Shangwan Xianhu Tea

Shangwan Xianhu Tea

　　Shangwan Xianhu Tea is a specialty of Shangwan Town, Dongyuan County, Heyuan City, Guangdong Province. With a taste that is sweet, fragrant, mellow, and smooth, and being free from pollution, it is not only a flagship product of Shangwan Town but also a treasured tea in Lingnan.

　　Xianhu Tea is produced in the Xianhu Mountain Range of Shangwan Town, Dongyuan County, Heyuan City, Guangdong Province. Shangwan Town is situated at the junction of Dongyuan, Longchuan, and Heping counties, just 60 kilometers from the city center. It borders Yidu in Longchuan to the east, connects with Zengtian to the south, neighbors Zhangxi to the west, and adjoins Chuantang to the north. The area has a simple and honest folk culture and is part of a revolutionary base region. At an altitude of 1,000 meters on Xianhu Peak, local farmers have been growing tea for generations.

　　The tea trees are planted in the lofty mountains and valleys at elevations between 850 and 1,000 meters. Due to the high elevation of the tea plantations, the area is often shrouded in clouds all year round, with high air humidity, short sunlight duration, abundant diffused light, deep soil layers, and high organic matter content — all of which are very favorable for tea tree growth. As a result, the tea trees generally have short stems, well-developed fuzz, abundant chlorophyll, and are rich in tea polyphenols and nitrogenous aromatic substances. These superior ecological conditions have made Shangwan Xianhu Tea one of the renowned high-quality green teas in Guangdong Province.

　　Xianhu Tea has a taste that is sweet, fragrant, mellow, and smooth, is free from pollution, and is not only a flagship product of Shangwan Town but also a treasured tea in Lingnan.

　　Shangwan Xianhu-brand tea has obtained national organic food certification; its ten-thousand-mu high-quality Xianhu Tea production base has been successively recognized as a “Guangdong Province Famous and High-quality Tea Demonstration Base” and a “Guangdong Province Healthy Agricultural Science and Technology Demonstration Base.” At the Hong Kong International Agricultural Products Expo last year (2008), Shangwan Xianhu Organic Tea was awarded the gold medal after evaluation by the expert committee.