Tea History
Anhua is called Meishan. It has a long history of producing tea and is known as the “hometown of teaâ€. The products are of good quality and have long been famous both at home and abroad. Anhua recorded the production of tea before it was built in 1072. In the Tang dynasty, Yang Fu’s “Culinary Manuscript Record†stated that: Tanzhou tea contains (Yi) Yangtuan Tea and Qujiang Thin Slices, which were sold to Jiangling in Hubei Province and old One area. The five generations of Mao Wenxi's "Tea Book" also said: "There are canal rivers between Tanshao, tea and many beasts and beasts, and their color is iron, and the fragrance is abnormal, and cooking is free from slag." , 80 pounds. "Qing Tongzhi "Anhua County" contains: When the Northern Song Dynasty "Qijiang" (built County) the beginning, tea still force and seek wilderness ... ... cliffs and rivers, not kind of self-born "," Cliff There is little reproduction in the valley, but the tea is in the state of Zhuzhou. "Twenty-three years of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1595) the court fixed the black tea "Tianjian" and "Gongjian"
Anhua pine needle
For official tea, Qing Daoguang was designated as tribute tea. Anhua black tea was designated as official tea in the 23rd year of the Ming Dynasty and became the main tea for the tea trade. The Daoguang sales during the year were approximately 3600 to 4,000 tons; Yuan Meiming At the beginning, Anhua started to produce green tea (baking green), and Ming Hongwu stipulated that in 2002, Hunan tribute tea was 140 pounds (currently 83.56 kilograms), and in which an independent Anhua “Gongya tea†was 22 pounds (now 13 kilograms). It is "Sibao Gong Tea".
Talking about Anhua tea can not fail to mention Anhua Tao Xi (1778-1839). During the Daoguang period, he served as governor of Anhui, Jiangsu, and governor of Liangjiang. Written a number of tea poems, said Anhua Furong Mountain has Xiancha, good quality. Written in the 20th year of Jiaqing (1815), four Anhua tea poems, a total of 46 sentences. It is the longest poem of ancient and modern Anhua tea. The reason why tea was mentioned in the poems, the Anhua tea collection system, the fate of Anhua tea and the emphasis on safety Tea quality, efficacy and historical status.
During the Qing Xianfeng period, Ancifu black tea enjoyed a good reputation both at home and abroad. In 1915, it won the gold medal at the Panama World Expo. At that time, the entire county was located along the Zijiang River from the upper reaches of the drainage channel and down to the Fuxi River. As many as more than 300 tea lines were prevalent during the 100-kilometer coast line, a bustling scene of the tea township. The above historical facts illustrate the territory of Anhua. Tea trees are widely distributed and thrive naturally. In the 9th century, Anhua Tea had a considerable output and was able to export in batches, and its quality was very good. Naturally, the period of its initial production was earlier. Anhua is hometown of black tea, hometown of dark tea, hometown of brick tea and birthplace of needle-shaped tea. In the past, Hunan Province formulated the required standards for working time and standards for black tea and black tea, and it is important in the province and in China. status.