Tongcheng is one of the three major tea-producing counties in Hubei Province. It is also the provincial base for the propagation of clonal tea varieties and a production base for early-spring premium teas in southern Hubei. The county has 45,000 mu of tea plantations, produces 1,800 tonnes of tea annually, propagates 6 million clonal tea seedlings per year, and achieves a total tea output value of 40 million yuan. There are 270 production bases, 113 primary and refined processing factories, and 1,600 sets of processing machinery, with an annual processing capacity of 5,000 tonnes. The main tea varieties produced include six series: Jiujingfeng, Jinfeng, green rough tea, jasmine tea, broken black tea, health tea, and brick tea. Over the years, 26 products have been awarded the title of high-quality product at the provincial or ministerial level; Shadui Jiujingfeng Tea, Mao Lvcha (Hairpoint Green Tea), Jinshan Jinfeng Tea, and first-grade jasmine tea from the county tea company have all received provincial or ministerial quality awards. In 2001, Baiyangtan brand green tea obtained the right to use the organic tea label, and Xiangyang brand jasmine tea received the green food label. The county currently has 27 sales intermediary organizations and 3,500 specialized sales personnel. Its products are sold well in more than 20 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions across China, with some products exported as far as Japan and Russia.
Tang Laonong Camellia Oil is made from wild camellia seeds carefully selected from the national 4A-level primitive forest scenic area of Jiugong Mountain in Hubei Province and its surrounding mountain ranges. The rare camellia seeds are harvested from wild camellia trees aged 30 years growing in pristine ecological forests. Using an original ecological physical pressing technique, the oil is unblended, additive-free, and unadulterated, fully preserving the natural color and flavor of camellia oil. Rich in unsaturated fatty acids, vitamin E, squalene, tea polyphenols, flavonoids, and other natural substances, it features low fat content and a high smoke point, contributing to a very healthy lifestyle. A natural gift from Jiugong Mountain, this rare and pure camellia oil has earned Tang Laonong the titles of “Well-Known Trademark” and “Leading Enterprise” in Xianning City, as well as provincial and municipal honors for “Creditworthiness and Contract Fulfillment.”
Hengshitan Town's Qingshan Mountain, at an altitude of 800 meters, has acidic soil that is highly suitable for tea oil tree cultivation. The tea oil fruits from Qingshan are large, have a high oil yield, and are of excellent quality. …
As early as the Tang Dynasty, Lu Yu's *Classic of Tea* ("Cha Jing") in the section "Production Areas" (*Ba Zhi Chu*) recorded that tea was produced in Ezhou, which included areas such as Tongshan. During the Song Dynasty, tea bricks produced in the county were traded as commodities in Inner Mongolia in exchange for horses—one tea brick could be exchanged for one top-quality horse. In subsequent dynasties, the county was mandated to contribute tea as a form of tax or tribute. By the mid-Qing Dynasty, tea trade had become an important industry.
The Sanhu Ming Tea produced by Jiayu County Sanhu Tea & Hemp Professional Cooperative mainly consists of two varieties of green tea: Fuding Dabai and Echa No.1. Both types are typically harvested around the Qingming Festival. These teas retain over 85% of their polyphenols and caffeine from the fresh leaves, about 50% of chlorophyll, and experience minimal loss of vitamins—resulting in the characteristic "clear soup and green leaves with a strong umami taste" typical of high-quality green tea. They also contain more than 450 kinds of organic compounds and over 15 types of inorganic minerals, most of which offer health benefits and disease prevention properties. These components are especially effective in anti-aging, cancer prevention, antibacterial, and anti-inflammatory effects. Available at the Jiayu Sanhu Tea Sales Center.
