Ming Dynasty Chinese tea

1 ming dynasty

1.1 huqiu , tianchi tea
1.2 jie tea
1.3 lu tea
1.4 songluo tea
1.5 longjing , tianmu tea

ming dynasty

the ming dynasty scholar wen zhenheng s encyclopedic book zhang wu zhi (simplified chinese: 长物志; traditional chinese: 長物志; treatise on superfluous things), volume 12, contains following descriptions of several famous ming dynasty teas:

huqiu , tianchi tea

during time, huqiu tea (chinese: 虎丘茶; lit. tiger hill tea ), not confused black tea of same name nilgiris district in tamil nadu, india) purportedly developed finest tea in world; however, production quantity rather small, , production regulated chinese government. some, however, consider taste second tianchi tea (chinese: 天池茶; lit. heaven pool ).

jie tea

jie tea chinese: 岕茶 changxing county in zhejiang province regarded highly connoisseurs, although rather expensive.

nb: jie short name luo jie (simplified chinese: 罗岕; traditional chinese: 羅岕). luo jie name of mountain bordering zhejiang , jing qi where, during ming dynasty, jie meant boundary. chang xin lay south of luo jie mountain while jing qi lay north of it. chang xin still retains name today.

luo jie tea gu chu mountain in changxing county in zhejiang province known gu chu violet shoot. gu zhu violet shoot had been imperial tribute tea since tang dynasty 9 hundred years until middle of qin dynasty. gu zhu violet shoot revived again in 1970s top grade tea in china.

nb. jin qi called yi xin township. jin qi tea known yang xian tea. ruo leaves leaves indocalamus tessellatus bamboo. leaf 45 cm long.

lu tea

lu melon seed tea

lu tea (chinese: 六安茶)，which called lu melon seed tea, used chinese medicine. cannot release aroma , has bitter taste if not baked right. inherent quality of tea considered quite good. type of tea suitable people suffering gastric problems.

lu tea still produced in china, anhui province, china. lu tea bat cave of jinzhai county considered of superior quality, thousand of bats in cave can provide ideal fertilizer tea plants.

songluo tea

songluo tea manufactured @ songluo mountain located north of xiuning county in anhui province, china. tea plantations scattered @ elevation of 6 7 hundred meters on mountain.

there no real songluo tea grown outside area of dozen mu (one mu = 667 square meters) , few families possess refined full prepare songluo tea. tea hand-baked mountain monks better.

genuine songluo tea produced @ foot of dongshan (cave hill) , on top of tianchi (chinese: 天池; lit. heaven pool ), highly treasured people in xin county. favorite people of nandu , quzong counties, due ease in brewing , intense aroma.

longjing , tianmu tea

longjing tea

longjing tea , tianmu tea may match heaven pool tea due weather in growing regions. because cold season comes earlier mountains, there abundant snow in winter, hence tea plants germinate later. [wen zhenheng]

longjing tea manufactured in west lake district of hangzhou, china. longjing, literally dragon , located @ fenghuang mountain. tianmu mountain located @ lin county in north west of zhejiang province. there 2 1500-meter peaks, each pond on top filled crystal clear water looking eye, hence name tianmu (chinese: 天目, lit. heaven eye ).