Laoshan Mountain, the first mountain on the sea, has the reputation of "immortal cave" and "the second jungle of Taoism in the world". The unique geographical environment, fertile land and high-quality water source have cultivated old tea with good color, fragrance, taste and shape, which is well-known at home and abroad.
Laoshan tea has a long history. According to legend, Laoshan Tea was transplanted from Jiangnan by Taoist priests such as Song Qiu Chuji and Zhang Mingsanfeng and cultivated by themselves. For hundreds of years, it has been the treasure of the Laoshan Taoist temple. Yanwu in Qinggu wrote poems praising Laoshan Mountain, while Pu Songling drank Laoshan Tea (serial) and wrote crimson snow. Laoshan tea is a kind of green tea, which is selected from Laoshan fresh tea and processed by modern technology. The climate in Laoshan area is warm and humid, so Laoshan tea is rich in nutrition, and contains a lot of polyphenols, caffeine, aromatic substances, protein, amino acids, vitamins and other components beneficial to human health. Drinking Laoshan tea can relieve fatigue, promote blood circulation, soften blood vessels, clear heart and improve eyesight, especially the content of amino acids and caffeine in tea is very high. The tea soup is mellow and fresh, and its cheeks and teeth remain fragrant after drinking, which makes good tea lovers everywhere full of praise.
The trademark of Laoshan Tea officially passed the examination of the State Trademark Office, which shows that Laoshan Tea has its own amulet, and unauthorized units and individuals will no longer be able to use the logo of Laoshan Tea without authorization.
Laoshan tea enjoys a high reputation in the national green tea and is praised by consumers as "the first tea in Jiangbei". However, with the rapid development of Laoshan tea industry economy, many operators aimed at this "golden signboard" and made fakes and imitations in succession. The island green tea market has gradually exposed some problems, such as "the processing quality is difficult to distinguish, the brands are mixed, and the scale is not high".
In order to completely break the bottleneck restricting the development of Laoshan tea, Laoshan Industrial and Commercial Branch took Laoshan tea certification trademark registration as a breakthrough, integrated Laoshan tea brand, and comprehensively improved the processing quality of Laoshan tea. Therefore, they began to apply for registration of Laoshan tea geographical indication certification trademark, which successfully solved the transfer of Laoshan tea trademark ownership. After more than three years of active efforts, the trademark registration was finally successful.
According to reports, Laoshan Tea will be managed by Qingdao Laoshan Tea Association after its successful registration. Any enterprise that applies for the use of Laoshan tea trademark and meets the requirements stipulated in the Detailed Rules for the Administration of the Use of Laoshan Tea Certification Trademark can use Laoshan tea certification trademark after fulfilling its obligations stipulated in the Detailed Rules. In this way, by using the certification trademark marked with the name of the place of origin, all qualified Laoshan tea processing and production enterprises can play the "Laoshan tea" brand.
The shape characteristics of Laoshan green tea flat tea: flat shape, different grades of tea from smooth to flat; Color from light green to yellow-green, even and clean. One leaf and one bud, shaped like Longjing, flat and straight, with green color. The inherent characteristics of Laoshan green tea flat tea are: high aroma, from tender to pure; Mellow taste and no peculiar smell; The color of soup is bright from light green to yellow-green; The leaves are bright from light green to Huang Liang. The scarcity of Laoshan green tea flat tea is only good Laoshan spring tea, and only one bud and one leaf can be qualified to process Laoshan flat tea. Tea in other seasons cannot be processed into flat tea. Laoshan flat tea is the best in Laoshan tea, and it is also a good gift for relatives and friends. Introduction of production technology of Laoshan green tea flat tea
1. Deactivation: the pan is manually operated, the pan temperature is 200 ~ 220℃, and each pan contains 200 ~ 250g leaves. After the leaves are thrown, the leaf temperature should quickly reach 80℃. 2. Kneading: After spreading and airing, knead the water-retaining leaves. 3. Initial baking: bake immediately after rolling, and remove 2 ~ 3 pots of green leaves to make 1 cage. When baking, the top temperature of the cage should be between 90 ~ 1 10℃, and the thickness of spreading leaves should be around 1 cm. With high-quality charcoal as fuel, it is baked with strong fire to achieve fast baking, thin paving and frequent turning. 4. Shaping and polishing: Shaping and polishing is the key process to determine the fragrance, taste and shape of this flat tea, which is technically difficult and must be operated by skilled technicians. 5. Low-temperature baking: the baking temperature is 60 ~ 80℃, and the millileaves are shaped and extracted in two pots to make L cages, which are evenly spread on the baking cages and baked slowly with slow fire. The baking temperature should be controlled according to the principle of "high-low-high". Turn it at the right time, turn it as little as possible and turn it gently, so as not to break the tea and affect the quality. 6. Picking and cutting powder: Pick out the yellow tablets and impurities, cut off the tea powder, and then package it for sale or storage. Polygonatum odoratum in Laoshan Mountain grows in a cool place in the north of Laoshan Mountain, where the sun can't shine. Chinese medicine is cloudy and grows slowly, only about half an inch long every year. Digging in autumn, removing fibrous roots, washing, air-drying until soft, repeatedly kneading, air-drying until there is no hardness, and air-drying; Or steam thoroughly, knead until translucent, and dry. Its rhizome is long and cylindrical, slightly flat and has few branches. The surface is yellow-white or yellow-brown, translucent, with longitudinal wrinkles and slightly raised links, white polka-dot fibrous root marks and disc-shaped stem marks. Hard, brittle or slightly soft, easily broken, with horny or granular cross section. Slight gas. Sweet and sticky. It contains Polygonatum odoratum mucopolysaccharide, four Polygonatum odoratum fructans, and acridine -2- carboxylic acid. Nourishing yin and moistening dryness, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. Used for lung and stomach yin injury, dry and hot cough, dry throat and thirst, and internal heat to quench thirst. Therefore, Sichuan is most suitable for female friends to drink, and it can also be used as a dish, and it is best to make soup. It tastes fragrant and sweet, and it is very resistant to brewing. Finally, the Polygonatum odoratum is soft and can be eaten.
The above two kinds, Laoshan Dianthus tea and Laoshan Yuzhu tea are brewed together, which is called "Laoshan Taoist Yin and Yang Tea". It is said that this is a drinking method invented by Taoist priests in Laoshan Mountain. . Both men and women can drink it to nourish yin and strengthen yang, adjust the balance of yin and yang, and achieve the effect of strengthening the body.
In recent years, with the improvement of local processing technology, Laoshan oolong (northern oolong), Laoshan black tea, Laoshan Pu 'er, Laoshan tea powder, Laoshan tea pillow, Laoshan flowers and Laoshan Taoist nectar tea have come out one after another.