Anhui Tea
Anhui is a Chinese province known for its beauty. This province is in the east of China. The famous Yangtze River runs across the middle of this landlocked province. On the north side of the river are flatlands that extend widely, and on the south side there are towering mountains of Huangshan Range which has peaks above 5900 feet high.
Anhui has an ancient tradition with tea production where green tea has been cultivated for many years while black teas were only introduced in the late 1800s.
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About Tea Growing in Anhui
The main tea growing districts lie to the south of the Yangtze in and around the high Huang Shan Mountains. Some of the best tea plantation growing areas around the world ( notably Darjeeling, India ) are from high mountain ranges. Growing conditions are very good with rich soils, a temperate climate and good rainfall levels.
Anhui is particularly famous for Huangshan Maofeng, which is a delicious green tea grown near Huangshan. Keemun tea is another tea variety known to the area.
The mountains atmosphere is often called the “Sea of Clouds” as the clouds and mists roll in amongst the pine trees, the clear mountain air and the fresh mountain spring waters feeding the tea bushes, making this a fantastic tea producing region.
Famous Teas from the mountains include Tai Ping Hou Kui and Huang Shan Mao Feng Green Tea translated as “Yellow Mountain Fur Peak”. To the west is Qimen County which has a tea named after it, Keemun Tea.
Keemun from Anhui
Keemuns are some of the most popular teas with the very best teas being picked in the spring, the first two leaves and a bud of the growing season going to produce some of the very best quality Teas, for example Keemun Hao Ya A and Keemun Hao Ya B.
To the North of the Yangtze are some very fertile lower altitude tea growing districts. Here Green Teas and Yellow Teas are grown for including Huo Shan Huang Ya Yellow Tea, Lu An Gua Pian Green Tea and this is where our Kent Tea Company House Green Sencha Loose Leaf Tea originates.