Gongcheng Tea

Gongcheng Tea

　　In the 14th year of the Sui Dynasty's Daye era (618 AD), the county was established and named Chacheng County. In the 4th year of the Tang Dynasty's Wude era (621 AD), it was renamed Gongcheng County. In February 1990, with the approval of the State Council, Gongcheng County was abolished and the Gongcheng Yao Autonomous County was established, making it the youngest among China’s 10 Yao autonomous counties. Gongcheng Yao Autonomous County has successively been honored as a National Ecological Agriculture Demonstration County, a National-level Ecological Demonstration Zone, and a National-level Sustainable Development Experimental Zone.

　　“Yirong Mingxiang Tea” – Gongcheng Tea is produced by Guangxi Gongcheng Yirong Mingxiang Tea Source Co., Ltd. The tea leaves are sourced from the company’s tea bases located in the mountainous areas of Gongcheng County and are carefully selected from the tender tips of leaves harvested during the Qingming and Guyu seasons to produce green tea and black tea series. In addition to retaining the key characteristics of traditional famous teas, “Yirong Mingxiang Tea” – Gongcheng Tea also features purity, long-lasting brews, excellent color, delicious taste, mellow aroma, and a sweet aftertaste. It is not only an outstanding tea for direct brewing but also high-quality raw material for tea beverage production. As green tea is an unfermented tea, its nature allows it to retain more of the natural substances found in fresh leaves, including higher levels of nutrients such as tea polyphenols, caffeine, and amino acids. These natural components in green tea have special effects in anti-aging, cancer prevention, anti-cancer, sterilization, and anti-inflammation.

　　In 2013, “Yirong Mingxiang Tea” – Gongcheng Tea obtained organic product certification, with selenium content reaching 33mg/kg in green tea and 11mg/kg in black tea, making it one of the richest natural selenium-rich organic teas. It won the Gold Award in the green tea category and the Silver Award in the black tea category at the “10th China-ASEAN Expo Agricultural Exhibition.”

　　The tea planting area in Gongcheng exceeds 20,000 mu, with an annual production of over 8,000 tons of fresh tea leaves. A complete tea planting, processing, and sales industry chain has been formed, led by Gongcheng Yirong Mingxiang Tea Source Co., Ltd. alone, the company’s large-scale tea planting base spans over 5,000 mu, distributed across areas such as 100 mu in Bayan Village and Xinhe Village in Xiling Township, Daoping Village, Dajiang Village in Ping’an Township, Jianliyuan in Guanyin Township, Gucheng Village in Gucheng Town, and others.