Xuyong Caoping Cuiya Tea

Xuyong Caoping Cuiya Tea

　　Xuyong Caoping Cuiya is a specialty from Huangpingcao in Xuyong County, Luzhou City, Sichuan Province. The finished tea features slender, pointed leaves with a bright emerald green color, a high and fresh aroma, clear and bright green liquor, and a deliciously fresh and mellow taste. When brewed, the tea buds slowly sink and stand upright at the bottom of the cup, resembling bamboo shoots after the rain, making it highly valuable both for tasting and appreciation.

　　Xuyong County is one of the original birthplaces of tea trees. After more than thirty years of cultivation and development, the county’s tea industry has formed large-scale layouts including the Houshan Organic Eco-tea Belt, Hongyan Premium Tea Belt, Xianglin Ultra-Early Tea Belt, and the Huangpingcao Tea Science and Technology Demonstration Zone. The total tea plantation area has reached 36,700 mu, with an annual output of over 2,000 tons and a production value of nearly 80 million yuan.

　　Caoping Cuiya is harvested and processed in Huangpingcao, one of the first pollution-free tea production bases certified by the Ministry of Agriculture. It is a type of special flat green tea, made from the early spring single buds of Fuding Dabai tea. The finished tea has a slender, pointed shape, bright emerald green color, a high and fresh aroma, clear and bright green liquor, and a deliciously fresh and mellow taste. When brewed, the tea buds slowly sink and stand upright at the bottom of the cup, resembling bamboo shoots after the rain, making it highly valuable both for tasting and appreciation. It possesses the quality traits of “beautiful shape, emerald color, rich fragrance, and mellow taste.” The tea was created by agricultural technicians (Zhang Jihua), won a silver award at a tea expo in 2000, and was honored as a famous and high-quality agricultural product at the Western Agricultural Expos in both 2002 and 2005. It enjoys the reputation of being the “Number One Tea of Xuyong.”

　　In 2013, Xuyong County’s “Caoping Cuiya,” a premium tea, stood out at the 2nd China (Sichuan) International Tea Expo and won the gold award, marking the highest honor ever achieved in the history of Xuyong’s tea industry to date.