Wang Hanzi's Oil Tea Wang Hanzi, originally named Wang Xincheng, has crafted an oil tea that stands out among the snacks of the old town. Oil tea is a nourishing specialty among Suixi’s street foods. Far from being simple-minded, Wang Hanzi actively listens to customer feedback, carefully considers suggestions, and refines his craft through repeated practice. Served every morning or evening, the bold calls of the vendor echo across the stone-paved streets, drawing in crowds. During peak seasons, customers come in waves, most leaving happily satisfied. The steady stream of returning patrons has made his business thrive.
A local saying in Suixi’s Old Town goes: “The oil tea of the old town is wonderfully fragrant — you’ll crave it if you go a day without.” At street-side food stalls, a large thermos-like pot wrapped in cotton cloth for insulation holds freshly made oil tea. The ingredients of Old Town oil tea include fried bean curd sheets, peanuts, pork bone marrow oil, wheat gluten, black and white sesame seeds, fennel seeds (both large and small), cloves, and Sichuan peppercorns.
Although tea is not grown locally in Linhuan, Anhui Province is rich in tea production. Less than two hundred miles south of Linhuan lies a place called Lu’an, which is widely known for its tea. Linhuan has created its own signature tea, “Bangbang Tea,” using a type of tea from Lu’an called Hongcha Bang (Red Tea Stick). It is said that regular consumption of this tea not only…
Within less than two hundred miles south of Zhunbei lies a place called Lu’an, renowned for its tea production. Leveraging a local tea variety from Lu’an known as Hongcha Bang (Red Tea Stick), Zhunbei has created its own branded tea — “Bangbang Tea.” It is said that regular consumption of this tea not only has unique effects such as stimulating saliva in spring, relieving summer heat, refreshing in autumn, and providing warmth in winter, but also helps to sober up, fills the stomach without bloating, and can temporarily quench hunger and thirst.
Fengyang Vine Tea is a specialty of Fengyang County, Chuzhou City, Anhui Province. Rich in amino acids, vitamins, flavonoids, phenolic compounds, and various essential trace elements required by the human body, Fengyang Vine Tea boasts unique effects such as reducing fat and blood pressure, clearing heat and detoxifying, and protecting the liver while enhancing beauty. It is a new type of health food that combines nutrition, wellness, and medicinal benefits.
Jiu Mountain Vine TeaJiu Mountain Vine Tea is produced in Jiu Mountain, Yinjian Town, Fengyang County. The vine tea is made from tender leaves picked before Qingming Festival from wild vines, which are then dried and roasted. As a green, eco-friendly beverage, Jiu Mountain Vine Tea has a slightly bitter taste and a mildly cool nature. Regular consumption helps relieve wind-heat, and it is highly effective in treating high blood pressure, high blood lipids, coronary heart disease, and nervous headaches. …
Fuxing Tea is produced at the Fuxing Tea Plantation in Shunshan Town, Laian County. Established in 1964, the plantation is located 10 kilometers north of Laian County and is adjacent to the Egret Island International Tourism Resort and the Linqiao Nursery Ecological Park, a model new rural development site in Laian County. Nestled against the Lianzishan Reservoir, the Fuxing Tea Plantation benefits from the natural beauty of its mountain and water surroundings, surrounded by lush trees. With fresh air, convenient transportation, and a superior ecological environment, it is a place where “you can admire the beauty of egrets and savor Fuxing green tea.” In line with the ecological tourism development of Egret Island in Laian County, the plantation has developed and produced the “Fuxing Egret Island” series of green teas, which are known for their vibrant color, rich aroma, mellow taste, beautiful shape, and excellent infusion qualities. The product range includes high- to mid-grade premium green teas such as Fuxing Yunjian, Fuxing Silver Needle, Fuxing Young Sprout, Fuxing Orchid, Fuxing Mao Feng, Egret Snow Sprout, and Roasted Green. With strong local characteristics and cultural significance, these teas are highly favored by consumers and tourists in Eastern Anhui.
According to the *Anhui Tea Classics*, as early as the Song Dynasty, Quanjiao was known for producing "Nanqiao Tea." The *Nanjing Ministry of Revenue Annals* from the Ming Dynasty recorded that in the third year of the Chenghua era (1467), Nanjing received 200 jin of Chuzhou tea. During the Republican era, Chuzhou was home to "Yunsang Famous Tea." This shows that Chuzhou tea has a long history. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, a state-owned tea farm was established in Shiji Township.
