Cuilan Yuexi famous tea is a high-quality cloud tea grown in Dabie Mountains. Newly created famous tea. It is produced in the main thin, Toutuo and Laibang areas of Yuexi County in the hinterland of Dabie Mountain in western Anhui. This land originally belonged to Shouzhou and Zhou Shu. According to Lu Yu's Tea Classic, it is rich in tea, with fertile soil, mild climate, abundant rainfall and large temperature difference between day and night. Tea gardens are mostly distributed in deep mountain valleys at an altitude of 600-800 meters, with lush trees, fragrant flowers and misty clouds. "Cuilan Yuexi" was created on the basis of the traditional production technology of local famous tea Xiaolan. Grain Rain picked a bud and two leaves, fried them with a bamboo broom, shaped them by hand, and baked them with charcoal fire. Its beautiful appearance, connecting buds and leaves, naturally stretches like a small orchid; Its soup is green and bright, and its aroma is lasting; It tastes mellow and sweet.
Cuilan Yuexi tea is produced in Yuexi County in the abdomen of Dabie Mountain. Tea-shaped buds and leaves are connected, stretching into flowers, with green color, orchid-like, high and lasting aroma, light green and bright soup color, mellow and fresh taste, and light green leaves. Cuilan Yuexi was founded in 1980s. 1985 was rated as a national famous tea by the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries. 199/kloc-0 won the silver award in the seventh five-year plan, and/kloc-0 won the gold medal in the 1996 agricultural fair.
Cuilan Yuexi is mainly produced in eight natural films in the county, including Jiabao, Main Book, Toutuo, Laibang, Guanzhong, Gufang and Tiantou. Tea garden area 1 10,000 mu, output110,000 tons, with an output value of more than 45 million yuan.
Cuilan Yuexi's craftsmanship is exquisite. The picking period is around Grain Rain, and the standard is one bud, one leaf and two leaves. The fresh leaves are picked and spread before payment. The processing technology includes two steps: passivation and drying. Separate the pot from the second pot and make it by hand. The first pot lasts about 3 minutes. Grasp the high temperature and kill quickly. When the green gas disappears, the fragrance appears and is transferred to the second pot. The temperature of the second pot is slightly lower, and it is shaped while frying. When the weight loss of the fresh leaves reaches 45-50%, the fresh leaves are taken out of the pot for heat dissipation and baking. Baking is divided into wool fire and foot fire, which are carried out on a charcoal fire drying cage. It needs to be spread and cooled for more than half an hour between secondary baking. When the feet are dry, spread them out slightly and seal them in a bucket.
Tea trees in Yuexi generally grow in valleys with slopes above 500 meters above sea level. The ecological environment of tea garden is unique. The surrounding mountains are rolling, clouds are lingering, springs are flowing, the climate is mild, the sunshine is short, the temperature difference between day and night is large, and the rain and dew are moist. The tea produced is fat, fragrant, fresh and green, forming the excellent quality of famous tea.
Yuexi famous tea was officially named as "Cuilan Yuexi" by Anhui New Famous Tea and Famous Tea Appraisal Committee in May 1985. In June of the same year, it was awarded as one of the 1 1 national famous teas at the national high-quality famous tea selection meeting held by the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries, and was planted in Nanjing tea house for the first time, which was deeply loved by the majority of tea consumers.
The standard of fresh leaves in super Cuilan Yuexi is 1 2 leaves per bud. Tea making is divided into three processes: fixing, shaping and baking. Mechanized tea making has been realized now, but high-grade Cuilan Yuexi is still made by hand.
The quality characteristics of Cuilan Yuexi are "three greens", that is, the dry tea color is green, the soup color is green, and the leaves are light green. Appearance: buds and leaves are connected, which naturally unfolds into a flower shape with green and fresh color. Endoplasm: fragrant and long, mellow and sweet, fragrant, tender and even at the bottom of leaves.
From 65438 to 0985, Cuilan Yuexi and He Yao Huangshu, trial-produced stone Buddhist temples in Baojiahe, won the top two in the famous tea appraisal in Anqing area. In the same year, the two kinds of trial-produced teas were mixed and sent to the Ministry of Agriculture to participate in the national appraisal, and were rated as national newly-created famous teas. 1989 won the title of famous tea again in the national famous tea re-evaluation.
During the period of 1990, Yuexi County successively developed Yuexi Cui Ya and Yuexi Cui Jian, forming a series of famous teas in Cuilan Yuexi.
Yuexi tea set has the effects of promoting fluid production, quenching thirst, refreshing brain and improving eyesight, clearing away heat and diuresis, resolving food stagnation and detoxifying. "Cuilan Yuexi" has excellent quality and unique style. Its appearance is connected with buds and leaves, naturally stretched, shaped like an orchid, with green color, fresh and tender texture, rich fragrance and exposed awns.
After being brewed with boiled water, it is tender and fragrant for a long time, with mellow and fresh taste, light green and bright soup color and bright green leaves, which makes people drink freely and refreshing.