Wuyi Tea Banquet

Wuyi Tea Banquet

　　The Wuyi Tea Banquet, made primarily with Wuyi Rock Tea as the main ingredient, boasts the unique fragrance and charm of rock tea. It has a light and refreshing taste without being greasy, leaving a lingering aroma in the mouth.

　　Wuyi Mountain is rich in rock tea production, with a long history and superior quality, renowned for its distinctive “rock bone and floral fragrance.” The Wuyi Tea Banquet makes use of local ingredients, refined through the continuous exploration and practice of master chefs, culminating in one of the banquet’s signature offerings.

　　The Wuyi Tea Banquet originated in the 1990s. In selecting tea for the banquet, it is not limited to premium black tea and oolong tea—rock tea—but also incorporates green tea into the dishes. This allows for adjustments based on guests’ body constitutions; green tea is cooling, black tea is warming, and oolong tea is moderate, catering to individual preferences.

　　The Wuyi Tea Banquet is prepared using modern culinary techniques, with a wide variety of methods employed—steaming, sautéing, stir-frying, braising, and stewing all come into play. Whether using tea juice, fresh leaves, or featuring tea as the main or supplementary ingredient, the possibilities are endless. Wuyi Tea Noodles are made by mixing tea leaf juice into the dough, resulting in a light green color, fragrant taste, soft and chewy texture, and delightful flavor. The dish “Cinnamon Fragrance” uses fresh Wuyi Cinnamon tea leaves coated in flour and deep-fried, served atop bamboo rafts crafted from wild mountain bamboo shoots, with a mushroom serving as the “boatman” at the bow—vividly lifelike and entirely edible.

　　A highly representative Wuyi Mountain Villa Tea Banquet includes 18 dishes such as Assorted Colorful Butterflies, Golden Fried Stone Scales, Zhengshan Pheasant, Superior Soup Wontons, Cold Tossed Tea Noodles, Biluochun Raw Fish, and Old Bush Roast Ribs. Each dish features tea in some form, subtly or prominently, exuding a delicate tea aroma.

　　Every visitor to Wuyi Mountain is captivated by the elegant and refreshing tea banquet. Its widespread popularity stems not only from aligning with the trend of green and eco-friendly foods but also from the health benefits of tea, which include invigorating the spirit, aiding digestion, improving appetite, promoting weight loss, and enhancing beauty.