Henan

Xinyang Maojian, also known as Yu Mao Feng, belongs to the category of green teas and is one of China’s Top Ten Famous Teas, as well as a renowned specialty of Henan Province. Its main production areas are in the Shilhe District (formerly Xinyang City), Pingqiao District (formerly Xinyang County), and Luoshan County in Xinyang City. The tea is celebrated for its unique style characterized by its “fineness, roundness, glossiness, straightness, abundant white tips, high fragrance, rich taste, and green infusion color.” Xinyang Maojian is a premium tea, with its high status stemming not only from its advantageous growing conditions and exquisite processing techniques but also from its scarcity and preciousness. With limited annual production, it becomes a sought-after item among tea collectors and enthusiasts. More than just a tea, Xinyang Maojian carries the treasure of traditional Chinese tea culture, offering a taste of its exceptional quality and the allure of tea culture. The spring harvest of Xinyang Maojian typically begins around late March to early April. This period marks the primary harvesting season for Xinyang Maojian spring tea, when the tea quality is at its best. Tea farmers usually choose to pick on days with clear weather and suitable…

In recent years, Suxianshi Township has strengthened its approach of using party building to promote rural revitalization. Leveraging its own resource endowments, it has cultivated and expanded distinctive industries. The township has transformed organizational advantages into development advantages for the tea industry and turned the exemplary role of party members into driving forces for growth. Currently, there are 26,000 mu (approximately 1733 hectares) of high-altitude tea gardens in the township, generating nearly 200 million yuan in output value. It has received certifications as a "Green Food" raw material base and a provincial "Three Products and One Mark" base. Party Building Leads Organizational Efforts To Boost the Tea Industry's Growth and Strength Focus on "Dual Binding" to Gather Strength. The township continues to deepen the approach of "building branches along the industrial chain." Two provincial key leading enterprises play a leading role in integrating resources, innovating models, and setting examples. They establish a "dual binding" mechanism, binding households to cooperatives and cooperatives to leading enterprises, which radiates to more than 120 participating party members and leads to the establishment of 127 tea-specialized cooperatives, involving 13,000 mu (approximately 867 hectares) of tea gardens, and benefiting over 500 tea-growing households. Focus on Linkage…

Dark tea is one of the six major types of Chinese tea that involves microbial fermentation in the formation of its quality and flavor. In 2021, China's total production of dark tea reached 396,900 tons, ranking third among the six major types of tea. In 2022, China's dark tea industry entered a new phase of high-quality development. Since the late 1980s, the team of tea experts from Hunan Agricultural University has successively conducted basic research, technological innovation, and product innovation on dark tea, scientifically interpreting the drinking attributes and health benefits of Anhua dark tea. As the health benefits of dark tea have been continuously confirmed by research, it has gradually become an ideal beverage for people to prevent sub-health. I. Tea-Horse Trade and the Origin of Dark Tea The exact time of origin of dark tea remains uncertain. The term "dark tea" was already in use during the mid-Ming Dynasty. The emergence of dark tea is inseparable from the long-lasting tea-horse trade between central China and the border regions. It may have been the long-distance transportation between inland and border areas, between producing and consuming areas, that gave rise to the durable and transportable dark tea category. Therefore, it…