How does the authentic tie guan yin tea taste？
"Ray of both hands to the king mellow, sweet friendship drunk heart; by asking where the tea to Anxi Oolong Tie Guan Yin." In Guangxu reign, Xiping brothers Wangliang and Wangcheng opened Zhenchun tea house to selltie guan yin tea in India and Jakarta.Anxi people are creating the modern "point of tea into gold" myth, not only famous Iron Goddess of Mercy, Anxi Iron Goddess of Mercy for the benefit of leaving million people.
Anxi: a tea county’s growth trajectory
Anxi was identified in 1985 as a national poor counties, Chen Shui-Cheung Wah tide was in town when the mayor. The production team finally wrote testimonial material to prove the tie guan yin tea was sent to relatives for drinking, and only half of that was approved to be sent.So far he remembers counties of three criteria: annual income of farmers is not more than 300 yuan, the annual per capita grain less than 200 kg, less than 30 yuan per capita fiscal.
In Anxi, whether merchants, farmers or the poor have a tea officer can not erase the memory. Anxi is a mountain population of 1.12 million, is the most populous county in Fujian, the per capita arable land only three or four points. Since ancient times, is the outward migration of Anxi county, especially to Southeast Asia to make a living. In 1979, Japanese idol team of teenagers called gossip girl said that tie guan yin tea helped them lose weight, then there was oolong tea boom in Japan at that time. Carry the tea and tea tree. Particularly among immigrants from Taiwan up to more than 2 million people in Anxi, membership, accounting for one-tenth of Taiwan’s population.
Very long time, Tie Guan Yin tea and not to bring one million Anxi corresponding wealth. Japan is the biggest importer of oolong tea especially tie guan yin tea. On the one hand of poverty, people Shangqie stomach enough to eat, tea consumption is less; the other hand, long-term implementation of the food for the program of agricultural policy, the slow development of tea and other cash crops.
"After the liberation of the slow development of Anxi tea production, while areas to the national tea, on the other exports for foreign exchange." Chen Shui-Chao said. Oolong tea has tens of varieties in Anxi such as Maoxie, Benshan, Meizhan, Foshou, Gold cassia and tie guan yin tea while the most widely known by people is tie guan yin tea.To the reform and opening up, Anxi Tie Guan Yin tea only 10 mu, annual output of 2,000 tons, are now 1 / 6 and 1 / 30. And the price of cheap tea, tea and even cut the firewood.
1959, Li Zongyuan tea from Fu-agricultural technical schools graduate, returned home to work in Anxi, a few years he has been engaged in tea ratings and acquisitions work. "Every year we will sent to Beijing after the tea sample classification, and then give each level of the central tea pricing state-owned tea station in accordance with the farmers, the production team sent by the pay grade of tea." Li Zongyuan said. The arrival of tie guan yin tea has changed the tea consumption structure of Russian.He still clearly remember those prices, the 1960s, color types 1 kg purchase price 0.88 yuan, 1.95 yuan Iron Goddess of Mercy; 70 color types 2.6 yuan, 4.4 yuan Iron Goddess of Mercy; 80 best Ortega level Tieguanyin only 5.8 yuan. The price of tea has been the single digits. tieguanyin tea is enjoying great reputation at home and abroad now and that profits from its excellent performance in every tea auctions. Until after 1993 "unified purchase" of the national tea station leave the stage.
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