Yueyang Dongtingchun Tea
Yueyang Dongtingchun Tea Attributes
Leaf Shape
Tight and slightly curved, buds and leaves are plump and even
Liquor Color
Silver Hair Hidden Green
Fragrance
High freshness and lasting
Taste
Rich and refreshing
Brewed Tea Leaves
Bright green
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Yueyang Dongtingchun Tea Introduction
Yueyang Dongting Spring is a newly created famous tea, and its series of products are famous for their four unique features: “green color, rich aroma, thick taste, and strong shape”. The Dongting Spring Tea Demonstration Site has lush green trees, fertile soil, mild climate, abundant rainfall, and clouds and mist floating in the sky all year round. It has the natural characteristics of “not a mountain but a mountain”, thus giving birth to the unique style of “Dongting Spring” tea.
Yueyang Dongtingchun Tea History
Dongting Spring Tea was created in 1984. At the 1985 Hunan Province Famous Tea Competition, Yueyang Dongting Spring was ranked first among the top ten famous teas in the province. In the same year, it was awarded the Gold Cup Award by the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries; in 1988, Dongting Spring Buds were rated It is a provincial famous tea, and was rated as a ministerial famous tea in 1989; in 1998, it was designated as a “green food” by the National Green Food Office.
Yueyang Dongtingchun Tea Origin
Huangsha Street Tea Demonstration Field, Yueyang County, Yueyang City, Hunan Province
Yueyang Dongtingchun Tea Production Process
The harvest starts 1 to 7 days after the Spring Equinox and ends 6 to 8 days before the Grain Rain. The tea is picked for high and medium grades. The picking standard for high-grade tea is fresh leaves with one bud and one leaf just beginning to unfold; the picking standard for medium-grade tea is fresh leaves with one bud and one leaf just beginning to unfold (Dongting Spring Bud Tea picks fresh leaves with one bud or one bud and one leaf just beginning to unfold). The buds and leaves are required to be tender, uniform, fresh and clean. High-grade Dongting Spring Tea is made entirely by hand, with 10 processes including spreading green, killing green, refreshing, rolling, making strips, lifting hairs, cooling, baking, storage and packaging.
Yueyang Dongtingchun Tea Purchase Guide
Dongting Spring Tea is a series of products, mainly including Dongting Spring and Dongting Spring Buds (Silver Needle). Genuine Dongting Spring Tea has the characteristics of “three greens” (emerald green dry tea, emerald green soup, and tender green leaf bottom) and “three fragrances” (fragrance when opening the bag, fragrance filling the room, and lingering fragrance in the mouth).
Yueyang Dongtingchun Tea Quality Identification
◎In terms of appearance: Dongting Spring Tea has tight and slightly curved leaves, plump and even buds and leaves, and silver hairs covered with green. Dongting Spring Bud Tea has tight and straight leaves, plump and even buds and leaves, and silver hairs covered with green. ◎In terms of internal quality: Dongting Spring Tea has a high and fresh aroma, a mellow and refreshing taste, a clear and tender green soup, and bright and tender green leaves. Dongting Spring Bud Tea has a high and fresh aroma, a mellow and refreshing taste, a clear and tender green soup, and bright and tender green leaves.
Yueyang Dongtingchun Tea Brewing Method
Dongting Spring Tea has delicate buds and leaves, so it is best to use a transparent glass cup to brew it with the “upward pouring method”. The water temperature should be around 80℃ (if you use 100℃ boiling water to brew it, it will destroy the vitamins in the buds and leaves, and make the soup tasteless). First, pour about 70% of boiling water into the glass cup, and when the water temperature cools to around 80℃, add 3 to 5 grams of dry tea. When pouring tea, the falling tea buds slowly sink to the bottom of the cup, resembling flying green and overlapping emeralds. When brewing Dongting Spring Tea, the tea leaves in the cup are like a green dragon spitting pearls, fish playing in the water, climbing on each other, and like bamboo shoots after rain, which is very interesting and spectacular.
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