India. There are certainly records of large wild Tea bushes in China, all centered in the southwest, and the records also include individual areas of Gansu and Hunan. Tea bush is a very old dicotyledonous plant, closely related to people’s lives.

The origin of tea drinking in China: Tracing the origin of tea drinking in China, some believe that the origin of tea drinking in ancient times, some believe that the origin of tea drinking in Zhou, the origin of tea drinking in Qin, Han, the Three Kingdoms, the North and South Dynasties, the Tang Dynasty, there are also claims, resulting in a variety of different opinions is the main reason is due to the Tang Dynasty before the word “tea”, and only “Tuan The main reason for the diversity of opinions is that before the Tang Dynasty, there was no “tea” word, but only “tea” records, until Lu Yu, the author of the tea scripture, Fang Tuan word minus a painting and written as “tea”, so there is a tea originated in the Tang Dynasty. Others have originated in Shennong, originated in the Qin and Han Dynasty and other sayings.

The Four Great Tea Regions of China

Jiangnan Tea Region

Regional Scope

The regional scope of Jiangnan tea area is south of Chang, north of Dazhangxi, Yanshixi, Meijiang, Lianjiang, including northern Guangdong, northern Guangxi, north-central Fujian, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, southern Hubei, southern Anhui, southern Jiangsu and other places.

Climatic Characteristics

Jiangnan tea area is mostly in the low hills, low mountain areas, there are also high mountains at an altitude of more than 1,000 meters, such as Tianmu Mountain in Zhejiang, Fujian Wuyi Mountain, Jiangxi’s Mount Lu, Anhui’s Mount Huangshan and so on. Jiangnan tea area basically belongs to the subtropical monsoon climate, the south belongs to the southern subtropical monsoon climate. The entire tea area has a warm climate, four distinct seasons, with an average annual precipitation of 1,000 to 1,400 millimeters, more in the spring. However, late frosts and northern cold spells can be harmful to the northern part of the Jiangnan Tea Region, and Tea bushes are susceptible to frostbite. The summer high temperature in some tea areas can reach over 40℃, and drought or fall drought will occur.

Longjing Village Tea Plantation, Xihu District, Hangzhou, China

Tea garden in Longjing Village, West Lake District, Hangzhou. Longjing Village is located in the southwest of West Lake Scenic Spot, with more than 800 permanent residents in the village and more than 800 acres of alpine tea plantations. Attractions such as Old Dragon Well, Hu Gong Temple, Nine Streams and Eighteen Streams, and the Imperial Tea Garden are scattered throughout the village, adding a rich cultural flavor to the tea village.

“Lion Peak Longjing” is the best quality. Tea growers here have been growing and making tea for generations, and each family may have a history of hundreds of years, which is typical of the tea culture family.

West Lake Longjing Tea Stir-Fry Center at Shifengshan

West Lake Longjing Tea Shifengshan Stir-Fry Center. Nowadays, most of the West Lake Longjing Tea has been fried by machines, but the center still insists on hand-frying, on the one hand, it is the inheritance of traditional craftsmanship, on the other hand, it is also available for the Longjing Tea enthusiasts to learn and observe.

Longjing village plaque. Longjing Tea is the famous “First Village of Tea Township”, famous for producing top quality West Lake Longjing Tea.

The six Dahongpao Tea mother trees growing on the cliffs of Jiulongke Scenic Area in Wuyi Mountain still have the “Dahongpao Tea” stone carving made by the monk of Tianxin Temple in 1927.

Tea Bush Varieties

Tea bush varieties in the Jiangnan Tea District are mainly shrub type, small tree type tea tree also has a certain distribution, such as Hat Keng species, Longjing 43, Zhennong 12, Fukumo cloud 6, Zhenghe large white tea, Narcissus, cinnamon, Fuding large white tea, Keemun species, on the Meizhou species, and so on.

Tea Varieties

The main varieties of tea produced are green tea, oolong tea, dark tea, white tea, flower tea, etc., such as West Lake Longjing Tea, Dongting Biluochun Tea, Huangshan Maofeng Tea, Anhua Dark Tea, Fuding White Tea and so on.

Wuyi Mountain Tea Plantation. Green Tea bushes grow in the rocks and valley streams.