Zhulan Flower Tea Making Technique

Anhui
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Zhulan tea is produced in She County, Anhui Province. It is a traditional famous tea in She County with a very long history. It was produced as early as the Ming Dynasty. It is made of roasted green tea and fresh Zhulan flowers as raw materials. It is one of the main scented tea products in China. Zhulan is also called pearl orchid and tea orchid. It belongs to the Chrysanthemiaceae and Chrysanthemi genus. It is a herbaceous evergreen shrub that blooms from April to June, with May as the peak flowering period. The fragrance of the flowers is elegant, fresh and lasting, which is suitable for scenting scented tea. Zhulan tea uses scenting technology, which is divided into two stages: one is to make tea base, which is to bake, screen, winnow, pick, pile and other raw tea raw materials such as Maofeng, Dafang, and roasted green, and then grade and batch them according to standard samples. The second is scenting flowers, which is to scent refined plain tea with fresh Zhulan flowers so that the raw tea absorbs the fragrance of the flowers. After one or more scenting flowers, Zhulan tea is made. Specifically, it is made through a series of procedures such as tea embryo processing, flower maintenance, tea embryo re-firing, flower heat dissipation, flower re-firing, and uniform stacking and boxing. The characteristics of Zhulanhua tea are mainly elegant fragrance, fresh and refreshing, uniform appearance, dark green and glossy color, the whole flower is in a cluster after brewing, the soup color is yellow-green and clear, and the leaf bottom buds are fat and soft. Information source: Anhui Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center Information source: Anhui Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center

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