Where is the specialty of Shucheng Xiaolan?
territorial scope
Orchid tea is produced in Shucheng, Tongcheng, Lujiang, Yuexi and other places in Anhui Province. As early as before the Qing Dynasty, orchid tea was produced locally. There are two versions of the name of orchid tea: one is that the bud leaves are connected to the branches and look like a blue morning flower; Second, orchids in Zheng Zhi are in full bloom, and tea absorbs the fragrance of orchids, hence the name.
Specific mass
The quality characteristics of orchid tea are: the appearance of bud leaves is connected together like bluegrass, and the color is green, even and moist. After brewing, if the orchid is open and the branches are upright, it has a unique orchid fragrance, commonly known as "a fragrance on the hot air"; The soup is green, bright and clean, with mellow and sweet taste, flowering at the bottom of leaves and yellowish green.
Cultural allusions
Regarding the origin of Shucheng Xiaolan scented tea, Professor Chen Jue, a famous tea expert in China, wrote Anhui Tea Classic: "According to legend, before the Qing Dynasty, local gentry attached great importance to the production of orchid tea." The Selected Studies on Famous Tea and Tea Making in China, edited by him, made it clear that Shucheng Xiaolan scented tea was related to Biluochun, Taiping Monkey Kui, Yongqing Huo Qing and Guapian. Therefore, orchid tea has a history of at least 200 years. Why is it called orchid tea? There are also some interesting legends in the tea area: First, in the Qing Dynasty, there was a girl named Orchid in Shucheng Baisang Garden. She is ingenious, and the fried tea has a prominent aroma and looks like an orchid. Shandong tea merchants loved it very much, and the price was high. She worked day and night and died of overwork. The villagers named the orchid tea to commemorate her upcoming tea; At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Shen Xingyu, a tea farmer in Huangjiawan, Shucheng Moziyuan, was skilled in making tea, and the tea he made had a strong orchid fragrance, which won the appreciation of Zheng Guoying, the owner of Tongcheng tea shop, saying that his tea was like malt and fragrant as bluegrass flowers, so orchid tea was spread. From this point of view, the name of orchid tea mainly comes from its quality characteristics of "the appearance of buds and leaves is like a complete orchid, and there is an elegant orchid fragrance inside".
Shucheng orchids are produced in the administrative area of Shucheng County, Anhui Province.
territorial scope
The protection scope of Shucheng small orchid area includes Zhen, Yamazaki, Zhen, Lu, Zhen, Tangchi, Quedian, Chunqiu, Shucha, Nangang, Wuxian, Wanfohu, Ganchahe, Tangshu, Zhangmuqiao and Chengguan towns *** 16. Geographical coordinates are 30 01'~ 3134' north latitude and116 26' ~115' east longitude. The regional boundary connects Lujiang County in the east, Tongcheng, Qianshan County and Yuexi County in the south, Huoshan County and Jinan District County in the west and Feixi County in the north. The tea garden has a total area of 5,300 hectares and an annual output of 2,200 tons.