Songyang Dragon Boat Festival Tea

Songyang Dragon Boat Festival Tea

　　　　Product Name: Songyang Dragon Boat Festival Tea

　　Product Origin: Songyang, Lishui

　　Product Features: Strengthens the body and kidneys, aromatically transforms dampness, clears heat and relieves summer heat.

　　Product Introduction: All of Songyang's premium teas share common characteristics: tender plucking, meticulous processing, and unique appearances and internal qualities, embodying the style of high-mountain fine teas, truly treasures among teas. The tender green and crystal-clear tea liquor, the fresh, mellow, and refreshing taste, and the rich, invigorating aroma all leave tea drinkers in awe. Songyang Dragon Boat Festival Tea is a traditional folk health tea from Songyang, made from over twenty herbs such as patchouli, wild chrysanthemum, dried tangerine peel, and mulberry leaves. It can strengthen the body and kidneys, aromatically transform dampness, and clear heat and relieve summer heat.

　　Product History: Tea production in Songyang has been recorded as having reached significant scale since the Three Kingdoms period. By the Ming and Qing dynasties, the region's reputation for tea production had grown even stronger. According to the *Songyang County Annals*, in 1929, Songyang tea won first prize at the West Lake International Exposition. In recent years, the county has built upon its tea cultural heritage to develop and create seven famous teas, including "Yinhou" and "Yufeng." In 1984, Songyang "Yinhou" was recognized as a provincial-level famous tea. In 1991, it was honored as a Chinese cultural famous tea at the Hangzhou International Tea Culture Festival. "Songyang Yufeng" was rated as a provincial-level famous tea in 1988. In the same year, the finely processed "Mee Tea" from the Songyang Tea Factory won the Palm Leaf Award at the 24th World Food Expo.