The cultivation and processing of tea leaves have a long history in Puyi. The world-renowned "Songfeng Green Tea" gets its name from the Songfeng Mountain in Yangloudong, Puyi, where it is primarily produced. The two nearly ten-foot-tall ancient parent tea bushes on Songfeng Mountain, hailed as the "King of Songfeng Tea," remain lush and exude a refreshing fragrance to this day. Songfeng Green Tea boasts a distinctive style,
Yunfeng Mountain Tea is a specialty of Hongshan Town, Sui County, Suizhou City, Hubei Province. Yunfeng Mountain Tea Farm is one of the top ten famous tea farms in Hubei Province. "Suifeng" brand tea is exported to more than ten countries and regions including Japan, the United States, and Germany. Among them, Yunwu Maojian, Yunfeng Cuihao, and Zhenmei Grade 2 tea have been rated as high-quality products by the Ministry of Agriculture and awarded the title of "China Famous Tea."
Suizhou Sprout Tea is a specialty of Suizhou City, Hubei Province. It is characterized by straight, taut tea strips, plump and uniform buds, a silver-green hue with hidden emerald tones, a high and fresh aroma, mellow taste, and bright, tender green liquor. Suizhou Sprout Tea has been awarded Geographical Indication Protection status. The production area of Suizhou Sprout Tea is located in the central part of the mid-latitude monsoon circulation zone, situated at the intersection of the Yangtze River Basin and the Huai River Basin.
【Mist Tea】 is produced in Niangniangzhai at the southern foot of Dahong Mountain. Known as the “Roof of Jingzhou,” this area has an average elevation of 750 meters, featuring a mild climate with no severe cold in winter or intense heat in summer, abundant rainfall, diffused sunlight, large diurnal temperature variations, and year-round misty conditions—making it a naturally ideal tea-growing region with a long history of tea cultivation. Legend has it that the consort of the Yellow Flower Emperor once resided here...
Wudang Taoist Tea is produced in the Qinba-Wudang mountainous region of northwestern Hubei, a world-renowned Taoist sacred site, one of China’s major tea origins, and the core water source area of the Middle Route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project. The tea plantations are mainly located in the lofty mountains at altitudes between 500m and 1000m, enjoying a superior ecological environment and natural conditions. It has been designated by the Ministry of Agriculture of China as
The Mind-Clearing Wudang Tea Ceremony The renowned Wudang Taoist tea, crafted by monks in ancient temples, is famous for its ability to purify the mind. Its premium varieties—Taihe, Zhenjing, Lüyu, and Yinja—boast visible downy tips, glossy emerald leaves, bright infusion color, and a fragrant, pleasant taste. Highly favored by consumers, these teas have become essential purchases for pilgrims visiting the sacred mountain. Wudang Yinja Tea…
The Wudang Mountain Bashan Temple Tea Factory was established in 1987, located midway along the cable car road of the world-famous Taoist sacred site Wudang Mountain, at an altitude of over 800 meters. The tea gardens remain lush and misty all year round. Under the long-term influence of the high-altitude mountain climate, ancient Taoist monks selected and planted tea trees with the spirit of Shennong tasting hundreds of herbs. Today, the people of Bashan Temple apply the unique tea-making craftsmanship akin to that of the Supreme Taoist Deity in refining elixirs, offering a diverse range of products with distinctive quality. The factory produces two specialty products: Wudang famous teas and Wudang health pillows. The four renowned Wudang teas—Wudang Silver Sword, Zhenjing, Taihe, and Qifeng—have won gold awards at agricultural expos, international recognition as famous teas, and in 2001, successfully obtained organic tea certification from the Organic Food Development Center of the State Environmental Protection Administration. The Wudang health pillow has been granted a national patent. Made primarily from pollution-free and harmless Wudang medicinal herbs, it offers benefits such as anti-cancer properties and fatigue relief, and is especially effective as a comprehensive treatment for gynecological conditions. In recent years, under the leadership of Wang Fuguo, the entire team has dedicatedly researched and introduced Wudang Taoist Kung Fu Tea. This tea boasts a sweet aftertaste and a refreshing floral aroma. Since its launch, it has been highly favored by tea drinkers and widely accepted, offering benefits such as skin beautification, digestion aid, and weight loss. The Bashan Temple Tea Factory has now developed into a corporate group. It currently manages over 1,200 acres of tourist and ecological tea gardens, owns fixed assets worth 16 million yuan, factory and residential buildings covering 10,000 square meters, more than 50 sets of advanced machinery and equipment, and employs over 40 personnel with mid-to-senior level professional titles. The processing workshop adopts a fully enclosed, sterile, organic production line, producing a limited annual output of 20,000 pounds of mid-to-high-end tea, with an annual output value of 6 million yuan. It has become an OFDC-certified thousand-acre organic tea garden, an organic tea demonstration base in Hubei Province, and a well-known enterprise in the province. The Bashan Temple Tea Factory warmly welcomes guests from home and abroad to visit the Taoist sacred site Wudang Mountain for sightseeing, and to come to Bashan Temple for tea tasting and Taoist discourse.
