Where is the specialty of Wuzhou Liubao Tea?

Liubao tea is a famous tea in history. Its production history has been 1500 years. It belongs to one of the six famous teas in China (post-fermented tea) and is an outstanding representative of black tea in Guangxi. During the Jiaqing period of Qing Dynasty, it was listed as a famous tea in China, named after it originated from Liubao Township, Cangwu County, Wuzhou City, Guangxi Province. According to records, the tea produced in Liubao Township, Cangwu County is located in the deep mountains, and the trees are in the sky. The tea trees planted are all water and foggy in the mountains. Every afternoon, the sun doesn't shine and there is little evaporation, so its tea leaves are thick and big, and the taste is thick and fragrant. After steaming, the finished Liubao tea was drained to reduce the leaf temperature and piled in a cool and humid cave on a basket. After aging, it has the characteristics of dark brown and smooth color, reddish brown at the bottom of leaves, red and thick soup like amber, mellow taste and areca nut fragrance. Sue is famous for her "red and mellow" four unique skills.

Liubao tea, "red, strong, aged and mellow", has a unique areca nut aroma, and the older the better. Liubao tea is a kind of black tea, which is made by picking one bud, two or three leaves, spreading, deactivating enzymes, rolling, retting and drying. It is divided into special grade and grade one to grade six. Named after Liubao Town, Wuzhou, Guangxi, it enjoys a good reputation at home and abroad. Mainly sold to Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao and Southeast Asia.

Liubao tea has been drunk for a long time. From the famous tea in history to the new favorite of tea market today, it is inseparable from its unique flavor and health care effect. Liubao tea not only contains many amino acids, vitamins and trace elements necessary for human body, but also contains more lipolytic enzymes than other teas, so Liubao tea has many health-care functions beneficial to human health.

1, refreshing and eliminating fatigue;

2, in addition to greasy, help digestion, nourish the stomach and strengthen the stomach, sober up;

3, diuretic detoxification, sterilization, anti-inflammatory and disease prevention;

4. Reduce blood pressure and prevent arteriosclerosis;

5. Radiation protection and tumor suppression;

6, health care and beauty, weight loss, longevity, etc.

Liubao Town, Cangwu County is located on the north side of the Tropic of Cancer, with an annual average temperature of 265,438 0.2℃, an annual rainfall of 65438±0.500mm and a frost-free period of 33 days. Liubao Township is an extension of Da Gui Mountains in eastern Guangxi, from Tang Ping to impartial, from Liu Si to Gaojian. From Wudong to Hekou, these villages and towns are towering peaks, with an altitude of 1 0,000-1500m and a steep slope. There are many kinds of tea on hillsides or canyons, 3- 10 kilometers away from the village. This is a forest area with many streams, beautiful scenery, short sunshine and foggy all year round. Historically, Liubao tea originated from Zhougong Village Tea, Heishi Village Tea, Luodi Village Tea and Silkworm Village Tea, among which Zhougong Village Tea and Heishi Village Tea have the best quality. According to records, the tea produced in Liubao Village is located in the deep mountains, and the trees cover the sky, so the tea trees planted are all water, and the mountains are foggy. Every afternoon, when the sun doesn't shine, there is little evaporation, so its tea leaves are thick and big, thick and fragrant, and often expensive. Followed by the tea produced in Blackstone Village. Its mountains are made of black stones and mud, and the water in the stream always flows, so the tea trees are full of water and the tea leaves are big and thick. In addition to Liubao, Shishimura, Shatian, Hexian and Cenxi in Wubao Township, Cangwu County. Liubao tea is produced in more than 20 counties such as Hengxian County, and Liubao tea is also produced in neighboring Guangdong Luoding and Zhaoqing. Most of Liubao is Yunban sandstone. Weathered into yellow-red sandy soil, containing a lot of phosphorus and iron. The local area mainly produces rice, cassava, sweet potato, wood, turpentine, bamboo, bamboo paper and tea.

Liubao tea is a shrub-type middle-leaf variety, and its tree shape is developing. There are four kinds of dense branches in terms of bud color. That is, 60% of small seedling tea, 20% of purple bud tea, 5% of white leaf tea and 15% of broken rice tea. Green Miao tea has the highest yield. The quality is also the best.

Two years of natural growth of tea trees, 200 cm high and 80 cm wide, flourishing. The internode is 3.6 cm. Leaf blade oblique in upper half; The leaves are 8.3 cm long and 3.6 cm wide. Leaf ellipse. The leaves are green, smooth or slightly longer, with medium luster. Leaf edge microwave, tender green shoots. There are several purple buds. Less fluff, dense germination and strong tenderness; The germination density is 702/m2. L-bud 3 leaves are 6.2 meters long and weigh 0.46 grams. They germinated in mid-March and were mined in early April. The termination period of germination is in the middle of 65438+ 10. The serrations are thick and deep, sparse, the leaves are flat and slightly rolled in, and the leaves are medium and blunt. 6-9 contralateral veins.

