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Detailed explanation of ten famous teas in Taiwan Province.
Frozen top tea: produced in Lugu Township, Nantou County, Taiwan Province Province. Its fresh leaves are collected from the tea tree of Qingxin oolong tea variety, so it is also called "frozen top oolong tea". Frozen top is the name of the mountain, and oolong is the name of the variety. However, judging from its fermentation degree, it belongs to mild semi-fermented tea, and its production law is similar to that of packaged tea, so it should belong to packaged tea. Wenshan Baozhonghe Frozen Top Oolong is a sister tea. Frozen top tea has excellent quality and is in a leading position in Taiwan Province tea market. The selected products are dark green and bright in appearance, with frog-skin-like gray spots, tight knots, bending and strong aroma of dry tea; After brewing, the soup is slightly orange-yellow, with obvious fragrance, similar to osmanthus fragrance. The soup is mellow and sweet, with a strong throat rhyme. The leaves have red edges at the bottom and light green in the middle.

Wenshan baozhong tea

The origin of the name "Baozhong Tea" is said to be 150 years ago. Tea farmers in Anxi County, Quanzhou, Fujian Province imitate the production method of Wuyi tea. Each or the same tea leaves are manufactured separately, and then every four or two prepared tea leaves are packaged into a package, and two pieces of edge paper are produced in each package. The inside and outside of the package are lined into a rectangular square package, and the name and line number of the tea leaves are printed on the outside of the package, which is called the package. The quality and aroma of packaged tea produced in this province are the best in Wenshan, Taipei County, so it is customarily called Wenshan packaged tea. Wenshan area includes tea areas such as Xindian, Linping, Shijie, Shenkeng, Xizhi and Nangang in Taipei County, covering an area of more than 2,300 hectares. The tea garden is located in a mountainous area with an altitude of more than 400 meters. The environment is special, especially in Linping area, where the climate is warm and cool all year round, snowy and foggy, and the soil is fertile. Therefore, the produced Wenshan tea is of excellent quality and enjoys a good reputation at home and abroad.

Oriental beauty tea

"Oriental Beauty Tea", commonly known as "Fanzhuang Oolong Tea" by tea farmers, is also called "Bai Hao Oolong Tea" because of its obvious white buds. In summer tea, tea buds are picked and eroded by floating dust to make a kind of tea with special flavor. This is the best of oolong tea and is called "puffed tea". Western tea drinkers call it "Oriental Beauty", and once respectfully asked Mr. Brian Tse, former vice president of Taiwan Province Province, to name it "Fushou Tea", which is quite different from Oolong Tea (hemispherical packaged tea) on the market at present.

Bai song Chang Qing tea

White pine green tea, formerly known as "Puzhong Tea" or "Songbaikeng Tea", is produced in Songbailing, Mingjian Township, Nantou County (formerly known as Pu Zhong). It belongs to the southernmost tip of Bagua Mountain and has a cool climate, which is very suitable for growing tea. Tea gardens are mostly distributed on platforms of 200-400 meters. At present, the tea garden covers an area of 2,500 hectares.

Ali Zhu Shan green tea

Alishan ibis tea, the alpine tea area is located in Shitou area at the foot of Alishan Mountain, with an altitude of 1 0,000-10,700 meters. The main varieties are oolong tea and Jinxuan tea. 1975 was nominated as "Alishan Pearl Dew" by Mr. Xie, then Vice President, and the tea production and sales class completed trademark registration, graded packaging and clearly marked price.

camellia sinensis f. formosana

Alpine tea in Taiwan Province refers to oolong tea mainly produced in tea gardens above 1000 meters above sea level. "Alpine Camellia" does not refer to tea produced in a certain place, but is a conceptual term relative to "Pingdi Tea". Alpine camellia is widely distributed in Taiwan Province Province, mainly in emerging tea areas with an altitude of 1 1,000-11,400 meters in Chiayi County and Nantou County. Among them, Alishan tea, Shanlinxi tea, Lishan tea and Yushan tea are the representatives.

