81. What are the historical "Four Famous Bushes" of Wuyi Rock Tea? In which year were they selected?

Answer: The Four Famous Bushes of Wuyi Rock Tea refer to Da Hong Pao, Tie Luohan, Shui Jingui, and Bai Jiguan. Sometimes Ban Tian Yao is included, making it the Five Famous Bushes. They were selected during the Xianfeng era of the Qing Dynasty (1860).

82. What does the "Three Pits and Two Streams" refer to as the main production areas of Wui Rock Tea?

Answer: It refers to Huiyuan Pit, Niulan Pit, Da Pit; Liuxiang Stream, and Wuyuan Stream.

83. Please tell the legendary story of the King of Wuyi Tea, Da Hong Pao.

Answer: (Omitted)

83. How many mother plants of Da Hong Pao are there? Where do they grow? How old are they?

Answer: There are 6 mother plants of Da Hong Pao, growing on the cliffs of Jiulongke in the Wuyishan Scenic Area. They are at least 360 years old.

84. Since there are only 6 Da Hong Pao plants, are all Da Hong Pao teas on the market fake?

Answer: Incorrect. Da Hong Pao is one of the high-quality tea plant varieties, like Tieguanyin and Longjing tea, and can be widely cultivated. Although there are only 6 mother plants, asexual reproduction began in the 1980s, and now there is batch production. The national product quality standard for Da Hong Pao was officially implemented on August 1, 2002. Therefore, any Da Hong Pao tea with the national protected designation of origin trademark is genuine. Those without the trademark might be counterfeit or inferior products.

85. What does the national standard specify for Da Hong Pao tea?

Answer: Da Hong Pao does not have grades. According to the national standard, Da Hong Pao should have tightly rolled, stout, and slightly twisted strips, an oily luster with a precious glow, a sharp, strong, and long-lasting aroma or a clear and distant fragrance. The liquor should be clear and bright, deep orange-yellow in color, with a mellow and rich taste, a sweet and refreshing aftertaste, a distinct rock rhyme (Yan Yun), and a lingering fragrance at the bottom of the cup. The brewed leaves should be soft, bright, even, with red edges or a cinnabar red hue.

86. What type of tea is Tieguanyin? When was it created? Where is its place of origin?

Answer: Tieguanyin belongs to the Oolong tea category and is a representative variety of Southern Fujian Oolong. It was created during the Qianlong era of the Qing Dynasty (1703-1775). It originated in Songlintou Village (now Songyan Village), Yaoyang Songlin, Xiping Town, Anxi County, Fujian Province.

87. What are the two legends about the origin of Tieguanyin?

Answer: The Wei Legend and the Wang Legend (Omitted)

88. Into how many types can Tieguanyin be classified? How many grades are there?

Answer: According to the national standard for Tieguanyin promulgated on November 4, 2004, Tieguanyin is divided into two types: Fresh Fragrance Type and Rich Fragrance Type. Each type is divided into five grades: Special Grade and Grades 1 through 4.

89. What are the differences between Fresh Fragrance Type Tieguanyin and Rich Fragrance Type Tieguanyin?

Answer: Fresh Fragrance Type Tieguanyin has a sandy green and emerald green color, while Rich Fragrance Type has a dark, moist color with distinct sandy green. The liquor of Fresh Fragrance Type is yellow-green and clear, whereas Rich Fragrance Type is golden yellow and clear. The aroma of Fresh Fragrance Type is high, sharp, and distinctly varietal, while Rich Fragrance Type has a rich, persistent aroma. The taste of Fresh Fragrance Type Tieguanyin is fresh, brisk, mellow, pure, with a noticeable sweet aftertaste.

90. What honors has Tieguanyin received?

Answer: In 1982, it was rated as a National Famous Tea by the Ministry of Commerce. The 'Fengshan Brand' Tieguanyin won the National Gold Award. In 1986, Tieguanyin was rated as one of the World's Ten Famous Teas at a world famous tea competition in France.

91. Besides Tieguanyin, what other teas are mainly produced in Anxi County?

Answer: It also produces Huangjingui (Golden Osmanthus), Benshan, Maoxie, and Se Zhong tea.

92. What is Se Zhong tea? What is Qi Zhong tea?

Answer: People in Anxi refer to Oolong tea processed by mixing tea leaves from different tea plant varieties as Se Zhong tea. People in Wuyishan refer collectively to the common tea (Cai Cha) outside the famous bushes as Qi Zhong tea.

93. What is Phoenix Dan Cong? When was it created? Where is it produced?

Answer: Oolong tea processed from tea leaves that are individually plucked and individually made from the semi-arboreal Phoenix Shui Xian tea plant is called Phoenix Dan Cong. Phoenix Dan Cong is a historical famous tea, created during the Ming Dynasty. It is produced in Phoenix Mountain (Town), Chao'an County, Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province.

94. What is Song Zhong?

Answer: Song Zhong is the highest grade of Phoenix Dan Cong, referring to the top-quality Oolong tea refined from leaves picked from very old trees hundreds of years old. Of course, the term "Song Zhong" describes the antiquity of the tea trees and does not necessarily mean they are old trees planted in the Song Dynasty that have survived to this day.

95. What are the varietal characteristics of Phoenix Dan Cong?

Answer: The strips are fine, tight, and elegant. The color is sandy green and oily. The aroma is variable, refined, high, and long-lasting, often with scents like magnolia, chloranthus, gardenia, Milan, orchid, osmanthus, jasmine, almond, etc. The liquor is yellow-green and clear. The taste is fresh, mellow, brisk, and smooth, with a unique throat feeling (Hou Yun) and mountain charm (Shan Yun).