There's an old Chinese saying "famous mountains produce famous tea". Huang Shan is one of China's famous mountains and Maofeng Green Tea produced there is certainly one of the best. Huangshan Maofeng Tea is one of China's Top Ten Famous tea and often serves as the Chinese National Gift Tea. It was presented to President Putin when Chinese President Hu visited Moscow in 2007. It is said Mr Putin said he can't praise it too much.
Huangshan Maofeng Tea is noted for its amazing orchid fragrance and fresh, sweet taste.The dried tealeaves are yellowish green with a slight upturn, and covered with silvery hair. In local, there is a saying: the first cup is most fragrant, the second sweetest and the third, strongest.
The Tribute Huangshan Maofeng showed here, grown at an elevation of over 800 meters, was totally hand made of tealeaves picked from wild tea trees of the Yellow Mountain before Qing Ming (Early April). During ancient China, the Huangshan Maofeng of this kind was served as the Tribute Tea for imperial court. |