2012 Oolong tea Da Hong Pao,China LBO price supplier

Da Hong Pao :

 

1. Da hong pao is an important Wuyi oolong tea.

 

2. Three of these original bushes, growing on a rock on Mount Wuyi and reportedly dates back to the Song Dynasty , still survive today and are highly venerated. At one point, less than one kilogram of tea was harvested from these plants each year, of which a portion was retained by the Chinese government .

 

3. Cuttings taken from the original plants have been used to produce similar grades of tea from genetically identical plants. Taste variations produced by processing, differences in the soil , and location of these later generation plants is used to grade the quality of various Da Hong Pao teas.