The history of Jiande tea

Historical Origins

Jiande Tea was founded in 1870 and is produced in Jiande, Sandu, and Meicheng. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, merchants from the ancient four-party state of Yanzhou gathered, merchant ships, flower boats or boats were parked or parked on the river, and there were many restaurants and restaurants on the banks. When it was time, the Maoshan Mountain in southern Fujian was still very popular despite the fact that the price of tea was very expensive, so the supply was in short supply. The savvy tea merchants copied the Huangshan Maofeng in Sandu Xiaoli, and the tea imitated had unique characteristics. The buds were stalked with peduncles and resembled the orchids that were to be placed, but they were different from the Huangshan Maofeng's. The name is "Little Licha Tea." The tea bud leaves are sturdy, the buds are revealed and they have golden fish leaves. After brewing, they resemble the orchids that are still in bloom. They are fragrant. Once they are introduced, they are widely known for their reputation. The sales volume has doubled and the production scale has expanded rapidly. The merchants felt that the reputation of “Xiaoli” was too small. They used the word “Yanzhou” before the “苞茶” and renamed it as “严州苞茶”.

"Yanzhou tea" is rich in the end of the Qing Dynasty to the eve of the war, the annual output of 20 tons, sold to Hangzhou, Shanghai, Nanjing and other places. More than 90 years ago, it was resold to the former Soviet Union and Southeast Asia. After the war of resistance, the tea market slumped and production dropped sharply. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the production of tea was revived, and the production of wolfberry tea was restored. Since the adjustment of the product structure, the output has declined year by year, and it has almost disappeared in the 1970s.

In the 1980s, the city resumed innovation in tea and was renamed Jiande Tea. After the restoration and innovation of Jiande tea, in addition to its development on the banks of Sanjiang where it was originally produced, it also extends to high mountain tea areas such as Dazhou and Luocun with superior ecological environment. In 1995, Jiande tea was harvested in an area of ​​more than 200 hectares. . After the renovation, Jiande Tea has the characteristics of fatness, green color, fresh mellow taste, bright green color, etc., and has been rated as a provincial famous tea for three consecutive years.