Wuyi cliff tea:
Wuyi cliff tea refers to the Oolong
tea wich made from the tea plants grown in Wuyi mountain. The
average altitude of Wuyi mountain is about 650 meters. There are
36 graceful peaks and 99 famous crags there.
Each of Wuyi cliff tea is named after the tea plant which it's
made from. The classification of wuyi cliff tea is most complicated.
For example, basing on the different location where the tea plants
grown, Wuyi cliff tea can be classified into three types: "Wuyi
authentic cliff tea"--Oolong
teafrom the centre area of Wuyi mountain, with the best quality;
"Wuyi half cliff tea"--Oolong
tea from the hills' peripheral area, with the better quanlity;
"Wuyi stream cliff tea"--Oolong
tea from the shores of "Cong stream", "Jiuqu
stream" and "Huangbo stream", with general quality.
Wuyi cliff tea can also classfied by different variety of tea plant
or by different season etc......
The most famous four types of Wuyi cliff tea are "Big Red
Gown", "White Cockscomb", "Iron arhat"
"water gold tortoise", which are reputed as "Wuyi
four famous bush". Among all Wuyi cliff teas, the production
of "Wuyi Cinnamon" and "Wuyi Narcissus" has
the largest quantity. |
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