Xinyang Maojian Tea

Maojian is a kind of green tea that grows on the steep Dabie Mountains in Xinyang, Henan Province. Shrouded by lush trees and perennial clouds and fogs, the mountains have an average annual temperature of 15 degrees Celsius and an average annual rainfall of 1,200 millimeters, which, coupled with the fertile soil and deep humus, provide the tea trees with adequate nourishment.

Xinyang Maojian tea boasts high quality, slender bright green leaves, transparent green soup, and refreshing fragrance. Containing coarse fiber, tea polyphenols, and caffeine, it can help counter bacteria and inflammation, reduce blood pressure and blood fat, refresh the mind, clear internal heat and pathogenic factors, reduce eye fatigue, and boost immunity.

Xinyang has a long history of tea planting. Local tea production bloomed in the Tang Dynasty, and the tea leaves were selected as a tribute to the imperial court for their superior quality. Lu Yu (733-c. 804), the Sage of Tea, put Xinyang Maojian on the list of best teas of the Tang Dynasty in his Cha Jing (Classic of Tea). Su Dongpo (1037- 1101), a great literary master of the Song Dynasty, praised the Xinyang tea "the best in the south of the Huaihe River."

Xinyang Maojian won a gold medal at the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition and was rated one of the 10 best teas in China in 1958. In 2014, the Xinyang Maojian tea processing technique was put on the list of national intangible cultural heritage.

信陽(yáng)毛尖

中國(guó)綠茶信陽(yáng)毛尖，產(chǎn)于河南省大別山區(qū)的信陽(yáng)市浉河區(qū)（原信陽(yáng)市）、平橋區(qū)（原信陽(yáng)縣）和羅山縣。這里地勢(shì)高峻、峰巒疊翠，一年四季常常云霧彌漫，年平均氣溫在15℃左右，年平均降水量在1200毫米上下，肥沃的土壤、深厚的腐殖質(zhì)，為茶樹(shù)的生長(zhǎng)提供了充足的養(yǎng)分。

信陽(yáng)毛尖品質(zhì)高上，外形細(xì)秀勻直，色澤翠綠，內(nèi)質(zhì)湯色嫩綠鮮亮，香氣鮮嫩高爽，葉底嫩綠明亮細(xì)嫩。其含有粗纖維、茶多酚、咖啡因等成分，對(duì)抗菌消炎、降血壓、降血脂、提神醒腦、清熱解毒、清心明目、增強(qiáng)免疫力等有輔助功效。

信陽(yáng)茶葉種植歷史悠久，從唐朝開(kāi)始，茶葉生產(chǎn)便進(jìn)入興盛時(shí)期，所產(chǎn)茶葉品質(zhì)上乘，列為貢品。“茶圣”陸羽在《茶經(jīng)》中把信陽(yáng)毛尖列為唐朝名茶。宋朝大文學(xué)家蘇東坡曾說(shuō)，“淮南茶，信陽(yáng)第一”。信陽(yáng)毛尖于1915年榮獲巴拿馬萬(wàn)國(guó)博覽會(huì)金獎(jiǎng)，1958年被評(píng)為中國(guó)十大名茶之一。2014年，信陽(yáng)毛尖茶制作技藝入選國(guó)家級(jí)非物質(zhì)文化遺產(chǎn)名錄。