Xijian Chunxue Tea is a specialty of Nanqiao District, Chuzhou City, Anhui Province. The quality characteristics of Xijian Chunxue: plump buds, tightly embracing and slightly flat upright bud-leaf structure, green and glossy color with white downy fuzz resembling snow; high and long-lasting delicate fragrance with floral notes, clear and bright tea liquor, fresh and brisk taste with floral aroma, and tender green even leaf base made up entirely of buds. Nanqiao District has a long history of tea production. In terms of environmental conditions, the tea gardens in Nanqiao District are mostly distributed among the hills and mountains at the southern end of the Jianghuai Watershed, where the climate is mild, rainfall is moderate, the soil is fertile, the annual average temperature is 15.2°C, the annual effective accumulated temperature is 4877°C, the frost-free period is 218 days, the average annual rainfall is 1032.1 mm, the parent materials of the soil are quartz hornblende porphyry and phyllite, the soil is sandy loam with good drainage, the pH value is between 5.5 and 6.5, and the organic matter content in the tea-growing area soils ranges from 1.2% to 2.5%, making it extremely suitable for tea tree growth.
Zhangzhou Tianzhu Rock Tea from Changtai is a specialty of Changtai County in Zhangzhou, Fujian. The tea leaves are tightly rolled and uniformly shaped, with a glossy emerald-green color. It boasts a distinctive rock-floral aroma, a mellow and refreshing taste, and a clear apricot-yellow liquor. The tea is rich in astringency and highly resistant to brewing. It offers benefits such as refreshing the mind, stimulating saliva production, aiding digestion, reducing greasiness, relieving inflammation, enhancing astringency, clearing smoke and alcohol residues, promoting urination...
Dongshan Asparagus Tea is a specialty of Dongshan County in Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province. It has a rich asparagus aroma. When brewed, it yields an amber-colored tea with a pure, translucent liquor that fills the air with fragrance and offers a mellow, refreshing taste. It is truly a green, healthy beverage and considered a premium-quality tea. Asparagus, commonly known as asparagus officinalis, is recognized worldwide as one of the top ten healthiest vegetables.
Siping Sacred Tea is a Buddhist health remedy made from a variety of natural herbs, based on the principles of an ancestral prescription that has been passed down at Siping Temple for over a thousand years. With a history spanning more than a millennium, it incorporates the essence of folk secret formulas and has been scientifically refined to create this green, health-preserving herbal tea. The brewed tea is mellow and fragrant, offering health benefits.
Fujian’s Pinghe County is home to the highest peak in southern Fujian — Daqin Mountain, which stands at 1,545.8 meters. With abundant rainfall, fertile soil, beautiful ecology, and picturesque landscapes of green mountains and clear waters, it is an ideal tea-growing region as well as a wonderful destination for sightseeing. …
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Datian Damashan Tea The Rural Economic Service Center of Huotian Town, Datian County, known as "General Chen's Tea," has a cultivation history of over a thousand years. "Datian Damashan Tea" has developed into a comprehensive system integrating production, processing, transportation, and sales. It not only features a diverse distribution model including retail stores, franchise outlets, directly operated stores, and tea houses, but has also won multiple awards both within and outside the province.
Over three hundred and fifty years ago, in the high mountain valley of Lipishi at an altitude of over one thousand meters, where the boundaries of Xiuzhuan, Xiage, and Guanbei towns in Zhao’an County meet, there grew several wild large tea trees. These trees thrived by mountain spring water, their lush branches entwined with morning mist and their abundant leaves glistening with dew, giving them a mystical aura. Later, after being examined and mythologized by monks from Changlin Temple, they were temporarily revered as sacred trees.
Zhao’an Baxian Tea is a specialty of Zhao’an County, Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province. The tea features a deep green, glossy appearance, a bright yellowish liquor, a long-lasting and fragrant aroma, and a refreshing, palatable taste with a lingering sweet aftertaste. Zhao’an Baxian Tea has been awarded a National Geographical Indication certification trademark. It is named after Baxian Mountain in Tingyang Village, Zhao’an, and is a new variety of oolong tea developed after the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
Baiya Qilan gets its name from the prominent white fuzz on its buds and shoots, as well as its leaves that resemble “bamboo-leaf Qilan.” The finished tea boasts a distinctive “orchid” aroma. It is a new variety that emerged during the evolution of oolong tea, successfully cultivated as a rare and fine strain through over ten years of dedicated efforts by researchers and tea farmers in Pinghe County, who single-handedly selected it from local Qilan tea cultivars.