Anxi Tieguanyin is the best oolong tea, produced in Yaoyang Township, Anxi County, Fujian Province. Picking technology: Picking four times a year, there is spring tea in the long summer, summer tea after the summer solstice, summer tea after the great summer heat, autumn tea thousands of years ago, and spring tea is the best. The finished tea is curly, plump, round, thick and even; Bright color, mellow and sweet taste, known as the king of tea. Drinking it has the effects of clearing away heart fire, improving eyesight, preventing arteriosclerosis, reducing blood fat and losing weight. 1. According to Wei Shuo's legend, Yin Wei (1703- 1775), an old tea farmer in Songyantou, Yaoyang, Xiping (now Yan Song Village, Xiping Township) cultivated tea diligently and believed in Guanyin. Every morning and evening, he would offer tea in front of Guanyin Bodhisattva. One night, while sleeping, Yin Wei dreamed that he was going out with a hoe and walked to a stream. He found a tea tree in a crack, which was flourishing and had an attractive fragrance. Yin Wei was curious and was about to bend over to pick it up. Suddenly a dog barked, disturbing a good dream. Rosty Yi and Yin Wei searched in their dreams, and sure enough, they found a tea tree they had seen in their dreams in the crevice of a stone pit in Guanyin Lun. Careful observation shows that the leaves are oval, the mesophyll is thick and the buds are purple-green, which is different from other species. He was overjoyed, so he transplanted the tea tree into a broken iron tripod at home and carefully cultivated it. After several years of propagation, the plant grew strong and its leaves were oily green. It's time to collect, and sure enough, the tea has unique quality and extraordinary aroma. It is regarded as a treasure and kept in a jar. Whenever distinguished guests come to the door for tea, people who have drunk this kind of tea are full of praise. One day, a teacher drank this kind of tea and asked in surprise, "What kind of tea is this?" Yin Wei told the teacher in detail what he had encountered in his dream and what he had transplanted, and said that tea was found in a cliff stone carving, which was as powerful as an arhat. After transplanting, it was planted in an iron tripod, hoping to be called an "iron arhat". The teacher shook his head and said, "Some arhats are ferocious and terrible, and good tea can't be called out." This tea is from the Guanyin dream, or elegantly called Tieguanyin! " Upon hearing this, Yin Wei al Jefferson said. The second is the "Wang Shuo", which is said to be from Nanyan, Yaoyang, Anxi (now Nanyan Village, Xiping Township), Wang Shirang, the champion of the vice tribute in the tenth year of Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty (1732), and qi zhou, the judge of Huangzhou Government in Huguang (now Hubei). He once built a study at the foot of Nanshan and named it "Nanxuan". In the spring of the first year of Qing Qianlong (1736), Wang He and his friends often wrote in Nanxuan. Every time the sun sets, they hang around Nanxuan. One day, I saw a tea tree different from other species in the deserted garden, so I transplanted it to Nanxuan's garden, managed it day and night, carefully cultivated it, and propagated it year after year, with lush foliage and red hearts. The finished product is moist, fat and delicious, with extraordinary smell; After soaking, the fragrance is mellow and refreshing. After six years of Qianlong's reign, Wang was called to Beijing, met with assistant minister Fang of the Ministry of Rites, and presented him with tea. Fang tasted its unusual taste, so he turned to the palace. After drinking it, Emperor Qianlong was very happy. He called a scholar to inquire about the history of Yaoyang tea. Because its tea is moist, heavy and "iron" and tastes like "Guanyin", it was named "Tieguanyin". Tieguanyin plants are shrub type, mesophyll type and late bud type. The tree is open and the branches are oblique and sparse; The leaves are oval, dark green in color, thick and crisp, with wavy edges, slightly turned back, obtuse and round serrations and purplish red buds. There are many flowers and high seed setting rate. The germination period is around the vernal equinox, and the stop growth period is around the first frost. The annual growth period is 7 months. Delicate in nature and poor in resilience, there is a saying that "good drink is not easy to grow." Oolong tea has excellent quality, mellow and fresh taste, elegant fragrance, clear and golden soup color, thick and soft leaves, and is often distinguished from other oolong teas by its natural blue fragrance and special "Guanyin rhyme". Red. Green tea is of medium quality. The production process of Tieguanyin is very complicated, and the produced tea strips are compact, moist in color and green in sand. Good Tieguanyin will condense into a layer of frost because caffeine evaporates with water during the production process; After brewing, it has natural orchid fragrance and pure taste. Drink with a small tea set, smell the fragrance first, and then taste it. Suddenly, I feel that my mouth is full of