Zhuxi Tribute Tea is a specialty of Zhuxi County in Shiyan City, Hubei Province. With over four hundred years of tea production history, Zhuxi tea has long been praised as “Water from the Yangtze Gorges, Tea from the Plum Valley of Chu.” In recent years, Zhuxi County, aiming to become “a major tea-producing county in Hubei and a renowned green tea county nationwide,” has further expanded its tea industry...
Meizi Tribute Tea is a specialty of Zhuxi County in Shiyan City, Hubei Province. Zhuxi County has long been known as “the water of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, and the tea of Meizi from the Chu region.” In recent years, the total tea-growing area in Zhuxi County has reached 130,000 mu, ranking second in the province. Meizi Tribute Tea originated in Meiziya. By the late Spring and Autumn period, tea from Meiziyashan had become a tribute to the imperial court; during the Tang Dynasty, tea from Meiziyashan
The Relationship Between the Quality of Zhuxi Longfeng Tea and Meteorological Conditions The Zhuxi tea-growing region has a subtropical monsoon climate, with an average monthly sunshine percentage of 25%–48%, an average monthly temperature of 2.4°C–25.5°C, an average 0 cm ground temperature of 3.8°C–29.6°C, an average 5 cm ground temperature of 3.9°C–28°C, and an average 10 cm
A number of premium tea brands, such as “Longfeng,” “Biyuchunhao,” “Meizigong,” and “Yinqiaolvzhen,” have won over 100 awards in total, including 14 international and national gold awards. The region has become a well-known tea production base in northwestern Hubei. Among them, the “Longwangya” trademark has been recognized as a famous tea brand in Hubei Province, and Longwangya Tea Farm has been designated
They smell faintly of fresh green leaves, look vibrant and lush, and taste refreshingly smooth — these are the newly discovered organic tea mooncakes in Zhuxi. It turns out that Zhuxi Meizigong Tea Industry Co., Ltd., in collaboration with the Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, has developed a new type of healthy food: organic tea mooncakes. Using advanced and safe technology, the tea is processed into ultra-fine powder, then mixed with flour in a certain ratio and combined with other secret ingredients. Also launched at the same time are tea-flavored melon seed crisps, peanut crisps, and walnut crisps.
Shengshui Green Tea is produced in Zhushan County, Hubei Province, known as the "Hometown of High-Aroma Eco-Green Tea in China." It spans 15 tea-producing towns across the county and covers over 200,000 acres of tea plantations. The product is made from premium tea buds using traditional craftsmanship, resulting in a tea with a unique natural floral aroma, fresh and mellow taste, bright green liquor, and a sweet entry that leaves a lingering aftertaste, refreshing the mouth and throat, and contributing greatly to overall health.
Ingredients: 30g each of Coptis (wine-fried), Trichosanthes root, chrysanthemum, Szechuan lovage rhizome, mint leaves, and forsythia; 180g of Phellodendron (wine-fried); 360g of tea leaves. Recorded in *Home Remedies*.
A specialty product of Shiyan City. The city’s unique geographical and climatic conditions are particularly suitable for tea cultivation. The green tea produced here is of the high-aroma type, with excellent quality, and has won multiple gold awards at national and provincial product expos. Zhuxi County has been designated as an organic tea demonstration base by the provincial Department of Agriculture. Teas such as Longfeng-brand tea from Longwangya Tea Farm, and teas from Shengshui Tea Farm...