Basic Introduction to Chengmai Bitter Tea

Chengmai Bitter Tea is produced in Chengmai County, Hainan Province. The Chengmai Bitter Tea tree is very large, with a maximum diameter at breast height reaching 2.5 meters, and a height of 50 to 60 meters. Its lifespan can reach thousands of years. It has lush branches and leaves, and its leaves have a light waxiness, a mild bitterness, and a strong sweet aftertaste, making it a type of Bitter Tea with extremely high medicinal value.

Nutritional Value

According to “Compendium of Materia Medica,” Bitter Tea can effectively regulate the body's metabolic functions and significantly reduce serum total cholesterol levels in patients with hyperlipidemia. Chengmai Bitter Tea

It also reduces triglycerides and low-density lipoprotein. It has a significant preventive and therapeutic effect on diseases such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, elevated cholesterol, arteriosclerosis, diabetes, and obesity. Additionally, it has the functions of clearing heat, detoxifying, reducing inflammation, and relieving constipation.

Product Characteristics

Sensory Characteristics: tight or natural strip shape, clear and pure aroma that lasts, greenish-yellow liquor color, taste that starts bitter then turns sweet, and is durable for multiple infusions.

Manufacturing Method

Fresh leaves of Bitter Tea → sorting → spreading out to dry → fixation → kneading → handcrafted into strip shape or machine-made into natural strip shape → drying (moisture content ≤7%) → finished product sorting → quality inspection → packaging → warehousing.

Awards and Honors for Chengmai Bitter Tea

Producers within the protected geographical indication area for Chengmai Bitter Tea may apply to the Chengmai County Quality and Technology Supervision Bureau of Hainan Province to use the “Geographical Indication Product Special Mark.” The application will be announced and approved by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China.