Taoyuan County

Basic Introduction to Taoyuan Black Tea Taoyuan Black Tea belongs to the black tea category of China's six major tea types, named after its origin in Taoyuan County, Hunan Province, China. Traditional Taoyuan Black Tea is divided into floral black tea, Gongfu black tea, and red brick tea. Modern Taoyuan Black Tea includes golden buds, red curly snails, Gongfu black, and red Fu brick. The outstanding quality of Taoyuan large-leaf tea lies in its "large leaves, soft texture, robust color, abundant down, jade-green liquor, fragrant aroma, and lingering aftertaste." Tea experts have determined that this tea is rich in selenium, zinc, and other trace elements beneficial to human health, as well as over 500 types of polyphenols, with a tea polyphenol content as high as 35% and an amino acid content of 8.56%, more than twice that of conventional teas. Due to the fact that these tea plants only flower but do not fruit, along with excessive picking over centuries, by the 1960s, there were very few wild tea plants left in Taoyuan. At this time, many domestic tea scholars and experts came searching for them. Liao Yuzhao, a tea taster from Anhua, was astonished to find two distinctive large-leaf…

Basic Introduction to Taoyuan Wild Tea KingTaoyuan Wild Tea King is a specialty of Taoyuan County, Hunan Province, and a Chinese national geographical indication protected product. This tea is a critically endangered mountain wild large-leaf tea variety. It is characterized by "large leaves, soft leaf texture, deep green color, robust buds, abundant downy hair, emerald-colored infusion, fragrant aroma, and lingering aftertaste." Through local research and protection, the artificial propagation of this variety has been achieved, with production gradually increasing. Product FeaturesIn 1969, Mr. Lu Wanjun, a native and graduate of the Hunan Tea School, and tea taster Mr. Liao Yuzhao discovered two rare large-leaf tea trees in the wild tea population of Lujiazhong Village, Taipingpu Township. These trees had "large leaves, soft leaf texture, deep green color, robust buds, abundant downy hair, emerald-colored infusion, fragrant aroma, and lingering aftertaste." Upon evaluation by tea experts, it was determined that this tea is rich in selenium, zinc, and other trace elements beneficial to human health, as well as over 500 types of phenolic substances. The tea polyphenol content reaches up to 35%, and the amino acid content is as high as 8.56%, both higher than any other tea varieties. This tea also…