Dong’an Oil Tea

Dong’an Oil Tea

　　Dong’an Oil Tea is a specialty of Dong’an County in Yongzhou City, Hunan Province. The hilly areas of Dong’an County mainly consist of red soil, which is highly suitable for the growth of oil tea, predominantly of the “Hanlu Zi” variety.

　　Oil tea cultivation in Dong’an has a history of over 2,000 years, with the county’s oil tea forest covering an area of more than 260,000 mu, spread across its eighteen towns and farms. Among them, the oil tea forests in six towns—Hengtang, Shiqishi, Jingtouwei, Duanqiaopu, Lumaqiao, and Luhongshi—each exceed 15,000 mu in area.