Zigui Green Tea

Last updated 2026-11-10 — Zigui County has a long history of tea production, abundant tea resources, and naturally high-quality tea. According to county records, Guizhou (an ancient name for Zigui) was a tribute tea-producing region during the Tang Dynasty. The 1901 edition of the *Guizhou Annals* states in its section on local products: “When brewed and kept in a bowl overnight, its color remains unchanged.” The development of tea production in our county has gone through several stages: initial growth after the founding of the People’s Republic of China, steady development in the late 1980s, stagnant growth in the late 1990s, and rapid development in the new century. By the end of 2009, a total of 12 townships (towns), 120 villages, and 55,000 farming households in the county were engaged in tea production. The current tea plantation area covers 53,700 mu, of which 32,000 mu are harvested, including 15,000 mu dedicated to early-harvest tea bases. The annual tea output reaches 1,682 tons, of which 1,300 tons are premium teas, accounting for 77.3%. The total value of tea production is 33.64 million yuan. The main concentrated production areas are in five townships: Maoping, Jiuniànxi, Guojiaba, Shazhenxi, and Shuitianba. The county now has over 110 tea processing factories, including two with an annual processing capacity of over 1,000 tons of dried tea, and more than 1,300 sets of tea processing machinery.