Cuilan Yuexi's growing environment

The natural ecological environment in Yuexi County is particularly superior. The landform of the county is mainly middle and low mountains, with 236 peaks over 1,000 meters and a forest coverage rate of 74%. It is the only pure mountain county and national ecological demonstration county in Dabie Mountain area of Hubei, Henan and Anhui. The climate in this county is cool, with abundant sunshine and rainfall. The annual average precipitation is1.425mm, the sunshine rate is 47%, the annual effective accumulated temperature is ≥ 10℃4477.7℃, and the air relative humidity is 77%. The soil is weakly acidic, deeply fertile and high in organic matter content. Away from industrial pollution, the air is fresh and the water quality is clean, which is very suitable for the production of famous tea.

Tea trees in Yuexi generally grow in valleys on high-altitude hillsides. The ecological environment of tea garden is unique, with undulating mountains, misty clouds, long flowing springs, mild climate, short sunshine, large temperature difference between day and night, and moist rain and dew. The tea produced is plump, fragrant, fresh and green, which forms the excellent quality of Cuilan Yuexi.

Lu Yu's Tea Classic in Tang Dynasty listed this area as Shouzhou and Zhou Shu tea areas. After the Song Dynasty, this area was the core producing area of Dabie Mountain royal tribute tea.

Tea gardens in Yuexi are mainly distributed in the deep valleys, and most of them are between 500- 1000 meters above sea level. The tea garden is shrouded in mist all year round, and the tea buds are tender and plump. Cuilan Yuexi, Yuexi Cui Jian and Yuexi Cui Ya are generally produced around Tomb-Sweeping Day. Fresh tea leaves with single bud, one leaf in the first bud and two leaves in the first bud are used as raw materials, which are refined through multiple processes such as picking, spreading, deactivating enzymes, trimming, rough fire and full fire, and the production process is exquisite. After 1985, through the continuous research and innovation of tea technicians, Cuilan Yuexi series products with multi-grade, multi-variety, multi-style and multi-price have been formed. The series include: Yuexi Cui Ya, Yuexi Cui Jian, Cuilan Yuexi, Yuexi Chaoqing, Yuexi Broccoli, Yuexi Lu Yue, Yuexi Yellow Tea, Chuanlingxiang and so on.

Tea varieties used to make Cuilan Yuexi series famous teas are local group varieties, such as Shifoti, Shifoxiang, 90 1, Shuchazao, Wuniuzao, Longjing43, Zhenong 139 and other clonal varieties.

Cuilan tea is produced in all parts of Yuexi, and there are three natural films in the best producing areas: one is He Yao, Toutuo, Huang Wei, Main Book, Shiguan and other towns with He Yao Xiangluchong as the core; The other is Jiabao, Gufang, Hetu, Qingtian, Laibang and other towns with Jiabao Stone Buddha Temple as the core; The third is Tiantou, Wuhe, Acorus calamus, Guanzhong and other towns with Tiantou Minshan as the core. The tea garden covers an area of 65.438+0.3 million mu, with an output of more than 3,000 tons and an output value of about 350 million yuan.