Fu Tea – The “Gold” of Dark Tea Fu tea is a type of Anhua dark tea, a specialty of Hunan, containing golden flowers that help reduce fat, blood pressure, and blood sugar. Known as “black gold,” it rivals the value of gold. Fu tea is handmade and involves a unique fermentation process called “flowering.” The “flowers” referred to in this process are the golden flowers. Fu tea was originally known as “lake tea” because its raw materials mainly came from Hunan. It was also called “summer tea” due to being primarily produced during the hot summer months. Later, it earned the name “fu tea” because its aroma and efficacy resembled those of the herb “tuzhuling.”
Geographic Scope The specific growing area is located within Anhua County, Yiyang City, Hunan Province, situated in the mountainous region of central-northern Hunan, in the northern part of the Xuefeng Mountain Range, along the middle reaches of the Zi River. It borders Taojiang and Ningxiang to the east, Lianyuan and Xinhua to the south, Xupu and Yuanling to the west, and Taoyuan and Changde to the north. Its geographic coordinates range from 111°58′51″ east longitude to 100°43′07″ east longitude and from 28°38′37″ north latitude to 27°58′54″ north latitude. It stretches 123.764 kilometers from east to west and 73.461 kilometers from north to south, covering a total area of 4,950.25 square kilometers, making it the third largest county in Hunan Province.
Tea is a premium beverage known for its calming and refreshing effects on both body and mind, but Yuanjiang tea is truly exceptional. With just one sip, it opens up every pore and invigorates your entire being, leaving you feeling completely at ease. The national government’s procurement of tea within the city has played a positive role in stabilizing tea production. In Yuanjiang City, newly expanded contiguous tea plantations have been established, along with the successive launch of 16 mechanical factories. These have shifted production from smoked and sun-dried teas to machine-made black rough tea, which is now exported to Taiwan and various parts of Southeast Asia.
Taojiang Green Tea is a specialty of Taojiang in Yiyang, Hunan. Taojiang Green Tea is a product of the Taojiang County Tea Industry Association in Hunan Province, registration number 14982173...
This tea is primarily made from Taojiang green tea, sesame, peanuts, fried rice, white sugar, or salt, and has the effects of clearing heat, relieving summer heat, and boosting energy for health. Detailed method for making Taojiang Lei Tea: First, put the prepared sesame into a mortar, grind it until crushed, then based on personal taste, you can add some mung beans or peanuts... then add white sugar...
Yiyang is the tea capital of Hunan, renowned for producing many famous teas. The most well-known among them is Fu Brick Tea. It is a national ministry-level premium product and is especially favored by ethnic minorities in northwestern China, particularly the various ethnic groups in Xinjiang, who have a special affinity for Yiyang Brick Tea. As early as during the Daoguang reign of the Qing Dynasty, when Zuo Zongtang led the Xiang Army into Xinjiang to guard the borders, the soldiers brought their hometown tea
Tea is a pillar industry of the rural economy in Anhua. Anhua Gongfu Black Tea is the representative of "Hunan Black Tea" (Huhong), standing alongside Anhui's "Qihong" and Fujian's "Jianhong" as one of China’s premier black teas, renowned both domestically and internationally. For a long time, tea has been a major traditional industry in Anhua and a key source of...
Oil tea is a traditional food of the Miao and Dong peoples and also makes for a great beverage before meals. It helps relieve summer heat, dispel dampness and cold, quench thirst and hunger, drive away miasma and evil influences, and stimulate saliva production while invigorating the stomach. Whenever guests arrive, a strong brew of oil tea is prepared, served with deep-fried glutinous rice balls, soybeans, peanuts, and corn, along with garnishes such as chopped scallions and chili peppers. The Dong people have a particular fondness for oil tea.
The "Chuyunxian" series of teas are premium green teas produced by the Dongjiang Reservoir Area Fruit and Tea Research Institute. These teas are of high quality, with rich aroma, full flavor, fresh and cool taste, and a lingering aftertaste. In 1992, it was named one of Chenzhou’s Famous Teas; in 1995, it won the Gold Award at the "Xiang Tea Cup"; in 1997, it was awarded the title of Hunan Famous Tea. The product is sold to cities across China including Shenzhen, Shanghai, Beijing, and Hong Kong, as well as to countries such as Malaysia. Major varieties include "Oriental Divine Arrow," "Dongjianghu Maojian," and "Silver Needle." Currently, the planting area has reached 15.4 hectares, with an annual tea production of about 100 dan.