fragrance, and I have not studied the aftertaste. In the 22nd year of Guangxu reign in Qing Dynasty (1896), Fu Mei brothers Zhang Naimiao and Zhang Nai introduced Tieguanyin to Muka area in Taiwan Province. Then it spread to Yongchun, Nan 'an, Hua 'an, Pinghe, Fu 'an, Chong 'an, Putian and Xianyou counties in Fujian Province and Guangdong Province. In recent years, after oolong tea was found to have the functions of fitness and beauty, Tieguanyin became more and more popular in Japan and Southeast Asia. Anxi, a county near Xiamen in the southeast of Fujian Province, is the main producing area of oolong tea in southern Fujian. It has a long history of growing tea, dating back to the Tang Dynasty. Anxi has abundant rainfall and mild climate, which is suitable for the growth of tea trees. Moreover, through the efforts of tea substitutes, a series of improved varieties of tea trees have been cultivated. At present, there are more than 60 improved varieties preserved in Anxi, among which Tieguanyin, Huang Dan, Benshan, Eriocheir sinensis, Dayeoolong and Meizhan are all well-known varieties in China. Therefore, Anxi is known as the "treasure house of improved varieties of tea trees". Among many excellent varieties of tea trees, Tieguanyin is the best and most famous one. Tieguanyin originated in Xiping Town, Anxi County, with a history of more than 200 years. There is still a story about the origin of Tieguanyin varieties in Anxi. According to legend, during the reign of Qing emperor Qianlong. Yin Wei, a tea farmer in Xiping Shangyao, Anxi County, made a good cup of tea. He made three cups of tea every morning and evening to worship Guanyin Bodhisattva for ten years, which shows his sincerity in worshipping Buddha. One night, Yin Wei dreamed that there was a tea tree with orchid fragrance on the cliff. When he tried to pick it up, a dog barked and woke up his good dream. The next day, I found a tea tree exactly like my dream on the cliff stone. So I picked some buds and took them home to make them carefully. After the tea is brewed, it tastes sweet and refreshing, which makes people feel refreshed. Wei thought this was the king of tea, so he dug this tea home to cultivate it. A few years later, tea trees flourished. Because this tea is as beautiful as Guanyin and as heavy as iron, it is also a dream of Guanyin, so it is called "Tieguanyin". Tieguanyin became famous all over the world. Tieguanyin is the best oolong tea, and its quality features are as follows: the tea strips are curved, round, thick and even, the color is sand green, and the overall shape is like dragonfly head, spiral body and frog leg. After brewing, the soup is yellow, moist and rich like amber, and has a natural and fragrant orchid fragrance. The taste is mellow and sweet, and the sweetness has a long history, commonly known as "rhyme". Tea has a long pitch, which can be described as "seven bubbles are more fragrant". The origin of Anxi Tieguanyin Tieguanyin originated in Anxi County, Fujian Province. According to "Clear Water Rock", "The peak of clear water is surrounded by clouds, and monks plant tea, which is full of Shan Lan's breath, soaked in the essence of the sun and the moon, and gets misty breath. Eating it can cure all diseases. Lao Liao and others belong to others, and the fragrance is not as good as the taste. There are two or three pine branches in the ghost's mouth, which are particularly fragrant and have great merits. If you drink them, you will feel the wind under your arm. If you meet Lu Yu, you will talk about tea, indicating that Anxi had already produced tea in the Tang Dynasty. By the Ming Dynasty, tea production was slightly prosperous, and "Anxi County Records" recorded that "Changle, Chongshan and other goods (referring to tea) were sold in large quantities". /kloc-In the late 8th century, Anxi tea merchants developed greatly. The poet Ruanxi said in "Anxi Tea Song": "The mountain of Anxi is gloomy, rugged, cloudy and often wet. It costs a lot of money to pick young leaves during the Qingming Festival, in order to protect thousands of families. Subsequently, farmers in tea areas also cultivated many excellent tea varieties, among which Tieguanyin tea was the best. Tieguanyin Tieguanyin was originally the name of tea tree variety. Because it is suitable for making oolong tea, its oolong tea product is also called Tieguanyin. The so-called Tieguanyin tea is oolong tea made of Tieguanyin variety tea tree. In Taiwan Province Province, Tieguanyin Chaze refers to oolong tea made by a specific method of Tieguanyin tea, so the raw material of Tieguanyin tea in Taiwan Province Province may or may not be the bud leaves of Tieguanyin tea tree. This is different from the concept of Fujian Tieguanyin tea. Anxi Tieguanyin is rigorous in production and exquisite in skill. Harvesting all the year round, spring tea is harvested from Grain Rain to long summer (from mid-late April to early May), and the output accounts for 45-50% of the total annual output; Summer to summer (mid-late June to early July) is summer tea, and its output accounts for 25-30%. Beginning of autumn is summer tea from early