Shengtang Mountain Wild Tea

Shengtang Mountain Wild Tea

　　Shengtang Mountain Wild Tea is a specialty of Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County in Laibin City, Guangxi. “Wild tea” refers to tea plants that have not been cultivated, domesticated, or extensively utilized by humans. The taste of wild tea is often bolder and more distinctive than that of plantation tea, with greater infusion endurance and relatively rich nutritional content.

　　To strengthen the wild tea brand and boost farmers' incomes, Jinxiu County in Guangxi has actively developed the public brand “Shengtang Mountain Wild Tea,” applied for national geographical indication status, and worked to enhance the visibility of its tea products. A wild tea conservation demonstration zone has been established in Shangguchen, Liuxiang Township, and research collaborations have been initiated with South China Agricultural University—leveraging abundant wild tea resources to cultivate suitable wild tea seedlings for planting and expand the area under wild tea cultivation.

　　Currently, the county has 30,000 mu of tea plantations, with two townships having over 5,000 mu of tea gardens each. Tea cultivation covers 45 administrative villages across nine townships in the county. A total of 10,000 mu of tea bases in the county have obtained pollution-free origin certification from the autonomous region, and four enterprises have acquired QS certification.