Rucheng Bitter Tea

Rucheng Bitter Tea

　　   Rucheng Bitter Tea is a specialty of Rucheng County, Chenzhou City, Hunan Province. This tea has a cooling nature, tastes bitter at first and then sweet, and boasts a unique flavor. It helps quench thirst, clear heat and reduce internal fire, relieve summer heat and detoxify, as well as eliminate fishy smells and sober up the mind. It has won both international and domestic awards.

　　   Rucheng has abundant tea resources, a long history, and high-quality tea, with a cultivation area of 1,000 hectares. The main types include 200 hectares of White Hair Tip tea, which won the gold medal at the Paris International Famous and High-quality Products Expo in 1997, with an annual output of 80 tons; 267 hectares of Selenium Mountain Tea, with an annual output of 160 tons; 400 hectares of Longxi Tea, with an annual output of 210 tons; and 133 hectares of Bitter Tea, with an annual output of 9 tons. Bitter Tea has a cooling nature, tastes bitter at first and then sweet, and boasts a unique flavor. It helps quench thirst, clear heat and reduce internal fire, relieve summer heat and detoxify, as well as eliminate fishy smells and sober up the mind. It has won both international and domestic awards.