August to late August, and its output accounts for 15 ~ 20%. Autumn tea is from the autumnal equinox to the cold dew (from late September to 65438+1early October), and the output accounts for 10~ 15%. The quality of spring tea is the best. Next is autumn tea, which has a high aroma, commonly known as autumn fragrance, but the soup is thin. Summer and summer tea are of poor quality. The standard for picking fresh leaves must be to pick two or three leaves after the tender buds sprout and when the top Ye Gang develops into a small or middle face. When harvesting, we should achieve "five noes", that is, no leaves, no broken leaves, no tips, no single piece, no fish leaves and no old terrier. The fresh leaves of tea trees in different growing areas should be separated, especially the early green, afternoon green and late green should be made strictly separately, and the afternoon green has the best quality. The production process of Anxi Tieguanyin includes the following steps: cooling, drying, cooling, baking, frying, rolling, primary baking, secondary baking, re-rolling, slow baking with slow fire, air separation and so on. High-quality Tieguanyin tea strips are curly, strong and thick, showing the head shape of a green-bellied dragonfly. Fresh and moist color, sandy green, bright red spots and frosty leaves are one of the important characteristics of high-quality Tieguanyin. Tieguanyin soup is golden in color, rich and clear, with thick and bright leaves and silky luster. The brewed tea soup is mellow and sweet, and the entrance is sweet and honey-flavored; The fragrance is rich and lasting, and it has the reputation of "seven bubbles and many fragrances". Recent experimental studies at home and abroad show that Anxi Tieguanyin contains the most abundant aroma components, and the proportion of medium and low boiling point aroma components is obviously larger than that of oolong tea made from fresh leaves of other varieties of tea trees. Therefore, the unique aroma of Anxi Tieguanyin is intoxicating. As soon as a cup of Tieguanyin is opened, it smells fragrant immediately. It smells delicious. To produce high-quality Tieguanyin tea, we must have: ① pure Tieguanyin tea tree; ② Tea trees grow in good soil and climate environment and are carefully cultivated; ③ Exquisite mining technology. All three are indispensable. At present, Tieguanyin's tasting drinks in Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Chaoshan, Guangdong and Taiwan Province still follow the traditional "Kung Fu Tea" tasting method. Use a small clay pot and a small white porcelain cup (small cup), first blanch it with boiling water, then add half to two-thirds of the tea in the pot, and then pour it out with boiling water. At this time, there is a special fragrance, which is "smell the sacred fragrance first, then taste the dew". 1~2 minutes later, pour the tea soup into a small cup evenly, smell it first, then taste it, and take a sip. It is indeed an artistic enjoyment of life. When friends come from afar, they show their respect for the guests by offering kungfu tea, and the drinker will soon taste a precious cup of Tieguanyin tea. Tieguanyin tea has been famous for its excellent quality since it came out. There are more than 65,438+030 tea shops in Taiwan Province Province, Hongkong and Macau, as well as Viet Nam, Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore, which are run by Yaoyang people who originated from Tieguanyin. 1945 Wang Liandanzhuang's "Taishan Peak" brand Tieguanyin won the first prize in Singapore. 1950 Wang Bingji's "Bitianfeng" brand Tieguanyin won the Siam (Thailand) Grand Prize. 1982 was rated as a national excellent product by the Ministry of Commerce, ranking first in the country. In the same year, the State Economic Commission awarded the highest honor gold medal of "Anxi Fengshan brand super Tieguanyin" produced by Anxi Tea Factory. Tieguanyin Tieguanyin tea has always been loved by Chinese tea drinkers in Fujian, Austria, Taiwan Province and overseas. Once this kind of tea is tasted, it is difficult to put it down. Since the 1950s, Tieguanyin tea has been gradually loved by people in the north, and now it enjoys a high reputation in the whole country, and its consumption is increasing. 1979 and 1984, there were two "Oolong Tea Fever" in the Japanese market, especially Tieguanyin in Fujian, which was popular all over Japan with its charming fragrance. In Japan, Tieguanyin has almost become synonymous with oolong tea. "Shennong Herbal Classic" records that "Shennong tasted a hundred herbs and got 72 poisonous teas every day, so I can solve it." "Tea" first appeared in The Book of Songs. 6? 1 hurricane? 6? In 1 Gu Feng, there is a saying, "Who says tea is bitter? It is as sweet as a dragonfly! " The "status" of tea was finally established after "Cha Sheng" Lu Yu wrote the Book of Tea. Everyone tastes tea, but who can confirm the taste and rhyme of tea one by one. A thousand people have a thousand people's feelings, and ten thousand people have ten thousand people's experiences, just as Zen advocates that "smiling at flowers can only be understood, not expressed."