31 May 2010

About Tieguanyin

About Tieguanyin

Tie Guan Yin, Guan Yin tea, also known as Red, red like Guanyin. Yao Qing Yongzheng Yang Xiping discovered in Anxi and start promoting. Delicate nature, less resistance, low output, the "bad but good plant," said. "Red Bud crooked tail Peach" is one of the characteristics Tieguanyin pure, is to produce varieties of Oolong tea's Premium.

Anxi Tieguanyin main producing areas in the west of the "Anxi", where mountains, mountainous stretches, misty, most of the acidic red soil, deep soil, especially suitable for tea growing.

Tieguanyin make rigorous, sophisticated techniques. Sprout in late March, early May Draw a year, collect and process the spring, summer, summer and autumn seasons. Tea quality of tea as the best in autumn, spring tea output up to about 40-45% of annual production; autumn tea aroma of the most concentrated, commonly known as "mobiledog", yield about 15-20%. Leaves picked in bud formation must shoot, the top Ye Gang was started in a small open area or open surface, the adoption of the next two, three leaves, and do not pay attention to a broken blade, not folded leaf sheets, do not break up the leaves not hairtail leaves and old stems. Attention should also be harvested in different production and different time zones can not be mixed with tea.