Majian Tea

Majian Tea

　　Majian Tea is a specialty of Majian Town, Zhuji City, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province. The tea leaves are straight, round, and slightly purple, with a slightly flat shape resembling a sword. Fine fuzz can be faintly seen, and the color is a mix of silver and emerald, giving it an elegant appearance. It boasts a natural fragrance richer than chestnuts, with clear and bright liquor, a fresh and mellow taste, and tender, even, and bright leaf bottoms.

　　Tea is a traditional natural beverage in China. Since ancient times, China has had the traditional etiquette of "serving tea to guests."

　　The famous tea from Majian, “Yunjian (Cloud Sword).” Yunjian Tea is produced at Sanjiaojian, the main peak of the Longmen Mountain Range in Majian, at an altitude of over 1,000 meters. The area features numerous peaks, shrouded in clouds and mist, with a mild climate, abundant rainfall, deep soil layers, and fertile land—conditions that are highly suitable for tea tree growth. The tea leaves from this region are primarily fertilized with organic farm manure, supplemented with a small amount of chemical fertilizer, aligning with current international quality preferences. Yunjian Tea follows strict picking standards: only the first unfurled leaf and bud are harvested, while the leaf is left on the stem. Picking by pinching or tearing is not allowed, nor are sick buds, purple buds, or frostbitten buds. During harvesting, small bamboo baskets no more than twenty-something centimeters high, each holding only about half a jin (250 grams), are used. The optimal time for picking fresh leaves within a day is between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Through a refined processing technique called "three firings and four stir-fries," combining machinery and handwork to process leaves picked strictly according to the standards, the tea acquires its distinctive characteristics: straight, round, and slightly purple leaves, slightly flattened like a sword, with faint fuzz visible, a color blending silver and emerald, elegant shape, a natural fragrance richer than chestnuts, clear and bright liquor, a fresh and sweet taste, and tender, even, and bright leaf bottoms. When the tea is brewed, the tea buds stand upright and slowly descend to the bottom of the cup, earning the poetic name "undersea forest."

　　In 1999, Yunjian Tea was inspected by the Tea Quality Supervision and Testing Center of the Ministry of Agriculture and was rated as having good overall quality, embodying the style of a famous tea and leading the quality level of internationally popular premium teas. It also passed the provincial new product appraisal. "Yunjian" tea is a flagship product of Majian Town. In 2000, it received organic tea quality certification from the Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and was named a local famous-brand product of Zhuji City. The "Yunjian Tea Development" project won the Second Prize for Technological Progress in Zhuji City and the Third Prize in Shaoxing City. Yunjian Tea won a gold award at the 2nd International Famous Tea Competition. In 2004, it was recognized as a national pollution-free product production base and also as a provincial green product production base. In 2005, it was re-evaluated as the "Famous Trademark: Yunjian." In 2006, it passed the ISO9001:2000 quality management system certification. In 2007, it obtained QS food safety quality certification. The company produces 1,500 dan (approx. 75 metric tons) of tea annually, with an output value of 25.8 million yuan. The tea is mainly sold to Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Tianjin, Xi'an, Kunming, Shenzhen, Zhengzhou, Hong Kong, various locations across China, and abroad.