Yongfu Town is located on the edge of a basin, featuring a mild climate, abundant rainfall, and favorable natural ecological conditions, giving it unique advantages for tea production. Yongfu tea is distinguished by its rich content, mellow taste, strong aroma, pollution-free quality, and excellent infusability. Moreover, due to Yongfu's mild climate, the sprouting and harvesting of tea leaves generally occur about 10 days earlier than in other regions.
“Mabian Green Tea” has a long history and a profound industry foundation. Historical records show that tea production in Mabian dates back to the Han Dynasty. From wild tea picking to artificial cultivation, this practice has continued uninterrupted for over 1,000 years up to the present day. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, Mabian tea was offered as tribute tea, and after the liberation, it was presented as a celebration gift for the 10th National Day to the great leader Chairman Mao. Before the Song Dynasty, Mabian produced wild coarse tea, and artificial cultivation began in the mid-Ming Dynasty. By the late Qing Dynasty and early Republican period, Mabian had become one of the key tea production and sales areas in Sichuan Province. Fine tea was sold to Chengdu, Leshan, and Yibin, while coarse tea was mainly sold to ethnic (Tibetan) regions. After the liberation, the state unified the acquisition and management of tea. With guidance from agricultural technical departments and commercial sectors, tea production gradually recovered. By 1951, fine tea production had risen to 3,471 dan, and by 1955, coarse tea production reached 13,727 dan.
Mabian Yi Autonomous County is located in the Lesser Liangshan Mountain area where Leshan, Yibin, and Liangshan intersect. Its high-altitude geography and rainy, humid climate are highly suitable for tea cultivation. In recent years, the county has vigorously developed green, organic, and pollution-free tea. Tea has become one of the three leading rural industries in the county. A total of 103,000 mu of tea plantations have been established, with 53,000 mu already in production. Among them, 3,268 mu of organic tea in Yuanjiaxi Township have obtained organic certification from the Tea Research and Development Center of the Tea Research Institute at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, an authoritative national organic certification body.
Jinkouhe Eagle Tea is a specialty of Jinkouhe District, Leshan City, Sichuan Province. On the cliffs of Shiwashan, Maokeshan, and Dawashan mountains at altitudes between 1,200 and 1,800 meters, there grows a kind of arbor tea tree. It’s said that only eagles can fly to these trees — which may be how Eagle Tea got its name. In Jinkouhe, the...
As the name suggests, it is a banquet prepared with tea. Here, tea leaves are used as seasonings to remove fishiness, greasiness, gamey odors, and other off-flavors. Rather than overpowering the dish, the tea complements the ingredients perfectly. The hallmark of a tea banquet is that the food always takes center stage, while the tea plays a supporting role. The “five flavors and six colors” are what make the tea banquet truly remarkable. The five flavors—sour, sweet, bitter,
Mengding Mountain Dark Tea, Ya'an City, Mingshan District Tea Industry Association…
In March, Ya'an bursts into fresh green hues across its tea plantations, exuding the vitality of spring as Mengding Mountain teas vie in splendor. Yet another gem of Ya'an’s tea industry—dark tea—remains little known, hidden away like a maiden in her chamber. Taking advantage of the Fourth Mengding Mountain International Tea Culture Tourism Festival, reporters conducted extensive interviews, thus lifting the veil on the history of Ya'an's dark tea and the Ancient Tea Horse Road.
Geographic Scope: Mengding Mountain Town and 19 other townships in Mingshan County, Ya’an City, Sichuan Province, as well as Bifengxia Town and Longxi Township in Yucheng District of Ya’an, located within the Mengshan area. Specific Quality: The raw material is harvested from early spring single buds before the Spring Equinox in the Mengding Mountain area — known as the "hometown of immortal tea" in Mingshan County, Ya’an, Sichuan. Due to the region’s abundant rainfall, fog, and cloud cover...
Lushan Tea -- 2015 National Famous, Special, and High-Quality New Agricultural Products (Tea Category) Lushan County Agriculture Bureau Lushan Tea Lushan Jinye Tea Co., Ltd. Lushan Maniusan Cuixiang Tea Co., Ltd. Ya'an Panda Homeland Agricultural Development Co., Ltd.…
Eagle Tea is a woody plant of the Lauraceae family, directly referred to as the "Eagle Tea tree" in the *Illustrated Handbook of Wild Economic Plants in Sichuan*. It is an evergreen arbor with alternate, thick-textured, dark green leaves. This tree is widespread in the mountainous regions of Sichuan. Its tender branches and leaves, when harvested and sun-dried, can be brewed as tea. Locals call it Eagle Tea, also known as Lao Yin Tea, especially in rural Sichuan where there is a tradition of self-picking, self-processing, and self-drinking Eagle Tea. In towns and transportation hubs, iced Eagle Tea is commonly available, and even in major cities like Chongqing and Chengdu, this iced tea is widely consumed—you can drink your fill for very little money.