The corolla is 3.9 cm in diameter and belongs to China flowering species. Calyx 5-7 pieces, green, without fine hairs; 6-7 petals, slightly greenish white, hairy ovary. The initial flowering period is late June of 65438+1October, and the full flowering period is from early October of 165438+1October to middle February of 65438+. Strong ability to blossom and bear fruit. The maturity of seeds is in the late stage of 10. The diameter of tea fruit is 1.5-3.4 cm, and the peel is brown, kidney-shaped or spherical; The fruit stalk is 0.6- 1.3 cm long, and the pericarp is 1.5-2 mm thick. The fruit has L-3 chambers, and each chamber has L seeds. Seeds round, rarely long. Dark brown. Diameter I- 1.5 cm.

Blade structure: the blade thickness is 294.8 microns; The upper epidermis is 26.8 microns thick and the lower epidermis is 13.4 microns thick. The palisade tissue has two layers, and the thickness is 107.2 micron. The cells in the first layer are closely arranged, and the cells in the second layer are loosely arranged. The thickness of sponge tissue is 147.7 micro-water, and the cell structure is loose. The ratio of the thickness of palisade tissue to sponge tissue is 0.73: L, and the water extract of fresh leaves of spring tea is 42.65%. The content of tea polyphenols is 28.77%, and the total amount of amino acids is 3.65438 0.02%. Caffeine 3.77%, catechin143.99 mg/g.

Liubao tea is a kind of mild tea, which not only has the health care function of other teas, but also has the effects of eliminating summer heat and dampness, improving eyesight and clearing heart, and helping digestion. It can not only help digestion after meals, but also clear the stomach on an empty stomach. In the sultry weather, it is refreshing to drink Liubao tea to cool off the heat. After Liubao tea is aged in the air, there are many golden flowers in the tea. This is a kind of yellow fungus with beneficial quality, which can secrete amylase and oxidase, catalyze the conversion of starch in tea to monosaccharide, catalyze the oxidation of polyphenols, turn tea soup into brownish red, and eliminate the rough green taste. The scientific experiment and tea tasting practice of Liubao tea lovers prove that Liubao tea contains more lipolytic enzymes than other teas besides various amino acids, vitamins and trace elements necessary for human body. Therefore, Liubao tea has a stronger function of decomposing greasy food and reducing fatty compounds, cholesterol and triglycerides in the human body. Long-term drinking can strengthen the stomach, nourish the heart, lose weight and keep fit. Therefore, with the improvement of people's living standards, Liubao tea is increasingly loved by consumers.

Liubao tea not only contains essential amino acids, vitamins and trace elements, but also contains more lipolytic alcohols than other teas. Therefore, Liubao tea has a stronger function of decomposing greasy, reducing fatty compounds, cholesterol, triglycerides and blood uric acid in human body, and can strengthen the stomach, nourish the heart and lose weight after long-term drinking. To sum up, the main health functions of Liubao tea are: 1, refreshing the mind and eliminating fatigue; 2, in addition to greasy, digestion, hangover; 3, diuretic detoxification, sterilization, anti-inflammatory and disease prevention; 4. Reduce blood pressure and prevent arteriosclerosis; 5, radiation protection, inhibit cancer; 6, health care and beauty, lose weight and lipid, and prolong life.

The quality of Liubao tea should be old, and the older the better. Cold curing is an indispensable and important link in the production process. Generally, it is piled in baskets, stored in a cool mud bin, and then shipped out for sale the next year, forming a special style of Liubao tea. Therefore, after steaming in summer, the finished Liubao tea must be drained to reduce the leaf temperature, and then stacked in a cool and humid place for aging. About half a year, the soup turns red and tastes cold and astringent, forming the quality characteristics of Liubao tea.

Liubao tea is generally packed in traditional bamboo baskets, which is beneficial to the continuous transformation of tea contents during storage, making the taste mellow, the soup color deeper and the old fragrance exposed. In order to facilitate storage, Liubao tea is also pressed into blocks, bricks, coins, columns and bulk. Its quality characteristics are: dark brown and smooth color, especially resistant to brewing, reddish brown leaves.

When drinking Liubao tea, put Liubao tea into a clay pot, add mountain spring water, boil it with an open flame and leave it for a while. Drinking at a mild temperature will make you feel sweet and mellow, and it has the effects of invigorating the spleen, resolving food stagnation, promoting fluid production and relieving summer heat. If you add a proper amount of winter honey and drink it evenly, you can cure dysentery. Chen Liubao tea can be stored for more than five years, and can be used to treat infantile convulsion and other diseases. The taste of Liubao tea remains unchanged overnight after brewing, the soup color is not turbid, and it is cool and refreshing when drinking.

Liubao tea producing area is the administrative area under the jurisdiction of Wuzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The producers within the producing area of Liubao tea can apply to Wuzhou Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau for the use of "Special Marks for Geographical Indications Products", which will be audited by Guangxi Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau and announced after being approved by AQSIQ. The legal testing institution of Liubao Tea is designated by Guangxi Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau.