Emei Mountain Tea [Sichuan Emei Mountain Specialty]

What is Emei Mountain tea? Authentic Sichuan Emei Mountain Specialty: Emei Mountain Tea

Summary:Do you want to know what Emei Mountain Tea is? This article is a detailed introduction toSichuan Emei Mountain specialty - Emei Mountain tea. It was compiled and edited by the editorial team of China Specialty Network after reviewing and collecting relevant information about Emei Mountain tea. The full text takes about 11 minutes to read, mainly including the basic introduction of Emei Mountain tea and its nutritional value? What are the product characteristics of Emei Mountain tea? How did the history of Emei Mountain tea come about? The production method of Emei Mountain tea, etc

Introduction to Emeishan Tea

Emeishan tea belongs to the green tea category. Its discovery, cultivation, utilization, and tasting originated early in Emeishan and have a long history of tea culture. It has formed its own unique planting and processing techniques, and its notable characteristics are "flat and smooth, tender green and oily, fragrant and long, fresh and mellow". Due to the outstanding natural environment, unique tea resources, and long-standing religious culture of Mount Emei, a wide variety and excellent quality of tea production and tea culture have been formed. Especially its Buddhist tea culture has a long history and far-reaching influence

Drinking tea can supplement the various vitamins needed by the human body.

Tea contains multiple vitamins. According to their solubility, they can be divided into water-soluble vitamins and fat soluble vitamins. Among them, water-soluble vitamins (including vitamin C and B vitamins) can be directly absorbed and utilized by the human body through drinking tea. Therefore, drinking tea is a good way to supplement water-soluble vitamins, and regularly drinking tea can meet the body's needs for multiple vitamins. Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, can enhance the body's resistance and immunity. The content of vitamin C in tea is relatively high, generally ranging from 10mg to 250mg per 100g of green tea. The content of high-grade Longjing tea can reach over 360mg, which is higher than that of fruits such as lemon and citrus. Black tea and oolong tea have a decrease in vitamin C content due to oxidation and damage during the fermentation process, with only a few tens of milligrams remaining per 100 grams of tea leaves. Especially for black tea, the content is even lower. Therefore, the higher the grade of green tea, the higher its nutritional value. Drinking only 10 grams of high-quality green tea per person per day can meet the daily requirement of vitamin C in the human body

Diverse Climate

Mount Emei has a unique natural climate, known for the characteristic of "four seasons in a day, different days within ten miles". The vertical distribution of the entire mountain climate zone is obvious, with subtropical climate, warm temperate climate, mid temperate climate, and subarctic climate from low to high. The abundant climatic elements within the region provide a breeding and survival space for various plants growing under different climatic conditions, and offer superior natural conditions for a large number of wild ancient tea communities and artificial tea gardens

Fertile Soil

The geological structure of Mount Emei is complex, and the soil in the area is abundant, mainly consisting of six types of soil: yellow soil, purple soil, calcareous soil, yellow brown soil, and dark brown soil. The soil between 600 meters and 1500 meters above sea level in the entire mountain has strong leaching effects due to abundant precipitation, abundant vegetation, and numerous wild animals. The soil base is highly unsaturated, resulting in acidic and weakly acidic reactions in this large area of soil, which is very conducive to the growth of various plants and more suitable for the development of tea gardens

Abundant precipitation

Mount Emei has abundant precipitation, with an annual precipitation of around 1700 millimeters. The air in the area is humid, and the plants grow vigorously. There is no drought throughout the year, and the forest water storage capacity remains above 40%. Tangquan Mountain Creek is densely distributed throughout the mountain, with abundant water resources, abundant precipitation, and excellent forest water storage functions, naturally regulating the climate of the entire mountain. More than 5000 species of plants compete in the sky, and the development of the "Emei Snow Sprout" organic tea garden is particularly blessed with these unique conditions

The history of Emei Mountain tea began more than a thousand years ago with the agricultural culture of the ancestors in the Emei region, and began with the founding figures of ancient Chinese Taoism who first fled to Emei Mountain to seek immortality in the Western Zhou Dynasty. Such as Mr. Guigu, Wang Yi, and the recluse of Chu, Lu Tong

In the Sui and Tang dynasties, the tea ceremony (picking, processing, roasting, and storage; tea ceremony, ritual gift, and tribute to the court) that took place over a thousand years before the Taoist and Buddhist scriptures had become a ritual preface system. With hundreds of years of visits to the imperial court, various government offices, high-ranking officials, temple offerings, ordinary pilgrims, and literati and scholars from different dynasties, Emei Mountain has been coming in droves. As a prelude to temple etiquette, tea drinking has become an essential ritual activity for both Taoism and Buddhism in the mountains. The tea art connotations of receiving guests, guiding guests, watching tea, brewing tea, tasting tea, discussing Taoism and Buddhism tea are gradually forming; The mountain breeze, forest waves, and rising water all create the charm of Xianshan tea. The tea monks in Taoist temples and monasteries have their own insights and teachings on tea, which have been passed down from generation to generation

"The wind pushes the pine forest roaring, and the tea cooks eternal snow"

"Blue and white flowers hold a cup, asking the Emei Ghost Valley Baozhang Mountain woodcut what nourishes the year and the moon; five thousand herbs, protecting the immortal mountain Jiamu, bearing the blessings of the sky and absorbing the fragrance of the Yao grass, roasting it into snow buds"

"In front of the thatched cottage during Qingming and spring, Emei Mountain is lush with a sachet of fragrance"

The tea baked by the Taoist and Buddhist sects of Emei Mountain is never used for commercial transactions, but is enjoyed by donors, pilgrims, and Taoist temples. Temples never charge for tea. Both Taoism and Buddhism consider them as ceremonial items. When wandering monks participate in the study of Mount Tai or when renowned monks from home and abroad come to pay their respects to Samantabhadra, Buddhist sects will present the highest grade snow buds in the temple as ceremonial gifts

Method of making Emei Mountain tea

Farmer's method: Collect fresh tea leaves (i.e. the tender buds that have just emerged from the tea leaves), then put them in a heating device (clay pot) and bake them. Do not dry them. When the tea leaves are soft and about 50% of the moisture has been dried, manually rub them (while they are still hot, the temperature of the tea leaves has not subsided) for about ten minutes, and finally dry them in the sun. The natural tea leaves will come out