Yingjing tea has a long production history, especially known for its border tea, which was famous in southwestern China. In ancient times, rulers implemented an official monopoly on border tea, which was later opened to free trade by merchants who used it as a means of controlling the Tibetan people. In the early 17th century, the Qing Dynasty rulers established tea processing factories centered around Ya Prefecture (now Ya'an City), producing and selling the tea.
Mengding Tea is mainly grown on the summit of Mount Meng in Mingshan County, hence the name "Mengding Tea." The history of tea cultivation on Mount Meng dates back a long time, with tea from this region being listed as an imperial tribute since the mid-Tang Dynasty until the end of the Qing Dynasty—an unbroken tradition spanning over 1,000 years. There are many varieties of Mengding Tea, broadly classified into loose tea and compressed tea. Among the loose teas are types such as Leiming, Que She, and Baihao;
Mengshan tea has been famous as a tribute since the Tang Dynasty and has long been renowned as both immortal tea and tribute tea, standing as prized varieties of Chinese tea throughout history. The Mengshan tea series boasts a wide range of types, each with unique characteristics, including well-known brands such as Yellow Sprout, Stone Flower, Sweet Dew, Myriad Leaves, Silver Leaf, and Jade Leaf Evergreen. These teas have entered international markets and are highly popular. “E'mei Mao Feng,” a famous tea produced in Fengming Township, Ya'an, won a gold medal at the Quality Food Evaluation Expo in 1985, and since then, the aroma of “E'mei Mao Feng” tea has wafted overseas.
Erlang Yunwu Tea is a specialty of Guosheng Township, Yanbian County, Panzhihua City, Sichuan Province. The leaves of Erlang Yunwu Tea are delicate in appearance, vibrant green in color, and produce a clear, bright green liquor. It has a mellow, sweet aftertaste, a long-lasting chestnut aroma, and a uniquely fragrant orchid note, making it an excellent choice for drinking. Yanbian Erlang Tea Industry Co., Ltd. (registered trademarks: Erlang, Erlang Yunwu)
In Guosheng Township of Yanbian County stands Bailingshan, the highest mountain in Panzhihua City. In the past, tea was not produced here. In the 1970s, an agronomist noticed that Bailingshan featured undulating hills, misty clouds, crisscrossing streams, fertile land, mild climate, and abundant rainfall—making it an ideal place for growing premium tea. He then introduced tea seedlings from Yunnan for cultivation. Although various reasons prevented the development of tea planting as an industry or on a large scale, local farmers have continued small-scale cultivation, preserving Guosheng Township’s history of tea farming to this day.
Snow tea —— Grows in the perennially snow-covered permafrost regions of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau at altitudes above 4,000 meters. It is rare in yield and difficult to harvest; however, it has unique efficacy and is hailed as a rare treasure. Snow tea mainly contains samium acid, snow tea acid, D-arabitol, lichen acid, and mannitol, which help quench thirst. It has effects such as clearing heat and detoxifying, calming the liver and lowering blood pressure, clearing the lungs and relieving cough.
In Tibet, in every Tibetan household, butter can be seen everywhere at all times. Butter is an indispensable daily food for every Tibetan. It is extracted from cow or sheep milk. In the past, herders had a rather unique method of extracting butter. First, they would heat the milk, then pour it into a large wooden barrel called a "xuedong" (…
“Snowland Ersai Tea” is produced in the Huo’erguanggu area of Luohuo County, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, located on the southeastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The Ersai tree is a wild species that grows in completely unpolluted environments and is a unique and rare tree variety native to the snowy highlands. In the Huo’erguanggu area, many of these trees have reached ages of one hundred or even several hundred years. For a long time...
Dujiangyan Tea The protected geographical area for the agricultural product geographical indication of Dujiangyan Tea includes 12 townships in Dujiangyan City: Xiang’e Township, Daguan Town, Qingchengshan Town, Zhongxing Town, Yutang Town, Puyang Town, Guankou Town, Zipingpu Town, Hongkou Township, Longchi Town, Tianma Town, and Xujia Town. The geographical coordinates are: 1…
Bitter tea is one of the specialties of Dujiangyan City. It is made from the fresh leaves of the large-fruited holly tree grown in the Qingcheng Mountain area. The leaves are steamed, baked, sun-dried, pressed, and then cut into small squares. This tea has a production history of nearly a thousand years and boasts high medicinal value, being rich in protein, amino acids, vitamin B, bitter tea extract, flavone glycosides, glucose aldehyde acid, plant sterols, and various inorganic salts. Regular consumption helps clear heat and relieve summer heat, eliminate vexation and quench thirst, as well as prevent and treat conditions such as dizziness, vertigo, hypertension, acute and chronic hepatitis, and cholecystitis.