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What is blended Dahongpao?Pure Dahongpao comes from the asexual propagation of cuttings from the mother tree, processed separately. Blended Dahongpao is a commercial product different from pure Dahongpao, created to meet market demand for Dahongpao by blending different varieties from Wuyi Mountain in certain proportions. It has distinct quality characteristics that differ from its blending ingredients. The Origin of Blended Dahongpao The blending of Dahongpao has ancient roots. The six mother trees growing above the Nine Dragon Gullies are not of a single variety but come from different lineages, with differing leaf shapes and budding periods, as well as different picking times. During the harvest period, they are picked in two to three batches, then refined and roasted together to produce the final product known as "Mother Tree Dahongpao." In 1985, technology personnel at the Wuyi Mountain Tea Research Institute blended "Dahongpao" using high-quality Wuyi rock teas like Rougui and Shuixian along with pure Dahongpao. The resulting tea had excellent aroma, liquor color, and taste, with a strong rock tea character, quickly gaining consumer approval. With advances in technology and increased innovation, various high-quality blends of Dahongpao have emerged according to market demand, and blended Dahongpao has become an important…

Herbal tea products are displayed at a shop in a Chinese medicinal herb trading center in Bozhou City, east China's Anhui Province, Sept. 8, 2023. ( tasteallchina /Zhao Jinzheng) HEFEI, Nov. 3 ( tasteallchina ) -- Its late autumn, and a herbal tea company in the city of Bozhou, Anhui Province, east China, is brewing up a storm. In a 20,000-square-meter facility, eight production lines are churning out nearly 20,000 boxes of herbal tea per day to meet market demand, with most sold across the country via e-commerce platforms. "Autumn and winter are peak seasons for us as demand for hot herbal tea increases during this period," said Teng Guangyou, owner of Anhui Shengshi Biotechnology Co., Ltd. Teng is among many locals to benefit from Bozhou's booming herbal tea industry. Dubbed the capital of the Chinese medicinal herb industry, Bozhou is home to the country's biggest medicinal herbs market and distribution center, putting it in a unique position to develop the herbal tea industry. Official data shows that Bozhou's annual production value of herbal tea has reached nearly 10 billion yuan (about 1.4 billion U.S. dollars), accounting for about 70 percent of China's herbal tea industry. "Since ancient times, Bozhou…