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Taipinghoukui Tea
Taipinghoukui is one of the famous premium teas in the category
of Pointed Tea among Hongqing teas, produced in Houkeng, Hougang
and Yan village of Xinming township. It is called Taipinghoukui
for their superior quality, for 'Kui 'in Chinese means the best
or the highest grade.
The tea has an olive-green color and a straight shape with slightly
pointed ends, exuding a pleasant fruity fragrance like that of orchids.
Houkui won its first gold medal at the Panama International Fair
in 1915, and has been awarded many other gold medals at home and
abroad since.
Huangshan Maofeng Tea
Huangshan
Maofeng Tea is a world-famous and best-quality tea, growing in the
mountains over 700 meters above sea level within Mt. Huangshan's
fertile soil, cool temperature, plenty precipitations and lingering
fragrance of flowers. The tea has a unique quality and retains a
lasting fragrance largely due to its growing environment, its sturdy
buds and the consummate skills in hand picking and processing. Huangshan
Maofeng strongly resembles a bird's tongue in shape, with a bright
luster and soft yellow colors.
Huangshan Maofeng, which are graded according to their quality,
entered the global tea markets of London, Paris and Southeast Asian
countries as early as 1976, and became world famous. It was listed
as National Famous Tea in the Tea Appraisal Meeting held in Changsha
in 1982.
Tunlu Tea
Tunlu is the abbreviation of Green Tea of Tunxi, growing mainly
in Xiuning, She County, Jingde, Jixi, Tunxi, Ningguo. The tea is
named Tunlu because the leaves were processed mainly in the Tunxi
area.
Tunlu tea has sturdy, tightly kinked twigs with a bright color and
luster. After the tea is steeped, the water assumes a bright green
color and exudes a refreshing and delicate scent like that of Chinese
chestnuts and rich and mellow fragrance. Tunlu is the super-eminent
products among green teas produced in China, which has great varieties
such as Zhenmei, Gongxi, Tezhen, Xiumei, Lupian, etc. Tunlu tea
was discovered in the international tea market as early as the Wanli
period of Ming Dynasty, nowadays it is a best seller around the
world.
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