Yanjin Tea

Yanjin Tea

　　   Yanjin Tea is a specialty of Yanjin County, Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province. Yanjin tea has long been renowned for its excellent infusion color and authentic taste.

　　   As early as the early 1960s, Yanjin County was listed among China’s 107 key tea-producing counties. Jasmine tea, Maojian, Maofeng, Shilixiang, and Kuding tea have been included in the book *China's Selected Famous, Special, and High-quality New Products*. Currently, the county has 71,000 mu of tea plantations, over 60 large and small refined and crude tea processing factories, with an annual tea production of 1,600 tons.