Sun Moon Lake black tea

During the Japanese occupation, Daye tea was introduced from Assam province, India, and the temperature and humidity in Yuchi Township of Nantou County were suitable. 1967 was named "Sun Moon Lake Black Tea" by Mr. Liu Yuyou, then the county magistrate of Nantou County. There are Assam, Taicha No.7, Taicha No.8, Taicha 18, and Taicha 18 (Hongyu), which are planted in tea gardens at an altitude of about 600-800 meters, as top-grade black teas, are cultivated in fish ponds of the Tea Improvement Farm of the Agriculture Committee. "Yuchi Township Black Tea Industry Culture Promotion Association" and created its own brand of "Assam Black Tea", insisting on picking the flavor by hand.

Muzha Tieguanyin

Muzha Tieguanyin tea tree was planted in Muzha tea area in the Japanese occupation era. At that time, tea artists Zhang Naimiao and Zhang Naigan were sent to Chinese mainland by Muzha Tea Company to retrieve it. At present, the Mucha tea area mainly produces and sells Tieguanyin tea. Because the harvest period of Tieguanyin is about fifteen days per season, there is a shortage of tea pickers. In order to stagger the production cycle, a small amount of Sijichun, Wuyi, Meizhan and Jinxuan are planted, and the tea made is also called Tieguanyin. In order to distinguish the tea made of the two, the tea made of Tieguanyin tea tree is called "Zhengcong Tieguanyin". The difference between Zhengcong Tieguanyin and general Tieguanyin lies in the ecology of tea trees. Zhengcong Tieguanyin has transverse branches, wrinkled leaves, staggered main veins, different sizes, and different arrangement of teeth on the leaves, but the general tea leaves are not exactly the same. Zhengcong Tieguanyin is used for dry tea, but its performance is heavier than ordinary tea, and its branches are fatter and shorter. After brewing, the tea soup of Zhengcong Tieguanyin is thicker, the quality of the tea at the entrance is heavier, and it has a special variety of flavors.

Sanxia longjing tea

It is the only producing area of Longjing tea in Taiwan Province Province, and the variety of tea tree is' Qingxin Citrus'. Newly bought tea leaves should be dried indoors, not exposed to the sun. Unlike other tea leaves, which will wither due to sunlight, it belongs to unfermented tea. Longjing tea is hand-picked, and specially selected young leaves with one leaf or two leaves are made by kneading process besides general frying, kneading and baking, which makes Longjing tea flat and long and unique. Tea makers should always pay attention to the time and temperature of roasting, otherwise the tea leaves will be too brittle, and will be easily broken and unable to form when being twisted.

The annual spring and autumn rainy season is the production period of Longjing tea; The superior Longjing tea is made of one heart and two leaves, and the color of the brewed tea is bright yellow. Longjing tea has a very special taste, which is fragrant when it smells, sweet when it tastes bitter, and it is said to have the effect of clearing blood, which is deeply loved by tea drinkers at home and abroad.

Longquan tea is a kind of packaged tea. The main varieties are Qingxin Oolong Tea, Taicha 12 (Jinxuan) and Taicha 13 (Cui Yu). Early tea was picked by hand, and the newly grown leaves at the top of the tea tree were used as tea seeds. Now it's mechanical picking. The collected tea seeds wither after being irradiated by sunlight, wither indoors, stir, fry, dry and knead, and finally. In 7 1 year, he won the provincial champion of machine-picked superior tea, and in 72, the provincial president Lee Teng-hui named it Longquan tea, which became famous and prosperous at one fell swoop.

The top ten famous teas in Taiwan Province Province are: Alishan Alpine Tea, Fu Gui Peony Tea, Youyou Bath Acura Qingxin Oolong Tea, Youyou Bath Acura Jinxuan Oolong Tea, Frozen Top Tea, Wenshan Baozhong Tea, Oriental Beauty Tea, Alishan Bamboo Dew Tea, Alpine Tea and Sun Moon Lake Black Tea.

The history of tea industry in Taiwan Province Province is very short, not to mention historical famous teas, but there are also many modern famous teas. According to the popularity of tea in Taiwan Province, the consumption market and the opinions of scholars and experts, Mr. Fan Zengping, the founding chairman of Ren Zhonghua Tea Culture Society, once selected the top ten famous teas in Taiwan Province Province [1]? It refers to ten well-known teas, such as Frozen Top Tea, Wenshan Baozhong Tea, Oriental Beauty Tea, Pine and cypress Green Tea, Muka Tieguanyin Tea, Three Gorges Longjing Tea, Alishan ibis Tea, Alpine Tea, Longquan Tea and Sun Moon Lake Black Tea.