Dongfeng Dwarf Oolong

Dongfeng Dwarf Oolong

Dongfeng Dwarf Oolong is a geographical indication certification trademark.

　　Dongfeng Town in Jian’ou City has a long history of tea production and is a major production area for northern Fujian oolong tea. The locally produced Dwarf Oolong tea is of excellent quality and highly popular in the market. Currently, the town has over 12,900 mu of tea plantations, yielding 25 million kilograms of refined tea annually.

　　It is reported that Guilin Village in Dongfeng Town still preserves a 15-mu tea plantation with tea trees that are over 160 years old, planted with the Dwarf Oolong variety. In September 1990, Professor Wu Zhenduo, a leading figure in Taiwan’s tea industry, confirmed through meticulous scientific research that Guilin’s Dwarf Oolong is the ancestor of Taiwan’s Qingxin Oolong. It is the origin garden of Taiwan’s renowned “Qingxin Oolong” and “Dongding Oolong” teas. To preserve this testament to the historical connection between Fujian and Taiwan’s oolong tea varieties, in June 1991, the Namping Regional Administrative Office, the Fujian Tea Association, and the Jian’ou County People’s Government erected a monument to protect this tea plantation.

　　Although the “feet” of Dwarf Oolong tea are “short,” they bring “high” income to local tea enterprises and farmers. Nowadays, the most expensive Dwarf Oolong tea can sell for tens of thousands of yuan per kilogram. In November 1999, at the first Beiyuan Tribute Tea Festival held by the Jian’ou Municipal Government, “Dongfeng Dwarf Oolong” was named the Tea King; in 2005, during the provincial famous and high-quality tea selection event, “Northern Fujian Oolong (Dongfeng Dwarf Oolong)” was awarded the title of Provincial Famous Tea. To leverage the production advantages of Dwarf Oolong tea and build a well-known brand, last year the Dongfeng Town government actively applied to register the geographical indication certification trademark “Jian’ou Dongfeng Dwarf Oolong,” which was successfully approved this spring.