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> The Jie Tea[1]
>
>
> Jie Tea from Chang Xing of Zhejiang is superb and highly
> regarded, though rather pricy. Those from Jing Qi[2]
> is slighttly inferior.
> When picking tea, there is no need to pick too fine leaves, too
> fine tea leaves are nascent and lack flavour.
> Also void leaves which are too green, as they are too old and have
> lost tenderness in flavour. It is best to pick
> the leaves which are greenish roundish and thick. Do not dry them
> in the sun, rather bake them with charcoal fire, cool
> down with a fan then stored in container lined with ruo[3] leaves and
> keep it on a high place, because tea relish warmth and dry
> abhor cool and dampness.
>
>
>
> Notes:
>
> [1] "Jie" was the short hame for "Luo Jie"
> Luo Jie was the name of a mountain bordering Zhejiang and Jing Qi
> prefactures (in Ming dynasty) , "jie"-- meant boundary.
> Chang Xin was south of Luo Jie mountain, Jing Qi was north of Luo
> Jie.
> Chang Xin retains its name till today.
>
> Luo Jie tea from Gu Chu mountain in Chang Xing county in Zhejiang was
> also known as Gu Chu Voilet Shoot. Gu Chu Voilet Shoot
> had being imperial tribute tea Since Tang dynasty for nearly nine
> hundred years until the middle of Qin dynasty.
> Gu Chu Voilet Shoot has being revived again in the seventies as a
> top grade tea in China
>
>
> [2] Jin Qi is now called Yi Xin township. Jin Qi tea was also

known
> as Yang Xian tea
>
>
> [3] Ruo leave: Leaves from <a
>

href="http://www.bamboo.ws/bam-boo_images/booindotess.gif">Indocalamus
> tessellatus bamboo</a>. The leave is about 45 cm long. Ruo bamboo
> grows in Yangtse River basin.
>
>
> Translated by Martin Tai from Wen Zhen Heng: Zhang Wu Zhi (ca 1621

AD,
> Ming dynasty)



Liu An Tea

"Liu An" [1] tea, great for medicine, if not baked right, it cannot
let out aroma and has a bitter taste. The inherent
quality of this tea is actually quite good.


Note:

[1]: Liu An is the name of a county in Anhui.
Liu An tea is still produced from Liu An county in Anhui
province in China. The Liu An
tea from the Bat Cave of Jin Zai county is of superior quality, as
thousand of bats in the cave provide
ideal fertilizer for tea plants.

Translated from Wen Zhen Heng: Zhang Wu Zhi, vol 12: On Scent and Tea