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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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