Zhangjiajie's "Qingyan Mingcui" and "Lobster Flower Tea"
Among Wulingyuan's famous teas, Tianzi Mountain has Wuwu Tea and Maofeng, Suoxiyu has Maojian, and Zhangjiajie has "Qingyan Mingcui" and "Lobster Flower Tea," both officially listed as national famous teas and awarded Gold Cup prizes by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. (Qingyan Mingcui) "Qingyan Mingcui" is known for its excellent inner quality and beautiful appearance, with highly refined processing. Its silvery tips...
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Among the famous teas of Wulingyuan, Tianzi Mountain has Qiwu tea and Maofeng, Suoxiyu has Maojian tea, and Zhangjiajie has "Qingyan Mingcui" and "Lobster Flower Tea," all formally listed as national famous teas, and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce has awarded them the Golden Cup Award.
(Qingyan Mingcui)
The characteristics of "Qingyan Mingcui" are excellent internal quality and beautiful appearance, with great attention paid to production. It is covered with silver down, with exposed buds and tips, tightly rolled strips, round and curved. When you steep it in high-mountain spring water, you see its emerald green color and it immediately gives off a rich, clear fragrance. Tasting this tea, the flavor is mellow with a sweet aftertaste, refreshing to the brain and spirit, and leaving fragrance on the teeth. After tasting this fragrant tea, Zhu Xianming, secretary-general of the Hunan Provincial Tea Society and professor at the Provincial Agricultural College, immediately wrote a poem in praise: "Zhangjiajie, bright pearl of scenery, once famous, ten thousand guests come. The forest sea shows its beauty across the four rivers, tea fragrance drifts at home and abroad."
(Lobster Flower Tea)
The "Lobster Flower Tea" of the Wulingyuan Scenic Area is also a famous tea with unique characteristics. It is scientifically blended from high-mountain Maojian tea and the rare and unique lobster flower. Its features are: first, the tea liquid is apricot-yellow and clear, with a sweet and refreshing taste and a sweet aftertaste, a clear and pleasant aroma, and fragrance lingering on the cheeks and teeth; second, it is rich in amino acids and has good internal quality; third, its appearance is beautiful, with a large head and plump body, and a tail tip slightly curved, shaped like a lobster flower, with a beautiful and lifelike form.
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