Nonpareil Te Gong Huang Shan Mao Feng Green Tea

Shexian County (歙县), also known as She County, is a famous historic and cultural city in the south of Anhui Province. It is geographically located at 118°15′E to 118°53′E, 29°30′N to 30°7′N. The county is a part of Huangshan City and covers an area of 2122 square kilometers.

These fresh tea leaves come from tea trees of Huangshan’s large-leaf species, which were originally distributed in Huang Shan. Its characteristics include early sprouting, dense sprouting, strong buds, and abundant fuzz. This species puts forth many buds in the spring and has strong resistance to severe cold in the wintertime.

A sample of one bud with two leaves of spring tea from this species contains about 5.2% amino acid, 24.50% tea polyphenols, 138.04mg/g of catechin and 44.03% aqueous extract.

Since this tea should ideally be grown in the high mountains, with cool and cloudy weather, the area around Mt. HuangShan in Anhui has been used to cultivate high quality tea for centuries. Modern HuangShan MaoFeng tea, however, traces its roots back to the late 1800’s when a merchant called Xie Zheng An, who fled the war at the time, decided to setup a family tea business at HuangShan Mountain. Named after where it was produced – HuangShan mountain, and its appearance – looking like a fur covered mountain peak, the tea his family produced quickly became very popular in China due to its excellent quality, great taste and enticing aroma.