Anding Cloud Mist Tea

Anding Cloud Mist Tea

Anding Cloud Mist Tea is a geographical indication certification trademark.

　　　　Product origin: Fuyang, Hangzhou

　　Product features: Emerald green color, rich juice, long-lasting aroma and flavor.

　　Product ingredients: Theine, tannin, aromatic oils, and vitamins C, B, and P.

　　Product benefits: Refreshes the mind, aids digestion, relieves hangovers, helps with weight loss and blood pressure control, reduces stagnation, and has anti-cancer properties.

　　Product description: Fuyang is known for its "eight mountains, half water, and half fields," with abundant tea-growing areas among the many hills. The green tea produced here is emerald green in color, rich in juice, and boasts a long-lasting aroma and flavor. Among Fuyang’s teas, Anding Cloud Mist Tea stands out as a premium choice. It is grown on the main peak of Anding Mountain in Lishan Township, standing over 900 meters above sea level. Covering an area of about ten thousand mu, this tea has a production history of nearly a thousand years. In 1986, it won the Zhejiang Province First-Class Quality Award and was renamed “Yanding Minghao.” Anding Tea is bathed in fog and dew year-round, with relatively low temperatures. The high elevation keeps it above the pollution of air and pesticides, while the moist soil with balanced acidity creates green tea with a faint orchid-like fragrance. Its pan-firing technique is also unique, employing a semi-roasted, semi-stir-fried method.

　　Product anecdote: A local legend surrounds Yanding Cloud Mist Tea. In the late Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, who sought to overthrow the Yuan rule, traveled through Fuyang and Tonglu to recruit talents and plan a rebellion. After the plot was exposed, Yuan soldiers pursued him. Zhu fled alone to Yanding Mountain. At the western end of the mountain lies Daxi Temple, where three Taoist priests, impressed by his noble appearance and sympathizing with his plight, sheltered him. After the Yuan soldiers left, the priests served him a cup of their homemade mountain tea. Zhu noticed the tea's steam lingering in the air without dispersing and was captivated by its unique fragrance after a sip. He asked where the tea came from. The priests told him it was grown on Yangshu Gang at the mountaintop, with only 18 tea bushes, and took him to see them. Zhu admired the tea bushes shrouded in clouds and mist and declared, “This is Yanding Cloud Mist Tea.” After he ascended the throne, Zhu Yuanzhang decreed that Yanding Cloud Mist Tea be listed as an imperial tribute. Today, the ruins of Daxi Temple at Yangshu Gang in Anding still remain, and a half-broken imperial stele inscribed with the historical account can still be found there.