Pinghe County

Basic Introduction to Baiya Qilan TeaBaiya Qilan Tea is a rare new variety of oolong tea successfully cultivated from local tea plant varieties by agricultural technicians from the Pinghe County Agricultural Bureau and Pengxi Village, Qiling Township, Fujian Province. It is a shrub type with medium-sized leaves. The new shoots are notably covered with white down, and the tree has a moderate growth habit with a semi-spreading canopy and relatively dense branching at a lower position. Winter buds sprout in late March, and the tea can be harvested from late April to early May. In Pinghe, there are about four rounds of shoots per year, with an effective growing period of 215-230 days. It has strong bud-forming ability and good tenderness retention. The processing of Baiya Qilan Tea is meticulous and sophisticated. Nutritional ValueThe newly cultivated Baiya Qilan Tea was approved as a provincial-level superior tea variety in 1996. The processing of Baiya Qilan Tea is highly meticulous, resulting in high-quality tea. The evaluation conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture's Tea Quality Inspection Center in the spring of 1996 concluded: "The tea has a firm and uniform appearance, dark green and lustrous; the liquor is orange-yellow, with a fresh and…

"Man is but a traveler without origin, so don’t ask where home lies. Contentment is everywhere, for the world is full of floral fragrance," wrote the renowned scholar Lin Yutang, who was born in Pinghe County, Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province, China.In his beautiful hometown, there is an enchanting Oolong tea known as Baiya Qilan. It is a rare and precious variety of Oolong tea and a product protected by a national geographical indication, with a very poetic name. Baiya Qilan originated in Pengxi Village, Pinghe County, Zhangzhou, Fujian Province. It is named for its fresh leaves that have white downy tips and the unique orchid aroma of the finished tea. It is one of the five famous teas in Fujian Province alongside Anxi Tieguanyin, Wuyi Rock Tea, Minbei Shuixian, and Yongchun Foshou. The main producing areas of Baiya Qilan are now located in the Qiling Township and Jiufeng Town regions of Pinghe County, near Mount Dacenshan, the highest mountain in southern Fujian with an elevation of 1,544 meters. Snowfall is a rare sight in southern Fujian, except in Pinghe, where even rime ice can be seen on the summit of Mount Dacenshan during snowfall. Pinghe County not only produces tea…