Preserved fruit tea is known as "artistic tea" in Channel. The Han women in the Dong villages of Channel have a traditional custom of making preserved fruits. There are two main ingredients for preserved fruits: pomelo and winter melon. Skilled women use specially designed preserved fruit knives to carve the ingredients into various patterns such as flowers, birds, insects, and fish. Then they need to boil them with copper and alum, add sugar, and dry them. When guests visit, simply place three or four slices in a cup, add sugar, and pour in hot water.
The Dong people do not have the habit of sipping tea for leisure, but they have a custom of eating oil tea all year round. Fragrant and sweet, oil tea refreshes the mind, invigorates the spirit, and also helps to eliminate damp heat while preventing colds and diarrhea. It has almost become a daily necessity in the lives of the Dong people. When guests arrive, the hospitable Dong families will definitely serve them oil tea. The Dong way of eating oil tea…
Preserved Fruit Tea originated in the Dong Autonomous County of Tongdao, Hunan Province. In Tongdao, Preserved Fruit Tea is known as "artistic tea." The Han women in the Dong villages of Tongdao have a traditional custom of making preserved fruit. The ingredients for preserved fruit come in two types: pomelo and winter melon. Skillful women use specially designed preserved fruit knives to carve the ingredients into various patterns such as flowers…
Vine tea, also known as mountain sweet tea or dragon beard tea, has a mild and sweet taste with a cool nature. It offers benefits such as clearing heat and detoxifying, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects, dispelling wind and dampness, strengthening bones and muscles, lowering blood pressure, reducing blood lipids, and protecting the liver. Compared to the tea category in the "Food Composition Table," it has a more comprehensive range of nutrients and is superior to ordinary teas, especially in terms of its high content of flavonoids and selenium.
Yuanling Tea – 2015 National Famous, Special, and High-quality New Agricultural Product…
Yuanling Jietan Tea is a specialty of Yuanling County, Huaihua City, Hunan Province. Known as one of the top ten famous teas in Hunan, Jietan Tea has a long history and was listed as an imperial tribute during the Tang Dynasty, enjoying great popularity at that time. It is rich in nutrients, with high water extract content and abundant levels of tea polyphenols and amino acids. Moreover, thanks to its excellent ecological environment, Jietan Tea has extremely low lead content and is classified as pollution-free organic green tea. In September 2011, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China designated Yuanling Jietan Tea as a National Geographical Indication Protected Product.
Jietan Fengjiao Tea was an imperial tribute during the Tang Dynasty. According to the Chronicles of Chenzhou Prefecture: “There are many tea-producing areas in the region, but none surpass those of Jietan…” Jietan Fengjiao Tea is produced in the Wuzhixi Reservoir area of Yuanling County, a large-scale national hydropower station. The area features rolling mountains, lush greenery, and fresh air. The tea gardens are free from pesticides and chemical fertilizers all year round, making it a purely natural green food...
Jietan Tea has a long history of cultivation. According to the Chronicles of Chenzhou Prefecture, “The county produces much tea, but that from Jietan is the finest...” Legend has it that over 1,300 years ago, Empress Feng, a consort in the inner palace of Emperor Ruizong, returned to the capital by boat traveling eastward. When her boat was forced to anchor at Jietan due to wind, she heard that tea was grown in the nearby high mountains and requested some to try. After drinking it, she found the aroma rich and the taste mellow and refreshing.
Hunan is also a major province for green tea production. In Hunan, tea is divided into two categories: high-mountain series and rivers-and-lakes series. The high-mountain series refers to the green tea produced in the high-altitude tea gardens of western Hunan. The rivers-and-lakes series comes from tea gardens located near large rivers and lakes. Although Changsha is the largest city in Hunan, the quality of its green tea production is by no means inferior.
The Snow Peak Mountain area in Hunan is a magical, pollution-free oasis praised by the World Health Organization of the United Nations. It is abundant in wild sweet tea, a natural woody plant belonging to the Fagaceae family, with over 80,000 acres of wild growth area and an annual production of 16 million tons of fresh leaves (over 400 tons of dried leaves). Wild sweet tea is a rare wild resource—sweet, delicious, mild in nature…
Chenxi Tea Oil Chenxi County Ai Min Camellia Industry Association Chenxi is located between the Xuefeng Mountains and the Wuling Mountains. The annual average temperature in the area ranges from 16.5 to 17.9°C. It currently has 2.16 million mu of mountainous land, of which 1.87 million mu is suitable for afforestation. The soil conditions meet the requirements for organic camellia oil production, providing ideal geographical advantages for large-scale camellia cultivation...