Songxi County, Fujian Province, belongs to Nanping City, Fujian Province. It is located at the southern foot of Wuyi Mountains and at the junction of Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces. Songxi County has a long history of tea production. It is one of the earliest tea areas in Fujian Province and one of the four major origins of white tea in China. Songxi County has a long history, strategic location, and beautiful natural environment. It is no exaggeration to call it: a wonderland on earth and a geomantic treasure land.
In 1963, villagers from Shuangyuan, Zhengdun Town, Songxi County, discovered three old tea trees on Jiulonggang. After cultivating branches, layering propagation, and cutting seedlings, the tea tree area expanded to 12 acres in a few years. . In 1981, scientific researchers from Songxi County Tea Research Institute observed, identified, bred, promoted and finally successfully cultivated more than 200 tea seedlings, naming it "Jiulong Dabai Tea". In 1998, it was approved as a Fujian provincial tea tree variety by the Fujian Provincial Crop Variety Approval Committee. In 2019, Songxi County was awarded the title of "Hometown of White Tea in Kowloon, China" by the Cross-Strait Tea Industry Exchange Association.
The Kowloon Dabai tea tree is a clone, small tree type, large-leaf species, and tea tree selected from individual plants of sexual group species. Kowloon Dabai tea has tall plants, obvious trunks, oval leaves, dark green and glossy leaves, large leaves, fat centers, white hairs, yellow-green and fat bud tips, and many pekoe. Kowloon Dabai tea tree has three "special characteristics": extremely early budding, extremely long bud heads, and extremely white hair color.
The Kowloon White Tea Tree has plump leaves and rich content. One bud and two leaves of spring tea contains: water extract content about 40, tea polyphenols about 21, caffeine about 4.5, and total amino acids about 4.9.
Kowloon Dabai tea tree, suitable for green tea, black tea, white tea and scented tea.
1. The quality of green tea:
The color is emerald green and moist, the soup is green and clear, the aroma is high and fresh, the taste is fresh and sweet, and the taste is mellow and sweet.
2. The quality of the black tea:
The color is black and lustrous, the soup is red and has a golden ring, the aroma is high and the taste is mellow, and it is extremely resistant to brewing.
3. The quality of white tea:
The buds are strong and white in color, with a floral fragrance and a high fragrance. Unique: honey fragrance, orchid fragrance, and longan fragrance. The taste is delicate and mellow, the honey base is sweet and mellow, and the aftertaste is endless.
Made into white silver needles: the buds are strong and white in color, the hair is fragrant and fragrant, with the fragrance of longan.
Made into white peony: pan-orchid fragrance.
Made into Shoumei: with a creamy aroma.
1. "Usnea tea" in ancient times:
People found records from the "Songxi County Chronicle" compiled during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty:
" The leaves are harvested before Grain Rain and made into usnea tea."
This record shows that Songxi County already produced usnea tea as early as 1522~1566 AD.
2. Good mountains and good water produce good tea:
In Songxi, there are more than 40 peaks over 1,000 meters tall, with mountains and mountains and lush rainforests. There are rivers crisscrossing Songxi, and the river area accounts for 95.5% of the county's total area. Within Songxi, there is no severe cold in winter, no scorching heat in summer, fertile soil, and no industrial pollution. It is an agricultural ecological demonstration county in Fujian Province. Songxi is the largest steamed green tea production base in Fujian Province, and also produces roasted green tea and fried green tea. Songxi green tea has no pesticide residues and no pollution. It is a national standardized production base for green food raw materials (tea), a national geographical indication protected product, and the first batch of tea products to enter the EU market.
3. Songxi Green Tea Quality Characteristics:
Songxi Green Tea: Beautiful appearance, green color; refreshing and long-lasting aroma; bright yellow-green soup that is resistant to brewing; mellow taste; leaves The base is fat and tender.
Songxi Green Tea: The fresh leaves are tender and rich in content. In particular, the content of tea polyphenols, amino acids, aromatic substances, etc. is relatively high, while the phenolic to amino acid ratio is low.
Songxi Green Tea: Different shapes include: bud shape, flat shape, curved shape, and strip shape.
1. Bud shape quality: The shape of the single bud is natural, fat, straight, and silvery white. The inner substance has a fragrant and fresh aroma, the soup is apricot green in color, the taste is fresh and mellow, and the bottom of the leaves is plump, green and bright.
2. Flat quality: The shape of the rope is flat and flat, smooth and even, and the color is silver-gray and emerald. The inner aroma is sharp and refreshing, the taste is rich and mellow, the soup is bright, and the bottom of the leaves is even and bright green.
3. Curved shape quality: The shape is curly and covered with silver hair. The inner substance has a long and delicate fragrance, the soup is bright yellow-green in color, the taste is fresh and mellow, and the buds at the bottom of the leaves are flower-shaped and bright green.
4. Bar shape quality: The shape of the bars is tight and straight, and the color is emerald green. The endoplasmic chestnut aroma is obvious, the soup is clear and bright, the taste is refreshing, the bottom of the leaves is bright green and the buds and leaves are even.
1. Steamed green tea:
During the production and processing process, steam is used to fix the green tea, and the green tea is produced.
2. The main characteristics of steamed green tea:
Steamed green tea process:
Due to the steam fixing process, the production temperature is high, the time is short, and the freshness is high. The degree of chlorophyll destruction in the leaves is low, there is no stuffiness during the production process, and the active ingredients in the fresh leaves are better retained: chlorophyll, protein, amino acids, aromatic substances, etc., so the leaf color and soup color of steamed green tea are better. , the bottom of the leaves, can remain bright green.
Quality of steamed green tea:
Three greens and one refreshing: emerald green color, tender green soup, green bottom of leaves, fresh taste.
3. Brewing of steamed green tea:
Brewing with boiling water:
In a glass, put 3~4 grams of steamed green tea, and use After brewing in boiling water for 30 to 45 seconds, you can drink it.
Brew with warm water:
Put 3 to 4 grams of steamed green tea into a glass, and soak the tea leaves in warm boiled water that has been cooled to 30 to 40 degrees for about 1 minute. Afterwards, you can drink it.
Brew with ice water:
Put 3~4 grams of steamed green tea into a glass filled with ice water or ice cubes, soak for about 1~2 minutes, Ready to drink.
1. Songxi, Fujian, is the origin of the Kowloon Dabai tea tree.
2. Kowloon Dabai Tea Tree: The leaf shape is oval, the leaf color is dark green and glossy, the leaves are large, the center of the hair is fat, and the hairs are white.
3. Kowloon Dabai Tea Tree: The white tea, black tea, green tea and scented tea produced are of excellent quality.
4. Songxi Green Tea is mainly steamed green tea. The quality has the characteristics of three greens and one coolness.
5. The brewing method of steamed green tea is simpler, more convenient and more diverse than that of ordinary green tea.
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